New Zen Podcast Episode featuring Claude AnShin Thomas Listen new episode on ZalthoLIVE, your Zen Podcast! Season 6, Episode 16 (#86) by Claude AnShin Thomas On Spiritual Practice, Attachment, and Seeing the Nature of Things (#86) In times when many things feel overwhelming it is so supportive to hear the clear and direct voice of Claude AnShin Thomas, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. You can find ZalthoLIVE Zen podcast on all major podcast channels: Apple, Google, Spotify,…
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October
Zaltho's Animal Sanctuary: Lucky Cat Clover by Wiebke KenShin Andersen It was a Wednesday evening. I stepped out of the house, turned around, and there was a kitten I had never seen before. Her eyes were locked with those of a big feral cat down the driveway. Swoof … I scooped her up. She was…
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September
New Zen Podcast Episode featuring Claude AnShin Thomas Listen new episode on ZalthoLIVE, your Zen Podcast! Season 6, Episode 15 (#85) by Claude AnShin Thomas Healing Past and Future Generations, The Roots of Sarcasm, and Working with a Busy Mind (#85) In times when many things feel overwhelming it is so supportive to hear the clear and direct voice of Claude AnShin Thomas, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. You can find ZalthoLIVE Zen podcast on all major podcast…
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September
The Real Cost of War, Voices of Veterans Mike AnGyo DeMaio, Vietnam Veteran War is unspeakable. How do I even begin to talk about it to those who haven’t experienced the chaos, moral injury, the adrenaline rush, the fear that is repressed, the numbness, and the fuck-its? I understand why so many World War 2…
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September
Nathan AnGyo Muz My motivation for attending the annual 10-day Zaltho Zen retreat is simple: these retreats have had a profoundly positive impact on my life. Each year I’ve attended, my perspective on daily existence and practice has deepened in a way that enriches everything I do. My self-talk, relationships with others, and the way…
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September
Cornelia Spitz, Journalist at the newspaper Schwarzwaelder Bote When greeting a monk, do you shake his hand, or fold your hands in front of your heart and bow? “People have so many ideas about what it means to be a monk, or how a monk lives — they overthink it. But that’s not what it…
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September
Claude AnShin Thomas Question: When you go to the Ukraine, or other places that have been plagued by war, what is it that you do that helps? I do not go there, or anywhere, with the intention of helping the people I encounter. Our ideas of helping just create more suffering. I go there…
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September
New Zen book by Zen monk Claude AnShin Thomas now available Applied Zen - A Short Guide to an Active Meditation Practice Straightforward instruction on integrating Zen Buddhist meditation practice into all aspects of your daily life. A pithy, inspiring guide for readers seeking to establish or deepen their meditation practice. Zen Buddhist monk…
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August
New Zen Podcast Episode featuring Claude AnShin Thomas Listen new episode on ZalthoLIVE, your Zen Podcast! Season 6, Episode 14 (#84) by Claude AnShin Thomas On War, Addiction to Substances to include Adrenalin, and What Is Self-Reflection (#84) In times when many things feel overwhelming it is so supportive to hear the clear and direct voice of Claude AnShin Thomas, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. You can find ZalthoLIVE Zen podcast on all major podcast channels: Apple, Google,…
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June
Veterans Retreat in Florida, Spring 2027 VETERANS, join this retreat! What if 5 days could change your relationship with trauma forever? Veterans Retreat Led by Vietnam Veteran & Zen Buddhist Monk Claude AnShin Thomas Are you struggling with the invisible wounds that followed you home? The hypervigilance that never quite turns off? The disconnect between…