Raised a Fundamentalist Christian, but Now a Buddhist YouTuber {Podcast}

  In this podcast Ty, Dana, Daniel and John talk about the Dalai Lama's health and his remarks on being reincarnated as a beautiful woman. They also discuss issues of Buddhist extremism in Myanmar, whether Bodhidharma was a real person or not, the fact that...

 The first time I met Alex was in Cleveland at the West Side Market to sit with him in a public meditation.It was such a cool idea, TTB ran with it and thus began our annual Day of Meditation. I had chatted with Alex online and he had submitted pieces, and...

What I like about Insight Timer is that it uses this technology to connect—to find likeness and community—and brings it to the practice of meditation. In our busy-ness of life, sometimes getting to a meditation group is not ideal. Sometimes it is actually not even possible depending on where we live. Old school practices may push back, and while it is true that there is nothing better than actually meditating in a group, Insight Timer elects to fill this gap of those that need a social network of meditators.

  This podcast went longer than most of our podcasts because we just couldn't stop asking Guo Gu questions. He recently published Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening by Shambhala Publications. We talk about meditation methods,  his life...