Two Buddhas
MarkWhiteLotusTwo Buddhas is a fresh take on Nichiren Buddhism for the 21st century—warm, curious, and free of dogma. Hosted by author and teacher Mark Herrick, this podcast explores Ren Buddhism, a contemporary path rooted in the chanting of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo, the wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, and the power of personal awakening. Two Buddhas blends deep Buddhist insight with everyday relevance, spiritual quest... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 85 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BuddhismReligion & Spirituality | |||
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A friend asked whether one sentence from my Lion's Roar essay could ever be said to someone who'd just lost his family in a war. The honest answer was no, and it taught me that compassion has an order: see the suffering, acknowledge it's real, hold s... more
Meditation has adverse effects, and the research is finally saying so. What almost nobody says is what to do when it happens to the person in front of you.
Fourteen centuries ago Zhiyi, the Chinese master who wrote the manual on silent sitting, name... more
In 1278 a woman named Myoho-ama wrote to Nichiren with a question. Her husband was dying. She wanted to know whether chanting was enough — whether what she was doing at his bedside was reaching anything. He died within weeks of the reply.
Nobody has... more
Is chanting really enough? Shouldn't I understand more of this first?
Everyone asks it sooner or later. The answer is yes, and that is not the whole answer.
This talk sits with a saying that will not resolve: one daimoku is enough, and a million is... more
"Don't think about your breath, just let it come naturally." All right — and how exactly does one do that? It is like being told not to think about a pink elephant.
Nothing complex is ever learned whole. I spent years training search and rescue dog... more
The Buddha described his own childhood as an engineered environment.
Three palaces, one per season, continuous entertainment, lotus ponds built to order. In the Sukhumala Sutta he calls it refinement, utmost refinement.
The later tradition tells us... more
Does an AI deserve moral consideration, and how would we ever know? This episode proposes a Buddhist answer, and a test you can run on yourself first. The debate over machine consciousness keeps stalling in the same place. One side says it is just ma... more
What if anxiety isn't something to fix, but soot on a lamp that was never actually dim? Drawing on Chapter Sixteen of the Lotus Sutra, this talk explores mental wellness as an ongoing practice of clearing away what obscures a clarity that's never bee... more
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While the topics are super interesting I have to agree with the other reviewers that the AI “convo’ style is off-putting. I guess if that’s the only way to generate audio for this person’s thoughtful observations then so be it. But it detracts from the quality of the content a lot. My review is that I simultaneously like and dislike this podcast.
Apple Podcasts3Sandra7020
United States4 months ago - Do better for the lotus sutra than AI slop
I would give zero stars if I could. I was so excited to finally find another podcast on Nichiren Buddhism, closer to the nichiren shu practices that I hold dear. Especially, seeing a podcast episode about Tendai, I was looking forward to an intellectual discussion. Instead I discovered a recording of AI slop. The Spotify voices don’t make any sense, drop annoying phrases every two seconds in a forced way, and make an incoherent mess of a potentially interesting idea. In the first sentences, Nich... more
Apple Podcasts1ZenthropologistUnited States10 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #234 |  United Kingdom/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism |
Apple Podcasts | #88 |  Italy/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism |
Apple Podcasts | #8 |  Ireland/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism |
Apple Podcasts | #100 | Ireland/Religion & Spirituality |
Apple Podcasts | #177 |  Singapore/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism |
Apple Podcasts | #186 |  Netherlands/Religion & Spirituality/Buddhism |
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New-age Buddhist discourse with a modern, welcoming tone that centers Nichiren practice, devotional elements, and practical mental wellness. Across episodes, listeners encounter discussions on breath and mindfulness, the Lotus Sutra's relevance to daily life, ethics in technology, and the interplay between traditional doctrine and contemporary culture. Notable strengths include accessible explanations of complex concepts, a focus on practical practice over dogma, and an emphasis on awakening as an ongoing, relational process. Potential listeners who seek thoughtful, philosophy-infused spirituality—especially around mindfulness, chanting, and modern ethics—are likely to find this engaging and usable for personal growth or spiritual study. A ... more
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