Buddhist Volunteer
My talk to the UCLA Buddhist Club on why and how I Volunteer as a Buddhist. The ups and downs of being a volunteer... Some stories and insights on being a Buddhist volunteer in a California State Prison.
Feb 28, 2007•39 min
Urban Dharma Podcast
Kusala Bhikshu and his Urban Dharma; an American born Buddhist monk living in Los Angeles, California. Kusala shares his understanding of Buddhism in a simple, non-technical way through stories, humor and personal insights.
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The Eightfold Path
My talk at the IBMC on the Buddhist Eightfold Path. IBMC (www.IBMC.info) has a Sunday Service each week. It was my week to speak and I chose the Eightfold Path.
Feb 15, 2007•27 min
Who Are You... Really
My talk to the UCLA Buddhist club on 2/6/2007 on 'Not Self' or "Who are you, really." The UCLA Buddhist club meets every Tuesday at the University Catholic Center at UCLA. The UCLA Buddhist Club web site is: www.TheUBA.org
Feb 10, 2007•20 min
8th Grade Buddhism
My Talk to the 8th graders of Chadwick School on basic Buddhism. Miss Timms a teacher at Chadwick School invited me to speak to her 8th graders on basic Buddhism and answer their questions... www.chadwickschool.org
Jan 28, 2007•41 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 4 / Part 2
This is Class 4, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Jan 14, 2007•54 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 4 / Part 1
This is Class 4, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Jan 14, 2007•29 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 3 / Part 2
This is Class 3, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Jan 13, 2007•43 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 3 / Part 1
This is Class 3, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Dec 29, 2006•49 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 2 / Part 2
This is Class 2, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Dec 26, 2006•37 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 2 / Part 1
This is Class 2, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Dec 25, 2006•1 hr 9 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 1 / Part 2
This is Class 1, Part 2 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Dec 17, 2006•1 hr 3 min
Everyday Buddhism - Class 1 / Part 1
This is Class 1, Part 1 of an extension class I taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles titled, "Intergrating Buddhist Practices Into Everyday Life." This was a four week class that went from... Sept. 28 - Oct. 19, 2006. It is an overview of the Buddhist path, as well as an introduction to a Buddhist way of life. The web page I put together for this class can be found at: www.urbandharma.org/udharma10/lmu2006.html
Dec 14, 2006•1 hr 3 min
On Being a Monk - Part 9
My interview with Ven. Ajahn Sudanto a monk from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, the first monastery in the United States to be established by followers of Ajahn Chah. Efforts to establish this California monastery moved slowly until 1995. As Ven. Master Hsüan Hua, abbot of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, located in Ukiah, California, approached his death, he instructed his disciples to deed over to Ajahn Chah's disciples 120 acres of forest in Redwood Valley, fifteen miles north of the City of...
Nov 28, 2006•31 min
On Being a Monk - Part 8
My Interview with Rev. Heng Sure the Abbot of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery in Berkeley, CA. Both Rev. Heng Sure and myself attended the second "Monks in the West" Conference... We found some free time and did this interview... Rev. Heng Sure talked about the conference, celibacy and his first CD of original Buddhist folk songs... More on Rev. Heng Sure at - http://paramita.typepad.com/ - and - http://www.dharmaradio.org/
Nov 05, 2006•1 hr 3 min
Why Buddhist Monks are Celibate
A short talk given at the 'Monks in the West II' conference on why Buddhist monks are celibate. The Second 'Monks in the West' gathering was held at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota from Oct. 26, to Oct. 29, 2006. Buddhist and Catholic monastics gathered to dialogue on monastic celibacy.
Oct 31, 2006•15 min
Making A Difference - Part 3
My interview with Rev. Sandra Yarlott, Director of the Spiritual Care Dept. at the UCLA Medical Center. Rev. Yarlott speaks of the challenges running a spiritual care dept. in a major medical center... Working with and training new hospital chaplains and some of the issues patients face in getting well or dying.
Oct 23, 2006•50 min
Introduction to Buddhism
A presentation to Mr. Jim Maechling's comparative religions class at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School on basic Buddhism. I've been speaking to Mr. Maechling's class for a number of years now and have always enjoyed the experience.
