Podcasts by The Forbidden Rice Podcast
Author, activist, and tai chi master, Yunrou (formerly known as Arthur Rosenfeld) has a lifelong relationship with Taoism. A 35-year master of Taoist arts, he was born in America and ordained a monk, by official leave, at the Pure Yang Temple in Guangzhou, China. Combining his overarching spiritual focus with a Yale literary education, the pursuit of natural history at the University of California and Cornell, he is an authority on the cultural, social, and spiritual dimensions of Eastern thinking for the Western world.
Further podcasts by Taoist Monk Yunrou
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Time For Money from 2017-01-15T22:29:54
Did the advent of agriculture and the industrial revolution change the way we trade time for money? In this talk Yunrou explores this trade along with many of the other modern ways that technology ...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Laos and Colin Cotterill from 2016-12-22T22:34:52
Freshly returned from a trip to Laos, Yunrou explores a way for you to enjoy some of the flavor of that Southeast Asian country. Laos, at least for the near future, hasn't become overly mechanized,...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Our Digital Addiction from 2016-12-12T21:56:34
Is the constant flow of digital information actually changing our brains? Are we addicted to our phones and devices? Some studies say that they're more addictive than crack cocaine!
In th...
Forbidden Rice Podcast | Chinese Poets from 2016-12-02T00:02:16
Have you ever read or explored Chinese wilderness poetry? In this episode Yunrou provides some background and history to this Taoist themed poetry and the poets who composed it. Yunrou also gives a...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Tao Is Big from 2016-11-23T00:18:01
The Tao is Big! How do you approach the challenges of daily life? Can you see the context and surroundings in which a conflict occurs? In this talk, Yunrou explores the Taoist approach to dealing w...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Swing Of The Pendulum Final from 2016-11-12T00:48:09
Taoist philosophy tells us that, in cycles, when things go too far in one direction they will inevitably come back in the other. An awareness of these cycles can help us look and understand the eve...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Humor And Tao from 2016-11-08T00:56:19
In this episode Yunrou recounts a dream in which he meets old Taoist masters. It was a grand reunion full of laughter.
Have you thought about the role of humor in Taoism? Zhuangzi, one of...
Forbidden Rice Podcast | Facts and Knowledge from 2016-11-01T23:23:03
What is the difference between facts and knowledge? As science evolves, it becomes apparent that facts can change over time. Perhaps it is best to not get too attached to facts and instead embrace ...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Greed from 2016-10-26T17:57:13
Should profit rule our corporate and business culture? The misunderstanding of the role of profit and the greed that stems from it is an abomination! In this talk Yunrou explores greed and how it i...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Tai Chi Power from 2016-10-20T22:24:30
For those of you practicing tai chi, you'll enjoy this discussion of making and directing "power". Yunrou lays out and explores a model and way of thinking of the body that will give you a greater ...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Religion from 2016-10-12T22:44:38
The early ideas that underpin Taoism came from shamans spending time looking at the natural world. Later Taoism became a coherent philosophy - a gorgeous way to understand how the world works. Late...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | A Chat with Katerina from 2016-09-27T22:39:02
In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, top lamas are reincarnated and must be identified by specific tests administered by scouts. Sometimes a child is discovered to be the next Dalai or Panchen lama b...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Sugar from 2016-09-20T23:31:22
What's the problem with sugar? Are we the victims of a vast corporate conspiracy to addict us and command our dollars? Sugar is in everything! Why? What is going on? No matter the reason, the sugar...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Tai Chi Weapons from 2016-09-14T00:24:39
Can a concern for the welfare of the world and spiritual things coexist with a weapons practice in the martial arts? Yunrou recounts a conversation with his godfather that led to some interesting i...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Synchronicity from 2016-09-08T00:01:40
While in Hawaii on a writing retreat, in a small shop, Yunrou discovers a pair of neolithic shamans in the guise of small stone statuettes. They come from the ancient Chinese culture of the Sanxing...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | In Service from 2016-09-03T20:13:25
Has the idea of service lost it's meaning? Has service become a menial, dirty word? Yunrou offers a few stories on the failure to serve and what a loss it is for both those who serve and those bein...
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Forbidden Rice Podcast | Animal Intelligence from 2016-08-24T22:33:18
In this episode, Monk Yunrou discusses animal intelligence and consciousness.
Welcome to the Forbidden Rice Podcast, an ongoing series of talks in which I don rose-colored glasses and addr...