Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into Buddhism

Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into Buddhism

Author: Vincent Moore Language: English Episodes: 100
Vincent Moore hosts Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into Buddhism, a space where personal stories take center stage. Each episode is built around a simple, profound question: what does it actually look like to live with Buddhist teachings? You’ll hear from people whose lives have been shaped by this path, from long-time monastics and dedicated lay practitioners to those who have just felt a curious pull toward mindfulness and compassion. The conversations avoid dry theory, focusing instead on the messy, human, and often surprising realities of integrating practice into daily life-through family, work, doubt, and discovery. This podcast operates on the belief that there are as many ways to walk this road as there are people walking it, gently exploring that diversity one honest conversation at a time. It’s less about providing answers and more about sharing the map-making process itself, offering companionship and insight for anyone interested in the varied terrain of spiritual life.
Episodes
Paths of Practice with Rev. Monshin Paul Naamon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:23
Rev. Monshin Paul Naamon is the abbot and co-founder of the Tendai Buddhist Institute (Jiunzan Tendaiji), an officially recognized branch temple of Enryakuji Temple on Mt. Hiei located in East Chatham, NY. We discuss the…
Paths of Practice with Roshi June Ryushin Tanoue [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:16
Roshi June Ryushin Tanoue is a Zen Buddhist priest and the co-founder of Zen Life & Meditation Center based in Chicago, IL. June Roshi is also a Kumu Hula (Master Teacher of Hula) and the founder of Halau I Ka Pono, the…
Paths of Practice with Wendy Dainin Lau, MD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:52
Wendy Dainin Lau, MD, is an Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine physician and an ordained Zen priest that serves the Upaya Zen Center sangha in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dainin is also the author of Inner Practice of M…
Paths of Practice with Sangen Salo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:19
Sangen Salo is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and teacher that serves as abbot of Sanneji based in Karjaa, Finland. Sangen sensei is also Sante Poromaa Roshi’s first Dharma heir in the lineage of Roshi Philip Kapleau an…
Paths of Practice with Zenzele Isoke, PhD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:30
Zenzele Isoke, PhD, is a black feminist theorist, urban ethnographer, and political storyteller and serves as an Associate Professor in The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Univers…
Paths of Practice with Gillian Coote, Roshi [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:39
Gillian Coote, Roshi, is a social documentary filmmaker, writer, grandmother and bush regenerator, and serves the Sydney Zen Centre sangha as a senior resident teacher. We talk about camping out during sesshins amongst i…
Paths of Practice with Rev. Kanse Capon Shonin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:22
Rev. Kanse Capon Shonin, a Nichiren Shu priest, serves the Nichiren Shu Buddhist Temple of UK located in Dagenham, Essex. We discuss celebrating Oeshiki and hosting members of the European Nichiren Shu sangha network, th…
Paths of Practice with Jinzu Minna Jain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:58
Jinzu Minna Jain (they/them) is an artist, writer, and racial & systemic equity educator. They identify as BIPOC, disabled, queer and trans/nonbinary. Jinzu has been practicing Sōtō Zen Buddhism for over twenty years and…
Paths of Practice with Catherine Raynor Brown [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:42
Catherine Raynor Brown is a sangha member of the Karma Kagyu Thigsum Chokhorling (or Karma Choeling Buddhist Monastery), a study, practice and retreat centre in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism based in Wait…
Paths of Practice with Shosan Victoria Austin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:39
Shosan Victoria Austin is an international Soto Zen priest that serves the San Francisco Zen Center sangha as a Dharma teacher, previously fulfilling the roles of Work Leader, Tenzo, Tanto, and President. Victoria is als…