Buddhist Geeks

In the 2nd part of our conversation with the Evolving Ground crew, we talk about the importance of comparing and contrasting what we're up to in our respective Sanghas.

In 2020 Charlie Awberry & Jared Janes came together to start a new kind of Vajrayana Sangha, called Evolving Ground.

In this episode of Buddhist Geeks, we're re-sharing a conversation that happened on the Meta-Perspective show, hosted by James Londoli, in which James invited Vince F Horn and Daniel Ingram into a dialogue about dharma lineage in the 21st century.

In this dharma talk–taken from a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat–Kenneth Folk speaks about Bahiya–the best student in the history of the world–and about the worst student in the history of the world, none other than the Buddha himself.

In this dharma teaching, given to a cohort of teachers-in-training, Vince F. Horn gives a broad strokes introduction to the 2nd Great Turning, or Iteration, of Buddhism, known as Mahayana Buddhism.

In this dharma teaching / guided meditation–given during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat in 2018–Kenneth Folk re-enacts the Anupada Sutta, exploring the 8 jhanas, using them as a platform for the experience of nibbana.

Kevin Owocki, founder of GitCoin–a decentralized platform & organization focused on building and funding the open web–joins Vince Horn co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, to explore the potential of bringing together the world of Dharma and the world of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations).

In this dharma talk Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Gradual and Sudden tracks of meditation.

In this conversation, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson, author of Radical Friendship, a newly released book which originally found its roots in a previous talk that Kate gave in 2013 at an in-person Buddhist Geeks Conference, entitled The Dharma of Difference.

In this Pragmatic Dharma retreat talk, Kenneth Folk talks about the interrelationship between jhanas (meditative absorption states) and nanas (insight knowledges).

In this special guided meditation, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk does a masterful job of pointing out the four progressive stages of meditative absorption, colloquially known as jhana.

In this dharma talk, Vince Fakhoury Horn talks about the Goldilocks Principle as it's applied to meditation.

Teaching by Noliwe Alexander, given during a Mindfulness Retreat Online.

During the interview Tasshin Foggleman asks Vince Horn to share about the evolution of the Buddhist Geeks organization, including an in-depth exploration of Transparent Generosity, Holacracy, & Open Source Dharma

In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by Gabriel Menegale Wison, one of the authors of the recently released book, “Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart.”