We have fought to create the space to bring you tonights show! On this show we have the gracious and kind William Woollard reading Chapter 11 from his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. Its a very interesting chapter called, A Long and Healthy Life. The Reluctant Buddhist is selling extraordinarily well throughout the world and we understand is soon to be published in Spanish as well!In addition, we an experience from Beth Bradley in Austin, Texas, USA. We have news about the forthcoming Iphone App for the show and the Ebooks of the lectures that will soon be available. We have shoutouts that cover the world, literally! We are also very pleased to have a poem called Sunflowers from the amazing Bob Kemp.We have two tracks to play you tonight. The first is The World Is Yours by Stuart Powell and the second is a very catchy tune by Matt Boreham, its called Conversations! We would like to thank both of them for letting us play their music on the show.Jason is going to be at SXSW in Austin Texas from the 10 - 16th March and if you are there he would love to meet you! On the 17th March Jason will be in Sacramento and would love the opportunity to meet with you there as well!Thank you for your support and encouragement, we do appreciate it so much. Have a fantastic week!

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Happy New Year Everyone! On tonights show we have the stalwart William Woollard reading Chapter 10, 'The Challenge of Change' from his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. Jason reads SGI President Ikeda's New Year Message and Karen reads two great experiences from young women in England and the United States. As usual we have shoutouts that cross the globe and some great music! Tonight we play Harley Loudon's track, "Will You Listen" on the PMN. Also on the PMN we play Stingrays great track, '143'. Not on the PMN, but recorded in our kitchen we also play a new track called, 'Rocks for Gold' by the one and only Jimmy Golding. There is a competition, if you have one of our new decals, you can take a photograph of where you have put it and post it on Flickr.com or elsewhere and send the link and your mail address and size to us on the show. The image we like best, wins a TShirt! Jason is going to be in Austin, Texas for SXSW, if you are there and want to meet up then send us an email. Thank you all for your fantastic support and please take great care of yourselves wherever you are. Have a wonderful week.

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A very merry christmas to you! This last weekend we recorded tonights lecture in the kitchen of the amazing Jackie Evans from Gower and Swansea West District in West Wales. We had a wonderful welcome and met some great people! On our return we finished the show and are delighted to bring you tonight, a lecture on Nichiren Daishonin's writing, Letter from Sado. The lecture is quite long and was recorded very late at night, so you might want to listen to it in parts! Subjects include: Time is the biggest contribution we can make I solemnly swear that I want to do good Temples were an investment The loss of each individual life matters Clinging on to life An ungrudging spirit Use problems to become happy Earnest resolve Refuting mistaken teachings Doing the right thing The heart of a lion king We play two tracks from the Podsafe Music Network, Panacea by Bill and Merry Christmas Angel by the wonderful Vittoria Conn. Thank you so much for your continued support of the show, we really are very grateful. Have a truly wonderful new year!

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We are back with another show! Karen has gone to visit her parents in Switzerland, so our teenage daughter, Florence is standing in for her on tonights show. On this show we have the wonderful William Woollard talking about the oneness of self and environment from Chapter 9 of his excellent book, The Reluctant Buddhist. We have music from Vittoria Conn who sings Where Would You Be, which is now available on ITunes! We also have the very talented Harley Loudon from London who sings a song dedicated to her daughter Ella and the Future Group of the UK, its called Teenagers! We will have another episode coming out before Christmas, so keep your eyes peeled for it! If you have a question, an experience or a shoutout that you would like to share with us, get in touch, we love hearing from you. Thank you for all your birthday wishes and constant support, it means alot to all of us. Have a wonderful week!

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Welcome to another episode of A Buddhist Podcast. On tonights show we have a special guest, the wonderful Peter Morris! Peter talks about a fundamental aspect of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, the Gohonzon. Karen reads an amazing experience from the lovely Erica Holding who lives in California! We have great music as well! Tonight we have Howard Jones playing Love Never Wasted from his new album Ordinary Heroes. From the Podsafe Music Network we have Bobby Gentry singing Goldie Hawn. We also have, by special permission from the Lovespirals, their brand new track called Shine from their new album which drops this week, Future Past. You can get copies of the album signed by Ryan and Anji from their website and a free digital download. Thank you so much for listening to the show and for your support, we never take it for granted and really do appreciate it. Have a truly wonderful week!

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Welcome to another show! Tonight we have William Woollard reading Chapter 8 from his fantastic book, The Reluctant Buddhist.Whilst Jason was in Trets recently he was able to record an experience by the lovely Mary Mulligan from Brighton in the UK, who talks about how she began to practice. We have a beautiful poem from the great Bob Kemp and shoutouts that as usual criss cross the globe!Tonight we have music from the very talented Tracy Lyons who has a new track, Don't You Know on the Podsafe Music Network. We also play the one and only Cat Malojian, we can't help it, we love them and they play Peddigoe.We have some great new material lined up in the next few weeks and can't wait to share it with you!If you have a question, an experience or a shoutout that you would like to share with us, get in touch, we love hearing from you.We know people are still after our t-shirts and you can find them at http://www.pressoffers.co.uk/abuddhistpodcast2 our thanks to Polly and Helen of Pressoffers for their help with this.Thank you so much for your support and encouragement, it means so much to us. Have a fantastic week! Welcome to another show! Tonight we have William Woollard reading Chapter 8 from his fantastic book, The Reluctant Buddhist. Whilst Jason was in Trets recently he was able to record an experience by the lovely Mary Mulligan from Brighton in the UK, who talks about how she began to practice. We have a beautiful poem from the great Bob Kemp and shoutouts that as usual criss cross the globe! Tonight we have music from the very talented Tracy Lyons who has a new track, Don't You Know on the Podsafe Music Network. We also play the one and only Cat Malojian, we can't help it, we love them and they play Peddigoe. We have some great new material lined up in the next few weeks and can't wait to share it with you! If you have a question, an experience or a shoutout that you would like to share with us, get in touch, we love hearing from you. We know people are still after our t-shirts and you can find them at http://www.pressoffers.co.uk/abuddhistpodcast2 our thanks to Polly and Helen of Pressoffers for their help with this. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement, it means so much to us. Have a fantastic week!

