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Re release - Buddhamas special: White wine in the sun

We return this Christmas with a re release of one of our favourite Buddhamas episodes, about Tim Minchin's classic: White wine in the sun. 

A Christian, a non monk, and a Buddhist priest - Part 2

We continue our conversation with Neti Mushin about all things Zen, life and being a priest. 
 
https://netiparekh.com/

A Christian, a non monk, and a Buddhist priest

We've neen really looking forward to this one! 
Today we bring in a very special guest: Neti Mushin Parekh. Neti is senior prest and leader of Twining Vines zen centre, and was Tai-Sen's preceptor for his recent ordination. She joins us talk all things zen and being a priest, and its such a wonderful conversation. 
 
https://netiparekh.com/

Men! Men?

Men. We need talk. About men, with men. we are two men talking about men. 
Men are more christian. why? what happened?
We dive in to the topic, and try to work out what to do about this podcasts man problem. 

Taking a long walk

Tai-Sen is off on a pilgrimage. But what even is that? We talk about the difference between a pilgrimage and a long walk, and Tai-Sen launches his 'is it a pilgrimage or not' scale (tm). https://www.spiritualtravels.info/spiritual-travels-ordinary-trips/top10reasons/

What is conversion?

We launch off from an earlier conversation into a rambling discussion on conversion. What is is? is it good? should we do it?
 
Please convert your friends to the pod, send it around :) 

Do religions compete?

Today in the cage - Christianity Vs Buddhism - in the showdown of the millennium.
 
Jacob and Tai-Sen discuss if religions are actually competing? or if they are in fact all speaking about the same truth. If you picked up some Bahai in this topic, well done you! 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/29/what-if-the-worlds-religions-arent-competing-but-rather-one-unfolding-truth

Divine music - Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys

We are picking up all the good vibrations today, and talking about the Beach Boys! yes you heard right, notorious Christian pop band the Beach Boys. 
 
We dive in to what makes their music actually maybe about God, and how Brian Wilson was perhaps an under heralded genius (but not really, he was pretty famous). 
 
https://mbird.com/music/you-need-a-mess-of-help-to-stand-alone/

The Jade Buddha, Diplomacy and being a Bodhisattva

We are back to one of our favorite topics. The board game Diplomacy.Tai-Sen (Jamal) shares why he's known as the 'Jade Buddha', how he thinks about the game, and we talk about how others perceive him and the intersection between the game and his spirituality. Spoiler alert - its more closely connected than you may think! 

Divine music - Bob Marley

One Love dear listeners. Welcome to todays episode. And we are back with divine music! we know you missed it. We jump in to the wonderful world of Bob Marley, and Rastafarianism in general. A highly informative episode to make, where we move beyond the cliché's and really take a look at what was behind some of the most spiritual popular music of the last century.
 
Give thanks 
 
https://theconversation.com/under-the-influence-of-bob-marley-the-timeless-music-man-63347