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Om Swami
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Om Swami
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Audible presents Zen: A Way of Life, an Audible Original. Om Swami's thoughts, in Om Swami's voice.
In this series, Om Swami shares the essence of the Zen Living, combing the various branches of Zen and its associated techniques, to help the listener master the Zen way of life.
There are 8 core episodes and 4 Bonus ones covering the following: Zazen, Wall-gazing, Osoji and many more to calm and center the mind while living in the world. Whether you are searching for peace, or have a desire to attain Satori (instant realization), or merely wish to increase your competence and effectiveness, the Zen perspective to daily living has all the answers. The wisdom shared in the series is drawn from Om Swami’s personal experience and rigorous practices.
Disclaimer: This show is meant for Listener’s entertainment. The opinions expressed on this show are personal to the individuals appearing in the show, and not those of Audible. This show is not intended to outrage, insult, defame or wound or hurt any religion or the religious sentiments, belief or feelings of any person, entity, class or community or to denigrate any institution or person, living or dead. This show is not a substitute for a professional’s advice. Listener’s discretion is advised.
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- timothy shepherd
- 01-03-24
I Love Om Swami
I'd Love to have him as my teacher for zazen practice I've tried countless times to join a Buddhist temple to learn to have control of my mind through meditation such as wall gazing and began to shut myself and mind to become quiet, I'd like to do my best to become a teacher, for people who are in recovery I often preach a message of hope and understanding, but be careful what you pray for I would meditate and tell The bodidharma, or the universal form, and shortly after my wife while ,y ptsd was at the worst called police, because she said I was weak mentally through prayer, meditation, and so on, meditation taught me I do not need to always be comfortable, fear, is anger, hurt is anger! resentments end in strife and ruined lives please be my Guru I've studied differnt religions for 25 years
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- Brian P.
- 10-19-21
Good info on Zen Buddhism, beware the grifter
I enjoyed and learned something from the first 3 or 4 episodes (skipping through the chanting and zazen sessions because I wasn’t looking to actively participate). The audio is descent considering it’s a recorded lecture series during a retreat. However, I decided to skip ahead to the Q&A episodes and couldn’t help but immediately lose confidence in Om Swami when I heard him purport that occasionally, to some (but importantly not all) dedicated followers in need, Swami will, upon his own volition, enter the dreams of those followers and offer advice to help them achieve the breakthrough they’re seeking. It’s a shame because I’ve recently been really digging into Buddhism and establishing my own lay practice, and I was enjoying this podcast and how much it jived with what I’ve learned so far. But if Swami is going around convincing followers he can enter their dreams if he chooses and if they’re dedicated enough, I can’t help but suspect a rat. To be honest, this feeling/suspicion started in the episode about proper seated meditation posture. I’ve read the 12 points before, and all that was fine. But then he started telling about how, before leaving on a 2 month trip, he gave a monk a koan on which to meditate, and GUARANTEED a breakthrough within like 4-6 weeks. When Swami returned, the breakthrough hadn’t happened. Swami was incredulous, and immediately figured the problem, of course, lay with the monk. After all (in contrast to the Buddha’s advice to use what works for you and dismiss what doesn’t) if it worked for Swami it should work for everyone. So he nitpicked the monk’s seated meditation posture, and found a tiny positional error. The monk left, and within like 24 hours reported he’d had the breakthrough—the sense of his body dissolving into a million pieces (sounds like a solid white lie to get out of some homework to me). To be fair, I haven’t studied the stricter sects of Buddhism, and I feel like Swami may lean toward or come from that lineage, but I also sense some pernicious ego at work. I may be wrong, and apologize if I am, but I still call bulls#*t on entering people’s dreams, and therefore, I’m out. I highly recommend Thich Nhat Hanh and anything from Plum Village for a better introduction to Zen Buddhism. Thay doesn’t claim to be semi-omnipotent.
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- GwP
- 10-28-21
I dig the Swami lectures -he is unique!
Kind of disagree with the other review because I think the Swami is not being all that serious in his lectures. He laughs often and his approach is unique and interesting to me as a person who has deepened my meditation practice.
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