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Welcome to another episode of A Buddhist Podcast! Tonight we have a lecture from Jason based on a letter written by Nichiren Daishonin, called Letter to Jakunichi-Bo. Subjects include: What does it mean to practice Buddhism correctly? One to one support The power of appreciation What is the purpose of life? Practice for oneself and others Nam-myoho-renge-kyo embodies the four paramitas What is fundamental darkness? Illuminating the darkness of bullying Nichiren, Sun Lotus Leave nothing on the pitch Being known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra Noble envoys of Nichiren Daishonin Tonight we play three tracks! Thanks to PW Fenton, we have Lea Gilmore singing Ride My Blues Away. From the Podsafe Music Network we have the Lovespirals singing This Truth and Great Big Sea singing Beat the Drum. We have a correction we make and a reading of the wonderful poem by Christian Larson called The Optimists Creed. We have so many shoutouts tonight from Amsterdam to Singapore, from London to New York and from Mexico to New Delhi! Its a packed show and we hope you enjoy it! Thank you for listening, have a wonderful week!

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Hello Everyone! Tonight we are very glad to bring you William Woollard reading Chapter 7 from his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. The chapter is all about Karma, and its a very interesting listen. As usual we have global shout outs as well as a beautiful poem from Kim Seagrave in Australia. We play "Love is not Wasted" from the imminent Howard Jones album, Ordinary Heroes which debuts on November 3rd this year. We also play one of our favourite bands, they are Cat Malojian from Northern Ireland, a truly great band. They sing Pettigoe! If you have wondering about our tshirts, you can get them now at http://www.pressoffers.co.uk/abuddhistpodcast2 our thanks to Polly and Helen of Pressoffers for their help with this. We hope very soon to add some new photos to the shop and the new blue colour! Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. Wherever you are have a wonderful week!

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Welcome to another episode of A Buddhist Podcast! On tonights show we have a lecture on the letter that Nichiren Daishonin wrote to Soya Kyoshin, its called The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood. Subjects include: Who was Soya Kyoshin? Essentials are not Optional Bodhisattva Superior Practices and the Latter day of the Law Reality and wisdom Don't bend the teachings to suit your karma Misguided priests versus correct teacher Challenging wrong doing Standing firm with a teenage daughter Bridging the gap between people and Buddhism My mentor And of course we have the shoutouts and also . . . we also have three brand new songs. I think, we may be the first podcast to debut two new tracks by Howard Jones. "Soon you'll go" and "Love never wasted" are from Howard's new album, Ordinary Heroes, which is being released on November 3rd. For more information take a look at his website here. Thank you Howard for letting us play these tracks We also debut a wonderful new song from Vittoria Conn, it's called "Where would you be" which will be appearing very soon! As soon as we have a location on ITunes or elsewhere we will post the link here. If you are looking for the tshirts you can get them from our tshirt shop which is generously powered by the wonderfulPressoffers.co.uk. Thank you so much for listening tonight, have a fantastic week!

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For those of you who are familiar with William Woollards excellent book, The Reluctant Buddhist, and have been listening along on the podcast, you will have noticed something. The experiences from Chapters 5 and 6 were missing. This is because William really wanted to have someone else read them, and that someone tonight is the wonderfully warm and loving person that is his wife, Sarah. So reading The Story of Joanna from Chapter 6 and The Story of Sally from Chapter 5 of The Reluctant Buddhist is Sarah Woollard. Then we have music from Heather Sullivan. She sings Stronger from the Podsafe Music Network. We find out what happened to Jason this month, we have shout outs and we read a letter from an SGI member, Frank Amatefe in Ghana, Africa. We finish with another track from the Podsafe Music Network by Angelique Kidjo called Gimme Shelter featuring Joss Stone. We have some great shows lined up for you and are so excited about all the different developments that are happening. Look at for a new look to the website that is coming soon and also for a new colour of our t-shirts, Stone Blue! If you are looking for the tshirts you can get them from http://www.pressoffers.co.uk/abuddhistpodcast2 Thank you so much for your constant support and encouragement. Have a truly wonderful week!

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We have been working on tonights show for a long time. SGI-UK asked us to help them put a show together about their view of the spirit of study within SGI-UK. Subjects include: A brief explanation about Nichiren Daishonin's BuddhismAn explanation about SGI-UK's Study programA dialogue on going through the study programExperiences from new members and old about taking the study exam. Finally we have some shoutouts and some great music from the one and only Cat Malojian. On tonights show we play Made in America from Cat Malojians new album, The Dawn Chorus. Thank you to everyone who made tonights show possible including everyone who chanted for Jason to get well enough to leave hospital. Both Karen and I are sincerely grateful! Have a truly fantastic week!

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Welcome to another show, tonights show is a lecture on the writing of Nichiren Daishonin called On Repaying Debts of Gratitude. Some of the points include: What is debt of gratitude anyway?28th April 1253, remember that speech?A lifetime of struggleSsshhh! the Three Great Secret LawsWithout sparing our voiceDepth of teaching and depth of struggleDrove this teaching to hell and backHow China get called China?Putting people firstThree VirtuesUse each struggle as a means to become happier Songs for this show come from Musicalley.com, part of Mevio the new name for Podshow! We play Rocket to the Moon by Jimmy Golding and Mine Again by Black Lab. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for listening, for encouraging and for supporting us in this adventure. Have a wonderful week.

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Well tonight we have truly great explanation of the Buddhist concept known as the Ten Worlds as William Woollard reads Chapter 6 from The Reluctant Buddhist! We have music from the Podsafe Music Network tonight with Lee Coulter playing Booty Voodoo and Rocky Votolato with White Daisy Passing. More shoutouts from across the globe and chipper conversation from Jason and Karen who, at home in England are enjoying the wonderful summer! Thank you for listening and thank you so much for your encouragement. Have a fantastic week!

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We can hardly believe that it is almost exactly half way through 2009! Wow! Tonight we bring you a lecture on the letter written by Nichiren Daishonin called, Hell is the Land of Tranquil Light. Some of the subject teasers for tonight include: We need to reveal Buddhahood to overcome our karma Lets try and remember the names of our mothers The icy wind of thoughtless encouragement The ten worlds exist in life and death Giving 150% . . .in small bursts Are you in a prison of someone elses making? Changing circumstances won't change karma Attaining Buddhahood just as you are It is human to feel grief when someone dies Gohonzon is the baseline of Buddhahood Chant first, shout later. We have music for you from the Podsafe Music Network. First up is Carbon Leaf with A Life Less Ordinary. We close the show with Shines Right Through Me by the amazing Great Big Sea! The links we have for the tracks will take you through to where you can buy them on iTunes and the links for the names will take you through to their own website. Karen and I are busy posting off orders for our new Tshirts! If you have yours and you send us a photograph, we will consider putting it on the artwork for the show, so send them in to jason(at)thejarretts.com! Thankyou for your comments and encouragement. Thank you for all the support you give us, we really do feel and appreciate it. Please take great care and have the most amazing and wonderful week!

