{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"8. How To Live the Dharma Today, On Refuge, Relationships, Crisis, and Non-Killing (#78)","description":"Claude AnShin Thomas - Zen Buddhist monk, combat veteran, and author - responds to questions in an inspiring manner based on his Zen practice and life experiences. He reminds the listener how to stay awake to life and understand more deeply the traps of a deluded mind. This episode was recorded during a weekly online meeting of questions &amp;amp; responses. For more information:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.zaltho.org   If you want to ask Claude AnShin Thomas a question, please feel free to write to&amp;nbsp;info@zaltho.org.   Book recommendations: &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.zaltho.org\/books\/ To support,&amp;nbsp;donate.   If you are interested in a specific question, this is the list of questions that Claude AnShin responded to and the time stamps for those questions so that you can go directly to the topic that is of most interest to you. Questions and Time Stamps: 2:15 \u2013 Do you take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha? If so, how do you practice this? 5:59 \u2013 How is the current weather where you are? 7:40 \u2013 If you were speaking to a group of kindergartners, how would you explain the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha? 9:15 \u2013 What gives you hope? 13:07 \u2013 I am concerned about honoring someone who may not have wanted me to do the Ceremony for the Dead for them. What would you advise? 17:03 \u2013 Is there still space in the pet cemetery, and do you offer or recommend cremation? 18:32 \u2013 In cases of injustice, do you believe reparations are appropriate? 22:57 \u2013 Do you have any recommended readings? 26:50 \u2013 Do you think crises in families, partnerships, countries, or the world are necessary for growth or development? 35:40 \u2013 Do insights gained through meditation have lasting consequences? 37:28 \u2013 Could you speak about the precept of non-killing in relation to the euthanizing of animals? ","author_name":"ZalthoLIVE - Claude AnShin Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/www.zaltho.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40681640\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40681640"}