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Rinzai is known for it's rigor and discipline. Rinzai and Seon Buddhism have reputations for being the hard-asses of Buddhism. That being said, Ven. Eshu comes off as really nice. I'd really like to make a pilgrimage out to BC someday and do a retreat with them.

As a beginner, on your own, with limited experience I wouldn't really recommend these series of talks. What I would recommend is that you look into the Western Vipassana tradition. Zen schools and their practices aren't systematized like the Theravada tradition (Western Vipassana is an emerging tradition in the west that falls under the Theravadan tradition). If you were learning a language the Theravada tradition would be like Rosetta stone, slowly building up your knowledge of basic vocabulary and syntax, with some meta-analysis thrown in as to why things are being presented this way. Zen would be like learning a language via total immersion. It's effective, but it's hard, you need a real commitment and a community to support you in your progress.

One resource I always recommend to beginners is The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young. It's probably one of my favorite Buddhist related works.

For more entry level dharma talks I hope you take a look at the following links:

Audio Dharma - Recommended Talks

Dharma Seed (Great for searching through to find a talk on a particular subject.)

Dharma Talks given by the San Francisco Zen Center

The Buddhist Geeks Podcast

The Buddhist Geeks Podcasts are really interesting discussions about all aspects of Buddhism. It's not about teaching Buddhism. They're normally discussions with senior practitioners from all different sects about Buddhism. Talks cover topics such as rarified mental states (i.e. jhanas), adapting Buddhism to the west and the 21st century, meditation and the brain... really interesting stuff. If you have any real interest in Buddhism and how deep the rabbit hole goes, their best talks will really spark the fire of intrigue and get you serious about practice.

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Do not forget that they really, truly wanted the show to be about The Wizards instead of Workaholics but were told to not try and get that show made (I forgot who told them to not even mention it. Maybe an agent or something). The Wizards are featured on an episode (the episode where Adam goes into the bodybuilding competition). They still tried to present it as a show and basically given an "absolutely not!". So they snuck them into an episode of Workaholics. They also have a Wizards album that came out in 2009 called Purple Magic (last I checked it was on Amazon mp3 for $7.99). The Wizards rap group also has Kyle (Karl in the show) as the 4th member of the group (Blazer, Ders, Kyle rap and Adam is the "hype man"/guy who sings the hooks).

EDIT: It looks like I bought it during a sale or something since it is up to 7.99 now. link for the lazy

EDIT 2: I am not associated with them (I wish I was), but please buy their album. If they get enough sales, maybe they will make another album. The rap they did at, I think it was Comic-con, was one of the songs from the album. Also, best line in the album, which Ders says, "And those that know me know I'm dealin the realness and they can feel this like a dope set of real tits". Yep, that line was also later put on Workaholics once again when Ders had his rap battle at the gathering of the juggalos. I watch that show way too much when I know these intricate details (like I said, I am pretty sure I need to be best friends with those 4.)

The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young.

PLEASE start with The Science of Enlightenment. I would recommend this regardless but ESPECIALLY if you are feeling overwhelmed. It is the best naturalistic deconstruction of Buddhism's blueprint I have come across.

Please excuse the bold, all caps but...

GIVEN THAT YOU'RE COMING FROM A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND AND ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED THIS IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST RESOURCE TO START WITH!!!

Shinzen will enable you to explain Buddhism so you can relate it to your Christian relatives via Catholicism's own contemplative tradition, which you are probably unaware of.

Also, NewBuddhist.com is a very good forum. You may get recommended Dharma Overground. Save it in your bookmarks, but I wouldn't recommend going there as a beginner.

So you mentioned that you are going to see a doctor, but are you seeing a therapist? I really think it would help with your anxiety. If you have any questions about seeing a therapist, I'd be glad to talk to you about it (I'm not a therapist myself, but I've been in therapy, and can tell you about my experiences).

In the meantime, something really helpful for relaxing in order to sleep is listening to a guided meditation. I like Roberta Shapiro's "Goodbye Worries" and Belleruth Naparstek's "Meditations to Relieve Stress." It may seem a little hocus-pocus, but at least try it if you haven't before. At first, I was so anxious that I couldn't sit and meditate on my own, my mind was flying around all over the place. So I listened to these guided meditations, and they would calm me down enough that I could sleep OK. It also teaches you how to calm your mind on your own, and that's a great skill for someone with anxiety. I have them downloaded on my phone, and I carry earbuds with me, so I can always just take a little break during the day and listen for a few minutes if I need to.