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We are back on schedule tonight with the wonderful William Woollard reading Chapter 5, "What do we mean by happiness?", from his book The Reluctant Buddhist which is now being reprinted and translated into more languages! We have shoutouts and some great music. Tonight we play Rocket to the Moon by the wonderful Jimmy Golding and Day by Now is Now. Both artists are on the Podsafe Music Network. We have some great new material to bring to you and we welcome your feedback, reviews, experiences and contributions. For those people who have been asking about a tshirt, you can get them now at http://www.pressoffers.co.uk/abuddhistpodcast2 our thanks to Polly and Helen of Pressoffers for their help with this. Thank you for your support and encouragement, we do appreciate it so much. Have a fantastic week!

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Tonight we have a lecture on "Letter to Misawa". This lectures is about many things, but one thing is for sure it does address the three obstacles and four devils. Perhaps because it does so it might explain why it has taken 5 months to write 3 times, why cables went missing right before we started the show and a myriad of others obstacles emerged! Some of tonights themes include: Practicing correctly involves transforming the negativity in the world around you Three obstacles and four devils What is the devil king of the 6th heaven anyway? Nikko takes it to the man Self reliant faith The Gohonzon certifies that Buddhahood exists Some experience of overcoming obstacles What do you want to break through? Why is the Soka Gakkai different? Its a full show and along with the shout outs we play three tracks tonight from the Podsafe Music Network (http://www.mevio.com) We play Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton (http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=97007092b961d7e9a7d77c2614ee0086) who sings Code Monkey http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=211036259&s=143444 And we play two tracks from Adrina Thorpe (http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a892daf89e5efee9bd4705bbf8c092fc) who sings Coming Home and Fly Fly Fly She is also on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=64954602&s=143444 In response to the many requests for TShirts we are now able to offer them for almost half the previous price and twice the quality! Thanks Polly Earnest and Helen Steyner of PressOffers.com who have created the shop for us! Thank you for all your support, encouragement, comments and input! It is such great good fortune to be able to do this podcast.

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On tonights show, William Woollard reads Chapter 4 from his wonderful book, The Reluctant Buddhist. The chapter is called A Question of Faith and its a great listen. Also on tonight we have an experience from Estelle Jackson, a member of the Students Division in SGI-UK. As usual we have shoutouts that criss cross the world and music from the Podsafe Music Network. We play Vittoria Conn's track called Mirror and a podcasting anthem, Not On The Radio by Geoff Smith. The show tonight is absolutely packed! We know we have been sometime in getting you a show and so tonights episode lasts for 78 minutes or so, so it will fit on a CD if you want to burn it for a friend! We have some more shows ready for you and are looking forward to putting them out in the next few weeks! Thank you for your support and encouragement, we do appreciate it so much. Have a wonderful week!

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Welcome to another episode of A Buddhist Podcast. Tonight we continue with our new series of lectures on the Jigage portion of Gongyo by looking at the meaning of the words, Nyorai Juryo hon dai juroku! Haven't you ever wondered what it means? This poem of life is so amazing. Some of the headings include: What does gongyo mean? Lotus Sutra for the Latter Day of the Law Wisdom illuminates ignorance Nichiren Daishonin, the true Buddha Causing the sun of hope to dawn Shelley on Dante A practice to perpetuate Every character is a shining buddha Living the poem of life You can't use force to create change Our victories are your victories Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Seek out your true self! Live like the waterfall Once again the music for tonights show is a blatant expression of how much we love the music of Cat Malojian! We play Pettigoe and Life Rolls On, which you can find on iTunes! Thank you for all the comments, emails and messages of support, we truly appreciate every single last one of them. One last point, our love goes out to Dash and Donna, we are so happy to know that Donna is out of hospital and on the mend! Have a wonderful week.

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Finally, we are back! We are so pleased to do this show tonight, so pleased to be able to share this with you! After 3 years we have decided to finish our lecture series on Gongyo! Tonights lecture is an introduction to the Juryo Chapter, the 16th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra, known as the Lifespan Chapter! Some of the headings include: Traveller Where do we come from and where are we going? How can life be eternal if we all die? Overview of the Lotus Sutra Eternity is an aspect of life Do you ride the shopping trolley of life? Mentor and Disciple Nichiren the human being White knuckle daimoku Our lives are one with the universe We are the Bodhisattvas of the Earth Striving for self worth Unprecedented Challenge Music for tonights show comes from the great talent of Cat Malojian! These two lads from Northern Ireland make great music, and we love it. Tonight they play Who Knows? and Goodnight. If you like their music, pop over to ITunes and buy some! Thank you for all your messages of support and encouragement, we hope you enjoy tonights show!

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Another full show! Tonights lecture is on Nichiren Daishonin's teaching called, On The Buddha's Prophecy. The lecture is about the purpose of Buddhist practice. Some of the headings include: A Leap Month! Life at Ichinosawa Bodhisattva Medicine King Former, Middle and Latter Day of the Law Doing time in the "When I" Prison The teaching, the teacher and the mission What did the priests do for 700 years? The Soka Gakkai fullfills the Buddha's Prophecy Its time to create happiness We have President Ikeda's New Year's message for 2009, read by Ken George. There are shoutouts and music from Ioda Promonet including "Balance" by Sara Tavares which you can buy here at iTunes Music Store The second track we play tonight is by Cohen which is also availabe here!Gold Is Where You Find It (mp3) We are proud members of the Ioda Alliance! Thankyou for all your support and encouragement! Have a fantastic week.

