Hip-Hop as a Contemplative Practice
Jessica Angima talks with Buddhist teacher and rapper Born I about Lyrical Dharma, the limits of language, and how we all contain the seeds of our ancestors.
Music
Facing the Music of Our Times with Metta
Tapping into African American wisdom through song
Marking Time and Making Meaning
Experimental musician Jefre Cantu-Ledesma discusses the role of devotion in his music, his Zen practice, and his work as a hospice chaplain.
Personal Liturgy
Experimental musician Jefre Cantu-Ledesma discusses how rituals can help us mark time and make meaning.
Music as an Offering
American ambient music purveyor Jefre Cantu-Ledesma on his antivocational artistry, ordaining as a Zen priest, and his Shaker-inspired album, Gift Songs
Chee Shimizu’s Organic Music
The Tokyo-based DJ, record store owner, and deep listening advocate on the Buddhist threads that connect his vast and varied produce
A Long Guest in Someone Else’s Home
Indie rock luminary Phil Elverum on the Buddhist breadcrumbs in his back catalog, “Non-Metaphorical Decolonization,” and the art of being engaged but not hung up
Dharmic Improvisations
Exploring monastic music traditions, apocalyptic visions, and Drukpa anarchism with singular guitarist Tashi Dorji.
Aural Pastoralist
Talking Western psychology, Buddhist recovery, and tenacious groundhogs with visionary American folk guitarist Joseph Allred
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