CopenHAGEN you say? Sounds like my kind of town!!!...or is it a village? Perhaps it's a hamlet . Either way, I love it. You know what else I love? Cherry danish...I love cherry anything to be honest.

You know what else I love? Marc Maron, although anything would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the contest, and enjoy your trip!!!

What?! NOTHING IT related that you would find interesting enough to learn about on your own time?

Did you do this for the money? That's insane.

No Chef? No Puppet? No Docker? No obscure language? No embedded systems? No Nutanix? No ESXi? No nano server? Nothing IT related tickles your pickle? What about vulnhub? Red teaming? Game development? TELL ME.

/u/ProfFrnswrth -- I can't relate with the sentiment of not having energy after 8 hours. Hell, there are times we were updating systems until 1 or 2 AM and I STILL went home and dicked around in a VM. Do I have an unhealthy passion for this stuff? Probably.

As a child, very awkward, you can imagine, I had a computer and I was trying to play Deus Ex. The colors were terrible and the game stuttered and spewed, eventually freezing on that terrible sound looping: "EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN" -- being borderline retarded as a child, I didn't think to turn off the speakers, I just ran and told my Dad the computer is broken.

Being a good father, he assumed what all good fathers assume: porn. I was lectured and berated about not getting caught with my weasel in my hand, my dad unplugged the computer and turned it back on. I was defeated, never again to play this game my friend told me about.

The next day, whilst at school, I told my friend, the one in which of whom recommended the game, that my computer couldn't run it, I was doomed.

"What, ho?! Nay! Bringith thine tower to my domicile once within we leavith our studies!" -- Told you, fucking awkward.

So I bring this HP wanna be Blue Bubble Macintosh computer to my friend's house. My friend and his father ripped apart the internals of that poor HP tower, and replaced what looked like the internals to the backup for Johnny Five. Some brown circuit board and a lot of fans.

I was terrified. I was instructed by my friend to take my computer back home and try Deus Ex again. So, I get home and connect everything. Fearful of being sternly spoken to about pornography again, I left the speakers unplugged.

My God, man! It's beautiful! Normal colors, smooth textures, fast movement. But there wasn't any God damn sound! Oh, the speakers, right, so I plugged the speakers back in.

From there, I said "I want to be able to fix anything". It was very humbling and earth shattering to be honest.

I mean, if you think about it, as a preteen, you don't know what a computer is. You use it and you play on it, but you don't know what it is unless you're born into a family that teaches you or you're some Matilda freak that reads CPU and motherboard manuals in your free time.

But here... My friend, my peer, my ALLY! He knew exactly what it took. He took an impossible problem (can't play a video game), and not only made it a reality, he did it with spare parts in his closet LOL!

So, because of him, I am where I am today. Do I know how to fix everything? No, of course not. Don't be silly.

But! I have taken to using scheduled, distraction free time to learn something or get better at a skill. I go into that with a furious frenzy and get shit done. An hour? Half an hour? Five hours? I don't care, I'm going to tackle the living shit out of my objective.

Scheduled, distraction free time? What in the name of Almighty Christ on his Throne is this?!

First, I recommend a very subjective and biased book:

Deep Work

The concept of "Deep Work" is not foreign, but you may not have heard it called that before. It's a great book about finding time to get work done in a world of distractions.

Second, I recommend Earl Nightingale's "The Strangest Secret". You can find the audio on Amazon or Youtube, whichever you prefer. In YouTube he sounds cooler but speaks much quicker.

Earl Nightingale, again, came up with nothing new. This is some Oprah shit before Oprah was out. This broadcast changed my life. It builds off Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich and takes concepts from Philosophy and Religion. The best "Power of Positive Thinking" speech I've heard. Listen to it, and see if it vibes with you.

Anyway, get your goals down, write them. Don't put them in your God damn phone, WRITE IT DOWN. Look it everyday. If you miss a day, you have to see it, you can't just delete it from your phone (yeah, you can rip the paper out of the notebook, but I'd like to think you're not a destructive person ;) ).

You like Podcasts? Yeah? YEAH?