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Tonights show is so full! Tonights lectures is based on guidance that President Ikeda gave earlier this year about the four points for victory. The four points are Prayer, Action, Unity and the Oneness of Mentor and Disciple. This lecture is about the second theme, Action! The main points of the lecture include: Developing our own individual attitude to faith Taking responsibility for the happiness of where we live The roar of the tiger of death Take the initiative and make new friends We reveal buddhahood in our behaviour The old man in the park What is the Buddha's great teaching? Living with my mentor Three powerful enemies If not you then who? We have a poem from Rabindranath Tagore called The Stream of Life. The music to accompany this poem is the Indian National Anthem, the words of which were also written by Rabindranath Tagore. We have a question, and a lot of shoutouts from around the world. We have music, courtesy of Promonet tonight! We have Be the Change from the album Elephant Power by MC Yogi. We also have Atlas from the album Arabesque by Belly Dance which you can buy here at ITunes! We are proud members of the Ioda Alliance! We would also like to express our thanks to Anji Bee for her help in finding music for this show. Anji has a great podcast and we are both big fans of her band the Love Spirals.

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Have you ever wanted an explanation of where this Buddhism came from to give to your friends or family to help explain your practice? Well that is what the substance of tonights show is! William Woollard reads Chapter 3 from his extraordinary book, The Reluctant Buddhist! We have shoutouts and the music tonight comes from Beth Thornley. Its not like us to only play one artist, but we liked both of the tracks! So from Beth Thornley we play Mr Lovely and Birmingham. As usual we are very grateful to the Podsafe Music Network for providing us with the ability to play this music on our show. We are working on two new shows which will be appearing in the next few weeks! Thank you so much for listening to the show and for all your wonderful feedback. Have a great week and take care of yourselves and the people around you.

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Tonight's show is a bit of an experiment! For some time now we have had a lot of requests from listeners to provide support for the level 2 study courses that are taking place in Europe at the moment. This study will culminate in an exam in mid November for those who want to take it. William Woollard has also had many requests for support in this activity, so we have got together to produce a special edition show! The exam consists of 5 sections, A, B, C, D and E. Each section has a number of questions. In the exam you will be asked one question from each section. On this podcast, William has prepared an answer for every question. It is NOT a model answer but the kind of answer that William would make based upon the study material provided. Remember the questions require you to use the study material rather than your existing knowledge. If you are not a member of SGI in Europe at the moment but you would like to follow along, you can hop over to this site and download the study material we are looking at! Remember you need to look for the Grade 2 material. If you are doing the Grade 1 study course, you still might find value in listening to the show as both Grade 1 and Grade 2 share the same questions in Section E about the Priesthood. In between all of this study material, we have still found time for some music. On tonight's show we play a wonderful track by Black Lab called Lonely Boy and for the second time on the show Great Day by the amazing Jody Gnant. Music courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network Thank you for downloading the show! We have a great show coming up in 2 weeks so keep an eye out for it! Thank you as well for all your support.

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Well we have a bit of an extravaganza for you this week! Kicking of the show is William Woollard who completes the second half of Chapter 1 from The Reluctant Buddhist. Karen reads a truly inspiring contribution from Cindy Woodland from Canada! We have more shoutouts that cross the globe and we attempt to answer a question about how we as parents interest our children in Buddhist Practice. Tonight we play three tracks from the Podsafe Music Network, Anduze with Just Feel Good, Lee Coulter with I Would Love and Black Lab with Broken Heart!. Keep a look out for a special show coming out next week. William Woollard has put together some great study material surrounding the Level 2 Study Exam that is taking place in Europe in November. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to the show, for writing to let us know how you feel about about it, for your encouragement on Facebook and for the great comments on the website. From the bottom of our hearts, Thank you! Have a wonderful week.

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Thanks to Jessica Miller who not only did the wonderful artwork for tonights show but also came up with the idea of asking Kevin Robinson to give tonights lecture. Kevin originally gave this lecture at the North London Area Course at Trets in September this year (2008). I travelled up to London and we recorded this lecture at Kevin's wonderful home. Its about Prayer and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording and putting it together! Great shoutouts from the wonderful Karen and some wonderful music from Mark Erelli singing The Only Way and Bob Gentry singing Goldie Hawn! Both tracks are available from the Podsafe Music Network. Again we had planned to play the second half of William Woollards Chapter 1 tonight. However, we wanted to include an interview that we are working on but we did not manage to get it done in time! Bear with us and we hope the next show will include the second half! Thank you so much for listening and for your encouraging comments and emails. Enjoy the show and have a great week.

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Tonights show is a lecture on Nichiren Daishonin's letter called 'Reply to Sairen-bo'.The theme is once more on the mentor disciple relationship . Themes include: Trapped for 3 score years and 10 The disciple chooses the mentor What is Buddhahood? Devil kings and demons I don't want to spend my life in the toilet of mankind What qualifies the mentor? Creating a whirlpool of joy. In honour of 25 years playing music, we play, from the Podsafe Music Network, Howard Jones and his song Building our own Future. We are also lucky enough to have a great track from Peter Robinson called Roar of the Wind for the men of the South of England. Originally we had planned to play the second half of William Woollards Chapter 1 tonight. However, we wanted to include an interview that we are working on but we did not manage to get it done in time! So the next show will include the second half! Thank you for listening and for your encouragement comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week.

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Tonight we are very pleased to have William Woollard back on the show. William reads the first half of Chapter 1 from his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. We have shoutouts that span the globe and a great poem from Bob Kemp from Bournemouth in the UK. Thank you so much to William Wey who provided the artwork for this weeks show! Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play White Feather by Phil Ayoub and Inside of Me by The Ivy League. Thank you for listening and for the wonderful comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week.

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Tonight we are looking another passage from Nichiren Daishonin's letter to Sairen-bo, The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. The theme of tonights lecture is the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and it includes the following headings!What is Buddhism about?Bodhisattva Superior PracticesBelief is not enoughThe Mystic Law is life itselfWhat does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean?Our lives are the candles of lifeFlushing with the Mystic LawBlowing away negativityNurturing lifeTapping our toes to the tune of the Mystic LawAwakening others to the greatness within their livesWe have a wonderful experience from Jonathan Steele and shoutouts that stretch across the world!Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play a great relaxing kick back tune from Slackstring called Sun Again Will Shine. Also tonight we have a really great tune from singer songwriter Amy Regan, what an amazing voice, she sings Everybody Needs Somewhere To Go.Thank you for listening and for the wonderful comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week.

