Paths of Practice with Jeremy David Engels, PhD

Paths of Practice with Jeremy David Engels, PhD

Author: Vincent Moore March 27, 2026 Duration: 1:03:18

Jeremy David Engels, Ph.D., is the Liberal Arts professor of Communication and Ethics at Penn State University. He is also a longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga and since undertaking a pilgrimage to walk in the footsteps of the Buddha in India and Nepal in 2018, a student of Thích Nhất Hạnh. He is an award-winning teacher and scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation, and peace. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania, where he and his wife Anna run a community yoga and meditation studio called Yoga Lab. Jeremy joyfully joins the Plum Village Beloved Community in practicing mindfulness as “the practice of peace.”


For more information about Jeremy and other resources, please visit the following links:

https://jeremydavidengels.com/

https://zenandtheartofdemocracy.substack.com/

https://www.parallax.org/product/on-mindful-democracy/

https://www.statecollegeyogalab.com/


We discussed:

*The Walk for Peace, deliberation, and the need for and the impact of Beloved Community

*Tech awareness, teaching mindfulness to university students, and the invitation to be our own anthropologist

*Interdependence, a Buddhist pilgrimage in India, and the miracle of our life

*Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam, and how to go about embracing our mud

*And the importance of remembering that we are not alone on the Buddhist path and to exercise kindness to ourselves


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.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

Paths of Practice: Conversations on Journeys into Buddhism
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Duration: 52:24
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Duration: 1:05:42
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Duration: 58:59
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Duration: 1:11:30
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