A Buddhist Podcast

And right on time . . . Chapter 5! Chapter 5 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We have recorded another show of A Buddhist Podcast, but some of the recording was missing so we are re-recording tonight!

And now for the amazing Chapter 4! Chapter 4 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a new talk about discarding the transient and revealing the true! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week!

Welcome to a different kind of show. In response to a number of listener requests we have put together the Summer Spesh, a show that brings together some of the listeners favourite music from previous shows, some inspirational quotes, some poetry and an interview between Peter Osborne and Eddy Canfor-Dumas, the author of The Buddha, Geoff and Me. Music from tonights show includes: Vittoria Conn singing Mirror $12.99 by Dave Potts Building Our Own Future by Howard Jones Bill singing Panacea Eoghan Colgan with Planetary Woman Selsted Church of England Primary School with Save Our School Supersuckers with Some People Say Matthew Ebel singing Drive Away All the music from tonights show is from the Podsafe Music Network. We will be back in a couple of weeks with a a lecture on The Persecution at Tatsunokuchi Gosho. Next week is episode 4 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me. Thank you for listening! If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen(at)thejarretts.com or jason(at)the

Right on time we have Chapter 3 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are still working on a couple of shows! Please bear with us!  Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week!

And . . . here is chapter 2 of The Buddha, Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddy Canfor-Dumas. Read by Kevin Eldon. Music by Howard Jones. Artwork by Jessica Miller. Sincere thanks to Coralyn Sheldon, Jasper Bentinck, Peter Osborn and Dialogics. The producer was Jason Jarrett. A new chapter will appear every two weeks. If you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The book’s website is The Buddha, Geoff and Me. We are working on a couple of shows, one of which will be appearing next week! Thank you so much for downloading the show, have a wonderful week! We are still collecting gosho quotes and favourite guidance passages for the Summer Spesh show, please send them to us at jason(at)thejarretts.com or karen(at)thejarretts.com. Please remember to reference the pages or source!

Well . . . we promised it would come and here is the first chapter of The Buddha Geoff and Me, a novel by Eddie Canfor-Dumas. Kevin Eldon does the narration, Peter Osborne provides the introductions and credits. Music was exclusively written and recorded for The Buddha Geoff and Me by Howard Jones. Artwork was by Jessica Miller. The producer was Jason Jarrett! A new chapter will appear every two weeks, if you like the book it is available on Amazon and all over! The books website is The Buddha Geoff and Me  We will be back very soon with a podcast about Buddhism and Relationships!

Welcome to another show! In this show we look at the second half of On Attaining Buddhahood, which includes: For what reason do we live out our lives? There are not two lands, pure and impure in themselves Isn't the weather miserable? The schisms of ism's Polishing our mirror Revealing the gleaming motorcycle within Chanting in the morning Myoho-renge-kyo Apple Tree Sutra Mastering our minds Teachers Tonights show also includes an obituary of Shin Yatomi ), written by Donna Parten and read by Karen and Vittoria Conn. We would like to express our deepest condolences to his wife Carolyn and his family and to all who knew and loved him. Tonight we have music from The SGI-UK Glorious Life Choir who sing 'For the sake of Peace'. This is a great song written by Cory Josias, Veronica Turner, Malcolm Connell, Alex Golding and Howard Jones. We also play music from the Podsafe Music Network. We play 'Turnaround' by Vitttoria Conn! Our thanks to Jessica Miller for the wonderful artwork, our lives touching the fabric o

Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lectures is about overcoming the negativity that rises up whenever we want to change the direction of our lives.Some soundbites...1. Are you the protagonist or are you in the audience?2. Problems are the exercise for our spiritual life3. A pile of obstacles!4. You are gorgeous, but I need to do Gongyo first!5. A pile of devils!6. So what did Nichiren do about problems?7. What happens when the disciples stand up?8. An axiom of faith to be passed on not hidden.9. Thats what friends are for!It is a long show and we pull no bones about challenging the negativity that meets us fist for fist when we want to create change in our lives andthe world around us!Picking the music for tonights show was a challenge too! Our great friend Vittoria Conn is preparing a final release mix for her new song Turnaround but we werent able to get to it in time for the recording! Never mind! We'll do our best to get it to you next time!  However, we have some really appropriate music from the Podsafe