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On tonights show we study a passage from the writing, The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. The theme of tonights lecture is the mentor disciple relationship and it includes the following headings! The Tsukuhara Debate The purpose of Buddhism The Buddha was not a bronze statue Hardships strengthen our happiness Human revolution produced human gold Mount Sumeru Tsunasaburo Makiguchi Josei Toda Daisaku Ikeda What happens when the mentor passes away? Again its another full show with shoutouts that criss cross the globe and music from the Podsafe Music Network. On tonights show we play Ocean from Zach Ashton and Great Day from the wonderful Jody Gnant.Thank you so much for your support of the show, have a great week.

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Tonights lecture is based on a letter written by Nichiren Daishonin called, ?Condolences on a Deceased Husband?. Highlight headlines include: 1278 - So what? Li Ju-hsien Yet I feel joy Dr Martin Luther King Hated more than thieves The price of piety Curtailing liberties Prayer rooted in action A fingernail of dirt Music from tonights show is from the Podsafe Music Network. Its a double bill from the great band Great Big Sea. We play two of their tracks, Own True Way and Something Beautiful. There are shout outs and slurps of tea and I have no idea how it all fitted in! Thank you for listening. If you like the show let us know or post a review on Itunes! Have a great week!

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On tonights show we are delighted to have a guest appearance from William Woollard. William made the journey to Forest Row and was kind enough to let us record him reading Chapter 2 of his book, The Reluctant Buddhist. Its very personal and I found myself captivated while I was recording. Thank you so much William!We have shoutouts and great music from The Reveals who sing Want You Back and Sarah Vonderhaar whose beautiful voice gets you welcoming the summer with I Got Sunshine!Our next lecture is being written and should be up very soon! Thank you so much for listening!

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We are back! Tonights show begins with a lecture on the letter Nichiren Daishonin worte to his 83 year old disciple Abutsu-bo. The letter is called On the Treasure Tower. Points include: An incredible seeking spirit; What is the treasure tower?; We are the treasure tower; What? You don't like your reality?; Forests of treasure towers; Seven kinds of treasure; The Gohonzon is the blueprint of our lives; The family treasure. After the lecture we play Here and Now by Mike Erelli from the Podsafe Music Network. Next up, Karen reads an experience from the wonderful Roxanne Rae. Then we have shoutouts that cross the globe and we have a special finish. We close with a beautiful song by the amazing Peter Robinson, its called A Piece of Mirror. If you are looking for more experiences about practicing this Buddhism, have a look at The Buddha Next Door, a wonderful book Have a great week and take great care!

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Well, here is the final chapter of this amazing novel. Chapter 16 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar!New lecture still in works!

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Thank you so much for your patience, now at last Chapter 15 is here, this episode was unusually challenging to put together, thank you to everyone for their help! Chapter 15 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! Have a wonderful week! New lecture coming soon.

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Chapter 14 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar!

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We have arrived at Chapter 13! If you like it, share it!Chapter 12 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! The Children, Karen and I are doing our best and we have food on the table!

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We hope you enjoy Chapter 12!  If you like it, share it! Chapter 12 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar! Thank you for all the wonderful feedback! Have a terrific week!

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A very happy new year to one and all! Towards a year of Capable People and Development! Here is Chapter 11! I loved working on this episode! If you like it, share it! Chapter 11 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter appears every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on http://www.abuddhistpodcast.com !

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Well, finally, we are back with a lecture on The Izu Exile! We talk about: Yasaburo and his wifeAppreciationStanding up for what is right, no matter whatBuddhist Gods are practicalBecome respected in the community The music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network and includes: Vittoria Conn singing Merry Christmas AngelMark Stoney singing Jailbird A sincere and special thanks to everyone who has supported us. We have copies of the two books we mention The Buddha Next Door and The Reluctant Buddhist in the online shops in the right hand column!  We wanted also to make reference to some information we talk about in the show! Jason gets interviewed by The Podcast SistersJason gets interviewed by Robin Maiden from InsytworksThe beautiful art of Susannah KellyContinuityTalkForestRowRadio

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Thank you everyone for your encouragement, happy to deliver Chapter 10, this was quite an adventure but here it is. I am currently nearly finished with a new lecture and hope to have it out in the next few days! Chapter 10 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and you can find it in the stores on the sidebar!

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And bang on time, we have another chapter of this brilliant book! Chapter 9 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon.

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Thank you for your patience. Theres an interesting story in the struggle to get this ready to go! Thank you.Chapter 8 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me.

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Here it is! Chapter 7 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me.

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Tonights show was recorded over this last weekend in Sacramento, California. It was made possible thanks to the experiences and commitment of the most amazing members who shared their lives with Jason and microphones to give you this show. We recorded more material which we will be including in forthcoming shows. The music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network and includes: Border Blasters, Next time you see me Sharon Jones, 100 days and 100 nights Otis Redding, Shake A sincere and special thanks to Donna Parten and Dash Antel and all the members of SGI-USA who made my recent trip to the US so successful.

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Here is Chapter 6! Chapter 6 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me.

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Well finally we are back with another show! Tonights show is about the letter, The Persecution at Tatsunokuchi. Among all the things we cover we look: * Background on Tatsunokuchi * Taurid Arietid Meteor stream, right on time * Shijo Kingo 16 years without a Gohonzon * The Master Disciple pipeline * Big goal = Big life * Fighting fear * Postcard from Japan * Faith is nothing unusual * Our karmic GPS * Teachers Tonight we have 'The Music' from David Usher. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Josei Toda’s declaration against nuclear weapons, we play 'Trinity' by Vittoria Conn. Both David and Vittoria are artists on the Podsafe Music Network. Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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And right on time . . . Chapter 5! Chapter 5 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We have recorded another show of A Buddhist Podcast, but some of the recording was missing so we are re-recording tonight!

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And now for the amazing Chapter 4! Chapter 4 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a new talk about discarding the transient and revealing the true! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week!