Check out Entrepreneur on Fire. He doesn't talk about tech, sysadmin, hacking, NOTHING. But he's super positive, he is successful, and he loves sharing his tips for success. He markets his little notebook a lot (yeah, I bought one), so take it how you will.

This last part is what no one wants to hear. Everyone knows this and rolls their eyes:

Take care of yourself. Seriously. Drink coffee, that's fine, but don't drink 6 - 10 cups a day. If you have a desert, that's fine too, but don't rely on cakes, cookies, Starbucks, Monster, Redbull, etc. as your daily driver. Eat fruits and vegetables. No, not V8/Naked/Sunny D. Eat some celery and hummus, or a salad with lettuce, kale, and olives.

Short on time? Almond Milk + 1 Orange + 1 Cup of Kale + 1 Cup of Spinach + 1 Cup of mixed berries + 1 Banana + 1 scoop Sunwarrior Protein powder. Or whatever. Don't use whey or casein. Don't buy into this hype that you need 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight or any other dumb shit bro-science that's out there.

Exercise your body: go for long walks, brisk or light jog. Calisthenics, too. Burpees, push-ups, situps, squats. Don't be one of those bench press monkeys either, do real exercises. Deadlift, Squat, Overhead Press. Don't have barbells? DON'T CARE. Goblet Squat, Farmer's Walk, Lunges, Man-Makers (Push-up + Dumbbell row), Dumbbell swings, dumbbell snatches -- Get to work. Ton of programs on the internet, and you can YouTube the exercises.

If you want to study, learn, stay abreast of tech news you can make time to do it. Schedule time, write it down, and stick to it. Don't be afraid to unplug. Leave your phone and go for a walk without headphones. Go bike riding at a park or through the woods. Go sit at a beach or pool without anything. Just listen to the birds squawking and screeching. You'll enjoy it.


Well this escalated quickly:

TL;DR

Deep Work - Book

EoF - Podcast

The Strangest Secret - Earl Nightingale broadcast

Diet and Exercise

Git Gud

Love live jazz, especially somewhere that is so soaked in the jazz culture like New Orleans. I work in a record store that is owned by a jazz nut, so I am exposed to a lot of weird jazz that I am not as fond of. But I do love the typically loed greats like Coltrane, Miles Davis and singers like Billie Holiday.

I am so jealous of your trip! Pictures, please!!

I have a rather inexpensive digital album I would love for my road trip coming up. It is a beach trip and my neices and I are putting together songs we would love to hear on the 6 hour drive. They are 11 and 13, so don't judge! Ha ha. But this collection has 35 summer songs for only $9 and it really runs the gamut on types of music so we could all be happy.

I've been finding Steven Gurgevich's hypnosis sessions really helpful. I've noticed a significant increase in my level of calmness since I've been listening to them. I've got Heal Yourself with Medical Hypnosis (general purpose; not just for medical issues) and Relax Rx.

https://www.audible.com/pd/Heal-Yourself-with-Medical-Hypnosis-Audiobook/B002V0PYAI

https://www.audible.com/pd/Relax-Rx-Audiobook/B00B7M0QOU

Audible has several others and there are more on amazon in digital music. Even if the idea of hypnosis doesn't immediately appeal to you, maybe get a single session for 99¢, such as Progressive Relaxation, to see if you find it effective.

https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Relaxation-Induction/dp/B01N5CYP0E

If you do decide to try this, I hope you find it as helpful as I do.

EDIT:

I also highly recommend Anna Wise's The High Performance Mind — an excellent set of guided meditations. And again, you can get single tracks for 99¢.

https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Mind-Anna-Wise/dp/B0026ETBO4

That would be AWESOME =-D . . .Check out this cd I found when looking on amazon the other day. It looks/sounds like it would be awesome! This one by the same girl also looks good!

Roberta Shapiro's Goodbye Anxiety
This isn't music exactly, but it's guided meditation specifically for anxiety. I've been using it at least once daily for the last month+ and it really helps to relax me. It's free to stream if you have Amazon Prime. She also has another "album" devoted to specific anxiety issues like driving and flying.

So, I'm going to list 3 that I caught at Moontower Comedy festival. One that hasn't been mentioned yet is John Tole, who was the only one of the 3 that I wasn't familiar with. His set was very funny, and pretty compelling.

John Tole on the mainstream media.

