Pandemic Zen

Paul Gerstein

An experimental podcast exploring the healing and life-sustaining potential of Zen insight, meditation and mindfulness in a modern world of existential challenges to health, happiness and our very survival. The author has over 50 years training in Zen practice, studying under roshis Philip Kapleau, Joshu Sasaki and Richard Clarke, his root teacher whom he succeeded in 2013. He is a medical doctor specializing in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Credits: Recorded by: Paul Gerstein, MD Podcast channel creation and website design: James Kieffer, Kieffer Consulting, LLC Intro music: Dancing for the Answers, Nick Mulvey

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Pandemic Zen

Episodes (14)

Sep 13, 2025 Losing Your Body and Your Life
Dec 17, 2024 Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Oct 28, 2024 The Substance of 'Me'

Pandemic Zen

Sep 13, 2025
41 minutes
37 MB

Paul takes us on a deep dive into the 22nd koan in the Hekigan Roku: "Seppo's Turtle-Nosed Snake". Dealing with living, dying and Reality, this abstruse yet powerful koan can be penetrated by a close and careful look at the code-language and strange events depicted therein. Through this process, we learn how to work with the more puzzling Zen teaching stories and uncover their profound implications. This talk was presented by Paul Gerstein at the September 14, 2025 Living Dharma Center virtual zazenkai.

Pandemic Zen

Losing Your Body and Your Life

Paul Gerstein

00:00 -40:43