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Welcome to a different kind of show. In response to a number of listener requests we have put together the Summer Spesh, a show that brings together some of the listeners favourite music from previous shows, some inspirational quotes, some poetry and an interview between Peter Osborne and Eddy Canfor-Dumas, the author of The Buddha, Geoff and Me. Music from tonights show includes: Vittoria Conn singing Mirror $12.99 by Dave Potts Building Our Own Future by Howard Jones Bill singing Panacea Eoghan Colgan with Planetary Woman Selsted Church of England Primary School with Save Our School Supersuckers with Some People Say Matthew Ebel singing Drive Away All the music from tonights show is from the Podsafe Music Network. We will be back in a couple of weeks with a a lecture on The Persecution at Tatsunokuchi Gosho. Next week is episode 4 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me. Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, it really does help spread the word if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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Right on time we have Chapter 3 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are still working on a couple of shows! Please bear with us!  Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week!

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And . . . here is chapter 2 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book?s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a couple of shows, one of which will be appearing next week! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week! We are still collecting gosho quotes and favourite guidance passages for the Summer Spesh show, please send them to us at jason(at)thejarretts.com or karen(at)thejarretts.com. Please remember to reference the pages or source!

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Well . . . we promised it would come and here is the first chapter of The Buddha Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddie Canfor-Dumas. Kevin Eldon does the narration, Peter Osborne provides the introductions and credits. Music was exclusively written and recorded for The Buddha Geoff and Me by Howard Jones. Artwork was by Jessica Miller. The producer was Jason Jarrett! A new chapter will appear every two weeks, if you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The books website is The Buddha Geoff and Me  We will be back very soon with a podcast about Buddhism and Relationships!

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Welcome to another show! In this show we look at the second half of On Attaining Buddhahood, which includes: For what reason do we live out our lives? There are not two lands, pure and impure in themselves Isn't the weather miserable? The schisms of ism's Polishing our mirror Revealing the gleaming motorcycle within Chanting in the morning Myoho-renge-kyo Apple Tree Sutra Mastering our minds Teachers Tonights show also includes an obituary of Shin Yatomi ), written by Donna Parten and read by Karen and Vittoria Conn. We would like to express our deepest condolences to his wife Carolyn and his family and to all who knew and loved him. Tonight we have music from The SGI-UK Glorious Life Choir who sing 'For the sake of Peace'. This is a great song written by Cory Josias, Veronica Turner, Malcolm Connell, Alex Golding and Howard Jones. We also play music from the Podsafe Music Network. We play 'Turnaround' by Vitttoria Conn! Our thanks to Jessica Miller for the wonderful artwork, our lives touching the fabric of life. Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lectures is about overcoming the negativity that rises up whenever we want to change the direction of our lives.Some soundbites...1. Are you the protagonist or are you in the audience?2. Problems are the exercise for our spiritual life3. A pile of obstacles!4. You are gorgeous, but I need to do Gongyo first!5. A pile of devils!6. So what did Nichiren do about problems?7. What happens when the disciples stand up?8. An axiom of faith to be passed on not hidden.9. Thats what friends are for!It is a long show and we pull no bones about challenging the negativity that meets us fist for fist when we want to create change in our lives andthe world around us!Picking the music for tonights show was a challenge too! Our great friend Vittoria Conn is preparing a final release mix for her new song Turnaround but we werent able to get to it in time for the recording! Never mind! We'll do our best to get it to you next time!  However, we have some really appropriate music from the Podsafe Music Network. We play 'I would Love' by Lee Coulter and 'Into the Groove' from the one and only Ziggy Marley!Lots of shoutouts across the world tonight! Taplow Court Open Days and Live Arts Festival 2007 are upon us, Sundays from 27 May - 29 July, plus National Heritage Day on the 9th September. Its open from 2pm to 5.30pm and there is a wonderful exhibition - The Happiest Days of Their Lives? - Children through the Ages at Taplow and Beyond. Admission Free.Thank you for listening!If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)thejarretts.comIf you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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Welcome to tonights show! The lecture tonight is based on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s lectures in 2006 on the letter writing by Nichiren Daishonin, 'On Attaining Buddhahood in this Lifetime'. The highlights include 1. 20 Years with Gohonzon 2. Two approaches for overcoming suffering 3. Religion is a privilege and not an obligation 4. Grasping the mystic truth 5. Daimoku of faith and Daimoku of action 6. Revealing Buddhahood just as you are 7. Three meanings of Myo 8. Is your life a complete pain in the backside? 9. I am Nam-myoho-renge-kyo 10. I’ve been doing all these activities and not getting benefit! Great experience from Larry Congdon of Buffalo! Music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play Kind of Grey by Delaware and Goodnight Kiss from Phil Ayoub. We forgot to say but will remember next time… the wonderful Quinn Hunter and Casey McGonigle are going to get married and they are the artwork for this weeks show! Congratulations! Roxanne Rae has some great articles on anger And Celine Dufay is appearing in Leocadia at Kings College London, Dates are Wed 30th Thurs 31st and Friday 1st June 7pm performances. Booking is available by the french dept- see more info from facebook. Email: kclfrenchplay@yahoo.co.uk Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com If you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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Welcome to tonights show, the second half of the lecture on the letter from Nichiren Daishonin to Shijo Kingo, The Three Kinds of TreasurePicking up from Part 1Where does the Master/Disciple relationship come from?Daisaku IkedaI would rather go to hell with youComplaining changes nothingIts rare to be born a human beingGain the trust of your communityThree Kinds of TreasureCherish the vow to work for human happinessStriving Music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play Building Our Own Future by Howard Jones and Inside of Me by Ivy League.If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.comIf you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

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Tonights show is so full we had to get it out! With a wonderful lecture by Eileen Beckmann on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment, shoutouts and an experience from Matt McMillan. We have music from Sandie Shaw, a 60th Birthday mix of "A Puppet on a String". Also, thanks to Promonet, we are able to play Black Labs track, "Mine Again", if you like the track buy it from ITunes on March 22nd as part of the Bumrush the Charts campaign!Thank you so much for downloading the show, for your emails and for supporting the show.Don't worry we will get Part 2 of The Three Kinds of Treasure out in the next couple of weeks, in the mean time, take care, stand tall and have a great week!Email us with questions, feedback or experiences!

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So we are back, life has been very busy indeed! And tonights talk is based on the Gosho, Three Kinds of Treasure LighthousesWhat is my purpose in life?Master and DiscipleOur struggleWinning where we are right nowCliffhanger Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Vittoria Conn sings Mirror and Black Lab sing us out with Broken Heart. Thank you for listening, have a terrific week Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa go and check out the Bum Rush the Charts campaign

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Happy New Year!Tonights talk is based on the Gosho, The Hero of the WorldShijo KingoIs it daytime yet?Riding the waves of lifeVictory or defeat is a matter of the heartBuddhism is reasonDaisaku IkedaThe fight of our lives Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network.  Eoghan Colghan sings Planetary Woman and Move sing us out with Leave Your Problems. Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa you should have a mosey on over to Heidi Lorenz art gallery.