John Tole on working in mortgage banking.

John Tole on judgmental fundamentalists.

Another I don't see mentioned is Baron Vaughn. His album Raised By Cable is absolutely amazing.

Baron Vaughn on Conan earlier this year

Baron Vaughn on Hip Hop, growing up in Las Vegas, living in Queens, etc.

OP mentioned Myq Kaplan, so it's not helpful, but I'm going to name-check him here anyway. He's a redditor, and his album Vegan Mind Meld is incredibly good.

Myq Kaplan on Craig Fergeson.

Hey Op,

The album is "Live" and it's available in most major outlets.

iTunes Store link:
https://itun.es/us/qh_9H

Amazon Link:
http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00HL00PZC

Also free if you have Amazon Prime as part of their streaming service.

Hope that helps! It's an incredible set--very funny and touching at the same time.

It's been discussed several times. Years ago they put out best of album. The last thing on it is them making fun of Stu about his college lacrosse triumphs.

https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Moments-Lebatard-Show-History/dp/B007NVZJ78

If we had to vote on an anthem for joggers I would nominate Runner's High by rapper Stic Man.

If you like the song then you might also enjoy his whole Workout mixtape. It serves as my motivation to give it my all on those days I want to take it easy.

/u/Wigriff this is the best I could find: Amazon if you start the "free sample" you hear him start the joke.

>I viewed the ultimate goal of this meditation technique (the agenda) was to know the universal law of nature, dhamma, and the Buddha's claim about these subatomic particles was part of this.

I'm not sure that's a good expectation to have of meditation. There's no magic involved. You are observing your own mind and sensations. I have some knowledge of physics. The only thing I was pointing out was that anicca seems to have some relevance when we are talking about subatomic virtual particles. I wasn't bothered by the fact that the numbers were wrong because I viewed it as an analogy, and all analogies break down at some point. It is not necessary to assign objective reality to the kalapas in order to see their subjective relevance.


>I am tying my subjective experience to an objective model that challenges another model (Vipassana) that claims to be objective.

Vipassana is a technique that advocates viewing your sensations objectively, without adding interpretation to them. That is different from it being an objective model of the world. Vipassana, and meditation in general, is subjective.

>But Vipassana argues that no scientific tools can be a true tool for observation. You can only observe the universe truly within the framework of the body. Isn't this claim absurd for a physicist.

I don't agree with the way that you've framed this. Goenka is arguing that you can only observe the subjective world of your own experience within the framework of the body. Measuring devices may lead to incredible discoveries and scientific "insights", but they don't lead to "insight" in the Buddhist sense. They don't lead to personal insight about the nature of suffering. They can perhaps point the way, but ultimately, that insight is born of individual experience. Goenka does not dismiss the importance of science and the potential of measuring devices and the scientific method to make discoveries about the physical universe. When he tells the story of the physicist, all he was saying was that the man was still caught in suffering, that his scientific understanding of the physical universe hadn't give him the personal insight necessary to overcome his misery.

To me, your experience is a perfect example of why I think that meditation teachers should steer clear of making scientific analogies like this during discourses. It's obviously problematic at the very least. In The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen Young has some interesting perspectives on the intersection of science and techniques of enlightenment (mostly Buddhist, and particularly Vipassana). His work is worth checking out. I hope that your negative experience with the Goenka retreat hasn't turned you off to meditation in general. There are lots of great retreat opportunities out there, and Goenka is certainly not representative of all of them.

If you want to see how well the marketing worked, check out the amazon page and look at the popularity of his songs - ones that have been released with video as singles are obviously quite more popular.

[The Workout] (https://www.amazon.com/Workout-Stic-Man-Dead-Prez-Stic/dp/B007Q2CYJK/ref=sr_1_1_twi_mus_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503975490&sr=8-1&keywords=the+workout+sticman) by Stic of Dead Prez. "Runner's High", "Blood Pumpin'", and "Champion" are all good songs for running. The intro and outro songs are like little motivational speeches so those are cool too.

Then he's got a single about running called ["We Run these Streets"] (https://www.amazon.com/We-Run-These-Streets/dp/B00YTSHIR2/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1503975610&sr=1-1&keywords=stic+we+run+these+streets).