Oct 10, 2006•49 min
Making A Difference - Part 2
My interview with Dr. Ananda Guruge, Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the International Academy of Buddhism at the University of the West in Rosemead, CA. Dr. Guruge was kind and gracious in allowing me to interview him and consented to do another interview in the near future. His web site is: www.Ananda-Guruge.com
Sep 26, 2006•1 hr 11 min
Why Meditate
My answer to the question, "What are the benefits of meditation." This is from my ongoing Wednesday Night class at IBMC in Los Angeles, CA. I tweaked the volume on the question in the podcast to make it understandable. My Wednesday Night class at IBMC is open to anyone interested in learning more about Buddhism. For more info please go to: www.Kusala.info
Sep 21, 2006•30 min
Finding Peace
A talk on finding peace in this ever changing world of birth, death, growth and decay. This talk was given at True Yoga in Thousand Oaks, California in August of 2006.
Aug 27, 2006•21 min
On Being a Monk - Part 7
My interview with Rev. Nori Ito a priest at The Los Angeles Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple. We talk about his life and work as a priest at a Pureland Temple in Los Angeles. Growing up in Los Angeles as a Buddhist Japanese American, his school years, meeting his wife and his Buddhist ordination. How he started a Buddhist club at Occidental College, his work with the Los Angeles Buddhist/Catholic Dialogue and taking students to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to introduce them to the horrors of the atomi...
Aug 06, 2006•1 hr 21 min
Buddhism - A Path to Happiness
A talk on 'Happiness in Buddhism' given at, One Spirit - Center of Conscious Living, in Simi Valley, California. There is happiness in owning things, happiness created by Self and a Selfless, transcendent happiness. The talk ends with Rev. Kusala singing "The Eve of Destruction" and playing some harmonica blues in the key of G.
Jul 25, 2006•29 min
Making A Difference
My interview with Ericka Bryant the owner of True Yoga in Thousand Oaks, California. She talks about how she came to yoga, religion and spirituality, a 16 day yoga retreat she just returned from and how to start a yoga practice. You can find me there the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, talking about Buddhism and meditation.
Jul 20, 2006•41 min
Altered States
A talk at True Yoga... An introduction and brief overview on the kinds of mind states found in some forms of meditation and the dying process. The two reference works used were... "Preparing for Death & Helping the Dying" — by Sangye Khadro (available on Urban Dharma for free download - eBooks page) and "The Psychedelic Experience": A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert (available at Amazon.com).
Jul 10, 2006•39 min
On Being a Monk - Part 6
My interview with Father Alexei Smith... Director of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Office of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Father Alexei and his office is a resource used by the Archbishop and the various offices of the Archdiocese in all matters of ecumenical and interreligious issues. You can find out more about Father Alexei and his work at: http://www.archdiocese.la/ecumenical/index.php
Jun 29, 2006•1 hr 4 min
On Being a Monk - Part 5c
This is part 3... My interview with Roshi Wendy 'Egyoku' Nakao, abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. Since 1967, ZCLA / Buddha Essence Temple has provided the teachings and practice of Zen Buddhism to all who come and go through its temple gate. The core practice is zazen. Visit the ZCLA web site at: www.zencenter.org
Jun 20, 2006•1 hr 1 min
On Being a Monk - Part 5b
This is part 2... My interview with Roshi Wendy 'Egyoku' Nakao, abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. Since 1967, ZCLA / Buddha Essence Temple has provided the teachings and practice of Zen Buddhism to all who come and go through its temple gate. The core practice is zazen. Visit the ZCLA web site at: www.zencenter.org
Jun 20, 2006•1 hr 25 min
On Being a Monk - Part 5a
This is part 1... My interview with Roshi Wendy 'Egyoku' Nakao, abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. Since 1967, ZCLA / Buddha Essence Temple has provided the teachings and practice of Zen Buddhism to all who come and go through its temple gate. The core practice is zazen. Visit the ZCLA web site at: www.zencenter.org
Jun 11, 2006•43 min
Two Stories
Two stories about the wearing and using of Buddhist robes. Part of a talk at True Yoga on wearing and using the Buddhist robes. You can find True Yoga on line at: www.TrueYoga.com
Jun 11, 2006•24 min
Chadwick School #2 Q&A
A second presentation to a another class at Chadwick School studying the Book "Siddhartha," a novel of asceticism set in the time of the Buddha. I shared my understanding of Buddhism and answered their many questions. This podcast is the second of four talks I gave at Chadwick School on 5/8/2006. (http://www.chadwickschool.org/)
May 10, 2006•50 min
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