Ask Barry a Question
In order to give our students and friends more access to Barry, and give non-students access to a different perspective on some the things they're exploring, we've begun offering short Q&A episodes on our podcast.
If you have a question about Zen, life, philosophy, psychotherapy, or current events, please use the link below to ask a question. Subscribe to the podcast to keep up to date on new Q&A episodes. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.
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January 18th 2018 How does Zen deal with morality? Is morality relative or universal?
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January 11th 2018 Is love an essential human quality or a cultural or evolutionary construct?
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September 21st 2017 In a world of toxic masculinity and male privilege, how can you learn to trust men after a lifetime of karma that doesn't encourage that?
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September 15th 2017 Is Zen practice inevitably connected with the monastic tradition to be recognized as legitimate or can lay practice stand by itself without losing its essence and connection with a Zen tradition?
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September 8th 2017 Is there a way to become less attached to things in my life I really identify with?
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September 1st 2017 How important, as American Zen students, is it to orient our practice within Japanese culture?
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August 24th 2017 Given the privileged position of "not knowing" in Zen, what does it mean to take a stance on reincarnation?
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August 19th 2017 Can we really draw a line between psychotherapy and Zen?
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