Here are some good videos:

• [Blood Pumpin] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4OeYl8zNQM)
  
  
• [We Run These Streets] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP4QRe_t8tQ)
  
  
• [Runner's High] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0erf9EqPLA)
  
  This dude is like my personal trainer, I listen to him every time I lift or run. He made this album because he's just all about physical fitness. Mad motivational!
  
  

Hands down the greatest comedy special off all time.


Mistakes Were Made: The B Sides [Explicit] Joe DeRosa | Format: MP3 Music http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LSHG2L0/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_w1jZub162H2A9
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LSHG2L0/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_w1jZub162H2A9

^V!

I live in yurrup (as you might have guessed), so I've never watched LCS - but thanks to KATG I checked out myq's stuff and – HOLY BALLS (<– said in keet's voice), funny shit!

Myq's album Vegan Mind Meld is hilarious, go buy it now if you haven't heard it yet:
http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Mind-Meld/dp/B003DDAF5G/?tag=whitjetp-20 (yes, that's an affiliate link - who says we can't all benefit from this?)

you get their album? If you like some of the music in the show you'll enjoy their album . purple magic

>Lingua Latina per se Illustrata

Since you mentioned you'd like something to listen to on your commute, this book has an audio version: https://www.amazon.com/Familia-Romana-Hans-H-Orberg/dp/B0084LQGFA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lingua+Latina+per+se+Illustrata+audio&qid=1562632555&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Basically the chapters start rather simple and build up greater complexity as they go one, and the simplicity at the beginning is enough to convey the meaning ... i.e "Roma in Italia est. Italia in Europa est" (Rome is in Italy / Italy is in Europe).

There are also versions of it on YouTube (the audio here is not from the audio book linked above):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zt19wzsW-c

Tig Notaro- no question. Comedian who delivered maybe the most heart crushingly tragic and funny stand up performance I've ever heard? Available on Amazon (included with Prime) and Spotify, but it's totally worth the money.

I been wanting this for ages https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/device/mp3/store/album/B00AR9JXAC?ie=UTF8&colid=1JVXFXC1YRZIZ&coliid=IBGUY3F1FNNW1&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl. Always look on the bright side of life. Thanks for the contest

bout to get straight up medieval on yo ass! :D

thanks for the contest! even though i'm a few hours late!

The MP3 album is six bucks on Amazon right now - Go buy it and help him have his first-ever number 1 album!

Buy the mp3 of this 1950's speech by Earl Nightengale and listen to it over and over, it will give you the secret to success in life.

There's a lot of old stuff posted on youtube, but there's nothing official. Maybe Dan will make a radio station one day like Howard 100, and I can host a flashback show.

And if you've never heard this, it's a must listen.

https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Moments-Lebatard-Show-History/dp/B007NVZJ78

http://www.amazon.com/Mistakes-Were-Made-Sides-Explicit/dp/B00LSHG2L0/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1419232153&sr=1-1&keywords=Joe+DeRosa

If you forgot about his comedy album reviews
"I work in a funeral home where customers often ask for audio to be played during the wake. So we play this album in the background because it does not contain any jokes. There were few instances where Joe DeRosa's "comedy" reanimated the corpses and made them cover their ears inside the caskets, but now we just tie their hands to prevent it."

sounds like you should pick up their album and get caught up on the pod.
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Blazers-Unbuttoned-Thats-Sub-Optimal/dp/B00H4YO2CM

Found it on Amazon. Sounds like it was Tommy's dad though, not his uncle.

Here are audio files for the first 31 chapters of Familia Romana. Read by Orberg himself in restored pronunciation.

https://www.amazon.com/Familia-Romana-Hans-H-Orberg/dp/B0084LQGFA

Orberg himself reading with a classical accent. His v's are a little more v- than W-sounding and it sounds like he just used a tape recorder in his house but I own it and it gets the job done.

try this, it's helped me a lot:

http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Worries/dp/B004DBXRBG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331986757&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Mistakes-Were-Made-Sides-Explicit/product-reviews/B00LSHG2L0/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_1?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=1

Enjoy

I'm home now here is a direct link if you haven't found it yet.

Here's the tracklist!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00L6GKD36/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/192-5346948-3489023?keywords=weird%20al%20yankovic&qid=1404226982&ref_=sr_1_12&s=dmusic&sr=1-12&tag=smarturl-20

You've heard the album, right?

The Wizards

Cheaper MP3 Edition