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Tonights lecture is based on the gosho, Happiness in this World. Some of the headings include:Why we practice FaithOpening the door to our Buddha wisdomSnakes in the cupboardTatsunokuchi - walking the talkMutual possession of the ten worldsMy friend JackIf you want a drink, stay at home with your wifeStrenthen your faith more than ever Oh, new one, book review! The book we reviewed tonight was A Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat & Daisaku Ikeda. The book was published by I.B. Tauris in 2007 and the ISBN numbers we have are ISBN 978-1-84511-279-0 and ISBN 1-84511-279-2.Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Stavia sings Lucky Day and the wonderful Vittoria Conn sings a great christmas number, Merry Christmas Angel. And three anonymous young women sing, on behalf of all the young women who sang at the recent UK District Leaders Training Course at Trets, a poem by President Ikeda.Peace and Goodwill to everyone!

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Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lecture is called, The Vow and it is given by our guest lecturer Eileen Beckmann! The women of the SGI are so incredible! I really hope this is the start of many lectures! We are so grateful to Eileen, thank you so much. Music tonights is from Geoff Smith and Matthew Ebel. Geoff sings Some Christmas Hugging which you can find at either thegeoffsmith.com or music.podshow.com. Matthew Ebel sings a song that definitely rips at your heart, Tennessee Never Cried and you can find Matthews music at music.podshow.com. Recent developments and improvements at Podshow mean that you can now support these artists by buying the tracks if you like the music! We've got shout outs from all over and a great experience from Andre de Wit from the Netherlands. The cover art for tonights show is a photograph taken of Karen and I at PodcastconUK by  our great friend CC Chapman, the grand meister flash of Managing the Gray, Accident Hash and U-Turn Cafe. Have a great week!

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Well things have been mad busy! On tonights show we have two amazing experiences from Mens Division members in Los Angeles and India!Life Poem - Daisaku IkedaPawan Desais experienceMatt Macmillans experienceThe fire alarmAnd Karen is back with a vengeance, with her Shout Outs!Music tonight is from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com and comes from the very talented Geoff Smith singing Take Me Back  and the Supersuckers singing Some People Say!New line of lectures on their way to see us into our second year!Comments, ideas, experiences et al, we'd love to hear from you, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.comHave a great and wonderful week!

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 Well! Jason is back from the Podcast Expo in Ontario, California and the mission North to meet Donna and Dash in Sacramento!Tonight, the lecture is on the letter Nichiren Daishonin wrote to Nanjo Tokimitsu, The Dragon Gate gosho.Children are well, life is mad busy and tonight we talk about;1. Nanjo Tokimitsu2. Living with a sense of purpose3. Shariputra versus Bodhisattva Never Disparaging4. Get your head out of the trenches!5. With my deep respect!Shoutouts to my friend Matt McMillan, the crew at Jazzfly, my new friends CC Chapman and Geoff Smith! The amazing Pam & Lance Heath, Ewan Spence, Linda Mills, David Jackson, Brian & Tina, Brother Love, Aaron Burcell, Michael Butler and all the incredible people we met at the Podcast ExpoThe music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. The lecture was a little longer tonight so we only played one tune, the legendary Brother Love, singing Summertime! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.comJimmy Golding is playing Jazzfly in London on Friday 13th! and yes Jason will be there! If you are in London, get down to Trebovir Road in Earls Court and check out Jazzfly. Great people, great music, human happiness in action.Deepest thanks to Dash and Donna for such a wonderful stay. Jason is gutted he lost the intro!Have a great week!Ohâ?¦nearly forgot, they donâ??t sponsor us but they are really cool, they are the ethicalsuperstore.com

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Tonights we talk about the Nine Consciousnesses in the midst of a bout of colds, sneezes and coughs that have enveloped the house this week! We talk about; 1. 5 senses 2. Trapped in the cage of our 7th Consciousness 3. Karmic River 4. Palace of the Ninth Consciousness 5. Starlit Hawaii Shoutouts to everyone from Gibbo in LA to Mike Hellier touring Europe! Selsted Primary School get  reprieve and Vittoria offers an experience about chanting for her mothers situation. As usual music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Dave Pottz song, $12.99 and we close with the wonderful children of Selsted Church of England Primary School singing, Save Our School, because they did save it! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com Oh...and if your in London and its Friday night and your thinking, where should we go? Go down to Earls Court and check out Jazzfly at My Place Great people, great music, kosen rufu in action. Have a great week!

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Tonights show returns with a talk on the correct teaching and includes:    1. 3 Proofs    2. If you wish to free yourself...    3. How do I percieve the mystic Truth    4. T'ien T'ai    5. Potted early history of Nichiren Daishonin    6. Meaning of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo    7. Our mission should we choose to accept it... Karens voice gets better and better. More shoutouts. Happy Birthday to Dash. Congratulations to Rosie Miles! Great Question - Do you have to be a vegetarian to practice Buddhism? (I hope not...or I am in trouble) Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Adrina Thorpe's amazing song is called Fly Fly Fly and we also played, the acoustic version of See the Sun from Black Lab Have a wonderful week!

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Tonights show begins with a talk on a great vow and includes:Faith and courageOriginal desire of the BuddhaDeeper the rootsUS troops at GatwickNow thats what I call a great vow Karen has some great shownotes and reads an experience from Henry Leong from Singapore, Shout outs to everyone and the challenges facing SGI France.Music from tonights show comes from Natives of the New Dawn, their song is called Good Day and you can get it from the Podsafe Music Network. We also played, Building our own Future with kind permission from Howard Jones. Howard has a great album called Revolution of the HeartHave a wonderful week!

