Show 102 — Lu Dong Pin’s Dream and the Tower of Spirit

About this episode

Tod interviews Deepak Chopra about Taoism and discusses Lu Dong Pin’s dream and Chuang Tzu’s lesson on sincerity.

Tod interviewed Deepak Chopra for a work assignment and asked for his thoughts on Taoism. Later, Tod and George also explore Lu Dong Pin’s dream, which led him to reject worldly power for the Tao, and Chuang Tzu’s “Tower of Spirit,” a lesson in guarding sincerity. George’s new film, “What is Consciousness?”

People in this episode

Host: Tod Perry

Guest: Deepak Chopra

Topics covered

• Taoism
• spirituality
• dream interpretation
• worldly power
• consciousness

Keywords

• Taoism
• Deepak Chopra
• Lu Dong Pin
• Chuang Tzu
• spirituality
• consciousness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What is Consciousness?, Lu Dong Pin’s Dream, Tower of Spirit

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