Episode notes
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses various texts about the notion of God — from the biblical book of Genesis to Mystica Theologica to the sutras of Patanjali.
Dionysus was a disciple of St. Paul and one-time mayor of Athens.
We eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil… but we must return to the Tree of Life.
Buddhism did not identify God. Or a self. So for a Buddhist, what is there? Perhaps a Buddhist might say there is a Power greater than himself.
Why did God create the world as it is? How do you answer the question, “Why do you love the person you love?”
The wisdom of Patanjali, the author of many Sanskrit works including the Yoga Sutras. Yoga is the restraining from taking the many forms. Like a sculptor who removes parts of the stone to find the creation within.
We have blind spots in ...