Welcome to tonights show! The lecture tonight is based on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s lectures in 2006 on the letter writing by Nichiren Daishonin, 'On Attaining Buddhahood in this Lifetime'. The highlights include 1. 20 Years with Gohonzon 2. Two approaches for overcoming suffering 3. Religion is a privilege and not an obligation 4. Grasping the mystic truth 5. Daimoku of faith and Daimoku of action 6. Revealing Buddhahood just as you are 7. Three meanings of Myo 8. Is your life a complete pain in the backside? 9. I am Nam-myoho-renge-kyo 10. I’ve been doing all these activities and not getting benefit! Great experience from Larry Congdon of Buffalo! Music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play Kind of Grey by Delaware and Goodnight Kiss from Phil Ayoub. We forgot to say but will remember next time… the wonderful Quinn Hunter and Casey McGonigle are going to get married and they are the artwork for this weeks show! Congratulations! Roxanne Rae has some great articles on anger And

Welcome to tonights show, the second half of the lecture on the letter from Nichiren Daishonin to Shijo Kingo, The Three Kinds of TreasurePicking up from Part 1Where does the Master/Disciple relationship come from?Daisaku IkedaI would rather go to hell with youComplaining changes nothingIts rare to be born a human beingGain the trust of your communityThree Kinds of TreasureCherish the vow to work for human happinessStriving Music for tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. We play Building Our Own Future by Howard Jones and Inside of Me by Ivy League.If you have a question or an experience you would like to send us, write to karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.comIf you get a moment, and you would like to, we would really appreciate it if you could write us a review on ITunes. Have a great week!

Tonights show is so full we had to get it out! With a wonderful lecture by Eileen Beckmann on Earthly Desires are Enlightenment, shoutouts and an experience from Matt McMillan. We have music from Sandie Shaw, a 60th Birthday mix of "A Puppet on a String". Also, thanks to Promonet, we are able to play Black Labs track, "Mine Again", if you like the track buy it from ITunes on March 22nd as part of the Bumrush the Charts campaign!Thank you so much for downloading the show, for your emails and for supporting the show.Don't worry we will get Part 2 of The Three Kinds of Treasure out in the next couple of weeks, in the mean time, take care, stand tall and have a great week!Email us with questions, feedback or experiences!

So we are back, life has been very busy indeed! And tonights talk is based on the Gosho, Three Kinds of Treasure LighthousesWhat is my purpose in life?Master and DiscipleOur struggleWinning where we are right nowCliffhanger Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Vittoria Conn sings Mirror and Black Lab sing us out with Broken Heart. Thank you for listening, have a terrific week Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa go and check out the Bum Rush the Charts campaign

Happy New Year!Tonights talk is based on the Gosho, The Hero of the WorldShijo KingoIs it daytime yet?Riding the waves of lifeVictory or defeat is a matter of the heartBuddhism is reasonDaisaku IkedaThe fight of our lives Tonights music comes from the Podsafe Music Network.  Eoghan Colghan sings Planetary Woman and Move sing us out with Leave Your Problems. Yorkshire Tea came from the wonderful Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate and while you are making a cuppa you should have a mosey on over to Heidi Lorenz art gallery.

Tonights lecture is based on the gosho, Happiness in this World. Some of the headings include:Why we practice FaithOpening the door to our Buddha wisdomSnakes in the cupboardTatsunokuchi - walking the talkMutual possession of the ten worldsMy friend JackIf you want a drink, stay at home with your wifeStrenthen your faith more than ever Oh, new one, book review! The book we reviewed tonight was A Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat & Daisaku Ikeda. The book was published by I.B. Tauris in 2007 and the ISBN numbers we have are ISBN 978-1-84511-279-0 and ISBN 1-84511-279-2.Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network. Stavia sings Lucky Day and the wonderful Vittoria Conn sings a great christmas number, Merry Christmas Angel. And three anonymous young women sing, on behalf of all the young women who sang at the recent UK District Leaders Training Course at Trets, a poem by President Ikeda.Peace and Goodwill to everyone!

