In this week's podcast ID Project Founder
Ethan Nichtern interviews
David Loy, author of
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory and
Money, Sex War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. Their conversation touches on institutionalized greed, the effects of the media on our lives, making love to corporations, non-self and
Avatar. Part 2 forthcoming
You can download all of our talks and subscribe to the podcast here.
I just like to kick it with my friends, hike, take long walks on the beach.
My favorite movies are Braveheart and the Lion King. I love Italian food
but hate doing the dishes. J/k! Also, I have 1000 arms. - Avalocutie, online dating profile
photo courtesy of www.fpmt.org
By Lodro Rinzler
Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who
attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it
might be like if Siddhartha was on his spiritual journey today. How
would he combine Buddhism and dating? How would he handle stress in the
workplace?
What would Sid do? is devoted to taking an honest look at what we as meditators face in the modern world.
Each
week I'll take on a new question and give some advice based on what I
think Sid, a fictional Siddartha, would do. Like us, Sid is not yet a
buddha, he's just someone struggling to maintain an open heart on a
spiritual path while facing numerous distractions along the way.
Because let's face it, you and I are Sid.
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What would Sid say about online dating? - Anonymous
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We're introducing a new segment to our podcast titled "IDP Radio". It will feature a more diverse range of content including: documentation of events, sound collages, interviews and segments created by IDP community members.
This week is the first installment in a series of Word Association Collages that asked participants to react to our favorite five syllable word "Interdependence."
Produced by Brian Naas.
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In this week's podcast ID Project Founder Ethan Nichtern interviews David Loy, author of The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory and Money, Sex War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. Their conversation touches on institutionalized greed, the effects of the media on our lives, making love to corporations, non-self and Avatar. Part 2 forthcoming
We're introducing a new segment to our podcast titled "IDP Radio". It will feature a more diverse range of content including: documentation of events, sound collages, interviews and segments created by IDP community members.
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