018 Buddha Z Explains: Poem “Selfish Lust” and “Recreational Animosity” — MusicVideo: POEM: “A Buddha Once Said”

018 Buddha Z Explains: Poem “Selfish Lust” and “Recreational Animosity” — MusicVideo: POEM: “A Buddha Once Said”

From Buddha Z Explains: by Buddha Z

March 7, 2026 · 14 min · Season 2 · Episode 18

About this episode

Buddha Z discusses his poem 'Selfish Lust' and 'Recreational Animosity' while introducing his book '4 Noble Truths Explained'.

Buddha Z Explains: THE BOOK: 4 Noble Truths Explained by Buddha Z Book 1 of 8: Original Buddhism of India GET THE BOOK and read along wherever you are… (Get the PAPERBACK) Intro song is “Zombie Beethoven” by Kung Fu Cowboy & Zombie Three, recorded in his Tacoma in 2015. These are the rough tracks. The outro song is Buddha Z reading his poem “A Buddha Once Said” from the Buddha Z debut album 4 Noble Truths of Buddha. https://ShaolinRecords.com/RecordStore/BuddhaZ/BZ-4NobleTruths-1.html The music by Buddha Z is a different style of hard rock music he calls "Buddhist Rap." As a "Buddhist Rapper," Buddha Z can be more cynical and perhaps less respectful of those he disagrees with. This album was recorded at the same time that Richard Del Connor was producing the ZOMBIE KILLER movie in 2015. So Buddha Z used the Zombie Three band of Shaolin Records. Kung Fu Cowboy was going to add some flute… but that may not happen now. Buddha Z had his first book published at Amazon.com Supersoul 13 -- Discovering the Soul of God in 2014. This is a great book to introduce Americans to Hindu philosophy and the book, Bhagavad Gita, about Krishna. Shaolin Communications received…

People in this episode

Host: Buddha Z

Topics covered

  • Selfish Lust
  • Recreational Animosity
  • Buddhist Rap
  • 4 Noble Truths

Keywords

  • poem
  • music video
  • Buddha Z
  • hard rock
  • cynical

Mentioned in this episode

Products: 4 Noble Truths Explained, Supersoul 13

Books & works: A Buddha Once Said, THE BOOK: 4 Noble Truths Explained by Buddha Z Book 1 of 8, “Zombie Beethoven”, 4 Noble Truths of Buddha, Discovering the Soul of God, Bhagavad Gita, 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism

Places: Tacoma

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