Welcome to tonights show! Tonights lecture is called, The Vow and it is given by our guest lecturer Eileen Beckmann! The women of the SGI are so incredible! I really hope this is the start of many lectures! We are so grateful to Eileen, thank you so much. Music tonights is from Geoff Smith and Matthew Ebel. Geoff sings Some Christmas Hugging which you can find at either thegeoffsmith.com or music.podshow.com. Matthew Ebel sings a song that definitely rips at your heart, Tennessee Never Cried and you can find Matthews music at music.podshow.com. Recent developments and improvements at Podshow mean that you can now support these artists by buying the tracks if you like the music! We've got shout outs from all over and a great experience from Andre de Wit from the Netherlands. The cover art for tonights show is a photograph taken of Karen and I at PodcastconUK by  our great friend CC Chapman, the grand meister flash of Managing the Gray, Accident Hash and U-Turn Cafe. Have a great week!

Well things have been mad busy! On tonights show we have two amazing experiences from Mens Division members in Los Angeles and India!Life Poem - Daisaku IkedaPawan Desais experienceMatt Macmillans experienceThe fire alarmAnd Karen is back with a vengeance, with her Shout Outs!Music tonight is from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com and comes from the very talented Geoff Smith singing Take Me Back  and the Supersuckers singing Some People Say!New line of lectures on their way to see us into our second year!Comments, ideas, experiences et al, we'd love to hear from you, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.comHave a great and wonderful week!

 Well! Jason is back from the Podcast Expo in Ontario, California and the mission North to meet Donna and Dash in Sacramento!Tonight, the lecture is on the letter Nichiren Daishonin wrote to Nanjo Tokimitsu, The Dragon Gate gosho.Children are well, life is mad busy and tonight we talk about;1. Nanjo Tokimitsu2. Living with a sense of purpose3. Shariputra versus Bodhisattva Never Disparaging4. Get your head out of the trenches!5. With my deep respect!Shoutouts to my friend Matt McMillan, the crew at Jazzfly, my new friends CC Chapman and Geoff Smith! The amazing Pam & Lance Heath, Ewan Spence, Linda Mills, David Jackson, Brian & Tina, Brother Love, Aaron Burcell, Michael Butler and all the incredible people we met at the Podcast ExpoThe music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. The lecture was a little longer tonight so we only played one tune, the legendary Brother Love, singing Summertime! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comm

Tonights we talk about the Nine Consciousnesses in the midst of a bout of colds, sneezes and coughs that have enveloped the house this week! We talk about; 1. 5 senses 2. Trapped in the cage of our 7th Consciousness 3. Karmic River 4. Palace of the Ninth Consciousness 5. Starlit Hawaii Shoutouts to everyone from Gibbo in LA to Mike Hellier touring Europe! Selsted Primary School get  reprieve and Vittoria offers an experience about chanting for her mothers situation. As usual music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Dave Pottz song, $12.99 and we close with the wonderful children of Selsted Church of England Primary School singing, Save Our School, because they did save it! If you would like to send us an experience, feedback, question or comment, drop us a line at karen@thejarretts.com or jason@thejarretts.com Oh...and if your in London and its Friday night and your thinking, where should we go? Go down to Earls Court and check out Jazzfly

Tonights show returns with a talk on the correct teaching and includes:    1. 3 Proofs    2. If you wish to free yourself...    3. How do I percieve the mystic Truth    4. T'ien T'ai    5. Potted early history of Nichiren Daishonin    6. Meaning of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo    7. Our mission should we choose to accept it... Karens voice gets better and better. More shoutouts. Happy Birthday to Dash. Congratulations to Rosie Miles! Great Question - Do you have to be a vegetarian to practice Buddhism? (I hope not...or I am in trouble) Music from tonights show comes from the Podsafe Music Network at music.podshow.com. We play Adrina Thorpe's amazing song is called Fly Fly Fly and we also played, the acoustic version of See the Sun from Black Lab Have a wonderful week!

Tonights show begins with a talk on a great vow and includes:Faith and courageOriginal desire of the BuddhaDeeper the rootsUS troops at GatwickNow thats what I call a great vow Karen has some great shownotes and reads an experience from Henry Leong from Singapore, Shout outs to everyone and the challenges facing SGI France.Music from tonights show comes from Natives of the New Dawn, their song is called Good Day and you can get it from the Podsafe Music Network. We also played, Building our own Future with kind permission from Howard Jones. Howard has a great album called Revolution of the HeartHave a wonderful week!