About this episode

Samuel Bercholz discusses his new book and explores various aspects of the Buddhist path with David Nichtern.

Founder of Shambhala Publications, Samuel Bercholz, reflects on a lifetime of dharma and encourages us to challenge our often distorted perceptions of reality.  Check out Dharma Moon’s free online talk this September, Light & Shadow on the Spiritual Path .  This time on the CSM podcast, Samuel and David explore: Samuel’s new book, Rude Awakenings: An Unconventional Guide to the Buddhist Path Shaking up our concepts of reality and social phenomena  Working with our addictions and habits The unpredictability and spontaneous manifestations of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Learning how to walk the Bodhisattva path Intergenerational dharma and having an enlightened family  Practical Buddhism and simply being ‘dharmic and decent’  How Buddhism has traveled from East to West  Sign up for Dharma Moon’s world-class 100-hour mindfulness meditation teacher training and join Dharma Moon this fall to learn about The Business of Teaching Meditation . About Samuel Bercholz: Sam Bercholz is the founder of Shambhala Publications, one of the leading independent publishers of Buddhist and Eastern spiritual literature. He started the company in Berkeley in the late 1960s…

People in this episode

Host: David Nichtern

Guest: Samuel Bercholz

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• Dharma
• Addiction
• Bodhisattva path
• Mindfulness
• Spirituality

Keywords

• Buddhism
• Dharma
• addiction
• Bodhisattva
• mindfulness
• spiritual path
• reality
• intergenerational dharma

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shambhala Publications, Dharma Moon

Books & works: Rude Awakenings: An Unconventional Guide to the Buddhist Path

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