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Tonights show closes our series of talks on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, the part we recite in Gongyo. tonights lectures covers: A summary of everything so far;Why we recite the ten factors three times in Gongyo;The middle way;Buddhism in daily life; Letting go of our lesser self. The Music from tonights show comes from Vittoria Conn who performs her song, "Mirror" and the Church of England Selsted Primary School who sing Save our School - take a minute to go along to their website to see what they are doing to keep their school. Both songs can be bought from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.comSpecial thanks to Steve Sant for his great support and the wonderful artwork he has let us use for tonights show.Vittoria is performing Mirror at Kosen Rufu Gongyo  at the White Plains Activity Centre in New York on August 6th at 9am!

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So tonight we are back with our lectures on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra. This show is about the most important part of Chapter 2, one of the most important parts of the Lotus Sutra, and includes:1. A summary of everything we have talked about so far, and;2. The true entity of all phenomena;3. The ten factors;4. The Gohonzon within us;5. Bathtubs and apples!Then we play some great music by Rebecca Haviland and the track is called What are you?We hear an incredible experience from Akenabah Begay, from the Navojo tribe of North America and the shout outs to everyone who wrote to us! And we can't forget the Latino SGI event in Northern California on September 10th 2006 in San Francisco!The show closes out with Goodbye Southern Skies from David McMilllinDonâ??t forget, if you have an experience or feedback or just want to say hello, drop us a line at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.com. Thank you to everyone that writes an email or puts a comment on a website or ITunes, it is so encouraging to hear from you!Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. Have a truly fantastic Have a great week!

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Yes... its the mother of cliffhangers!Tonight we are taking a brief gap in our series of Lectures on the Lotus Sutra, just for this week! Instead, we are going to study an extract from a letter the Daishonin wrote to Sairen-Bo. The letter is called The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life. Tonight we talk about:    1.    Each moment is the last moment of our lives    2.    1000 Buddhas    3.    Many in body but one in mindFor the music on tonights show I am grateful to Soccershout, Bitjobs for the Masses, Green Dragon, Tartan Podcast and of course Three from Leith. All of these great podcasters helped me source the music this week which comes from the Podsafe Music Network and was...Death Cab for Cutie singing Title and Registration and Team Salt with Roundabouts.We are already preparing the 7th and final lecture on Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra for the next show! Don't forget, if you have an experience or feedback or just want to say hello, drop us a line at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.com.Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. Have a truly fantastic week!

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Tonights show includes:The 6th Lecture on the Hopen Pon or Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, more on the meaning of Gongyo. Soft and gentle words, parents and paradigms, no more shingles and flushing out karma;The music on tonights show was firstly Wake Up by the Butterfly Catchers and finally Booty Voodoo from Lee Coulter. All music is from the Podsafe Music Network;What is the information surrounding the 49th day after someone dies? Dispelling another priesthood cashcow. Have a fantastic week!If you have an experience or feedback or just want to say hi, drop us a line at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.com

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The moment I got back tonight from the SGI-UK Mens Division Leaders Course in Coventry and Karen said, OK! Lets do the podcast!So...tonights show includes:Lecture on Part 5 on the Hopen Pon or Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, covering a refresher on what we have done so far, immeasurable mercy, unlimited eloquence and fearlessness;Music from Jimmy Golding's album, Be Good, Be Bad, Be Mine. The songs we play tonight are excellent! Big Hearted Man and Can't Stop The Rain, from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com;Karen talks Earth Charter and President Ikedas childrens books As usual you can send us feedback or comments to us at jason@thejarretts.com or karen@thejarretts.comHave a great week!

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Tonights lecture on Chapter 2 covers the phrase, Sho-i sha ga. Nyorai hoben. Chiken hara-mitsu. Kai i gu-soku! Thank you to my amazing Karen for making it possible and to the warm encouragement of Mr Johnny Hindes Thank you to everybody for downloading the show. The music tonight comes from Kevin Reeves and Bobby Gentry from music.podshow.com Best wishes to everyone

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We have reversed the running order of the show tonight, study first, music, experience, question and answers! The study is the 3rd lecture in a series on the Hoben Pon or the 2nd Chapter of the Lotus Sutra. We hope you enjoy it. More music from the Podsafe Music Network

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Finally, we have produced a promo! Let us know what you think. Thank you so much for subscribing to the show! Enjoy the rest of this week. Update on Lizzie Obard from John Marder, "Lizzie woke up this afternoon. She has been looking at people and seems to hear things. The physio says she can move her limbs. She isn't fitting despite not being on the really heavy anti-convolsants. She  will continue to be sedated tonight and we think that tomorrow they will aim to bring her round properly and have her breathing herself. This is all such fantastic news and shows a massive turnaround since the awful things we were hearing on Friday. Of course there is still a long way to go in getting Lizzie better but what we have seen shows what all that Daimoku can do. Thank you so much to everybody and lets please keep that Daimoku rota roaring on for the fortnight and see fantastic proof. Thank you so much. Jason and Karen

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Karen has her own microphone! Questions on Men and Women, differences between Nichiren Daishonins Buddhism and other forms of Buddhism and is chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo a meditation? The lecture/study talk is on the second page of Gongyo, the second part of Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra. Getting harder not easier, this was a real challenge of confidence to see it through. We hope you enjoy it. The show ends with "Panacea" from the Birthday Suit album by Bill from the Podsafe Music Network. If you like it, visit music.podshow.com. Podsafe Music Network is a great source of new music. Have a great week!

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Questions, questions! Tonights lecture is on the first page of Gongyo, the first part of Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra, "At that time...". This was enjoyable to put together. We close the show with great music from Matthew Ebel, "I know you're there", from the Podsafe Music Network. If you like it, visit music.podshow.com. Podsafe Music Network is a great source of new music. Have a great week!

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Tonight we have changed the format slightly and have a Q&A on some Buddhist basics, an experience and as a short lecture on Chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra. We finish the show with great music from Geoff Smith, "Not on the radio", from the Podshow. If you like it, visit music.podshow.com. Podsafe Music Network is a great source of new music. Have a wonderful week!

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A Buddhist Podcast - Introduction to the Lotus Sutra. This is an introductory lecture to the essence of the Buddha's teaching, the Lotus Sutra.

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Finally, after 13 misfires, 14th time lucky, overcoming seven kinds of Sansho Shima, the one with the New Years Gosho is out and up there! Happy New Year to everyone!

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Finally here the lecture I gave in Hospital which was recorded and played to the members the next night with an action man taking the microphone

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Here is my notes on the Gosho, The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood Podshow PDN {podshow-d58633bd2f685d0c214a809169dc3271}

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