# talk gave (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover talk gave. Page: Feed: --- ## [You've really let yourself go](https://caralai.substack.com/p/youve-really-let-yourself-go) _2026-08-14 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Your body is out of control [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210901346/d0c7b972439950a94b14ce2a859aacc0.mp3) ## [Stop trying to keep your shit together](https://caralai.substack.com/p/stop-trying-to-keep-your-shit-together) _2026-07-30 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ No, this won't help you finish anything. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207613407/c0d9bc9e6c06d02eaf84ee5f9a3810cd.mp3) ## [The Ecstasy of Awakening](https://caralai.substack.com/p/the-ecstasy-of-awakening) _2026-07-15 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ That time you thought you were in love with a cupcake, but you were actually enlightened [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206526971/5b96b24668e236658aa2c2c767aee8df.mp3) ## [The Inheritance](https://caralai.substack.com/p/the-inheritance) _2026-07-02 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Radical filial piety [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204009450/13dda0accdb651738c66837ad29e9c37.mp3) ## [Keep the Dharma Wheel Rolling](https://emptysquare.libsyn.com/keep-the-dharma-wheel-rolling) _2026-06-21 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ A dharma talk I gave during the New Palz Zen Center's June retreat, a few days before our sangha member Monshin gave her first talk. I was just back from a trip to Nepal and India, and I described how the rituals, symbols, and language we use today go back at least 5000 years in India and Europe. We have a duty today to preserve our ancestors' tradition and to innovate, even though someday… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/Untitled.m4a?dest-id=265283) ## [Meditate the shit out of that MF](https://caralai.substack.com/p/meditate-the-shit-out-of-that-mf) _2026-06-16 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ On being an ambitious meditator [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193355413/bf0f54b673904a6383c0da632821e43d.mp3) ## [The healing power of generosity](https://caralai.substack.com/p/the-healing-power-of-generosity) _2026-06-02 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ (not the obligatory kind, the intrinsically motivated kind) [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199983320/74e8c6946af5d2f52b180c595560ae75.mp3) ## [Determination without self-flagellation](https://caralai.substack.com/p/determination-without-self-flagellation) _2026-05-19 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ A pep talk [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197221077/0d486ad91a3459f77a8fc274523c8b58.mp3) ## [The Kid Is Not My Son](https://emptysquare.libsyn.com/the-kid-is-not-my-son) _2026-05-13 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ My father's dishonesty was frustrating and disappointing to many people, but I think he got the worst of it. Here's a dharma talk I gave to New Paltz Zen Center and Village Zendo on May 10, 2026. https://emptysqua.re/blog/the-kid-is-not-my-son/ [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/Jiryus_Dharma_Talk_The_Kid_Is_Not_My_Son_May_10_2026_4pZrHlUTIy0.mp3?dest-id=265283) ## [You can't pet a cat the way you pet a dog](https://caralai.substack.com/p/you-cant-pet-a-cat-the-way-you-pet) _2026-05-06 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Sex advice from a dharma teacher [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194251233/8b2acb80041be82b05ba4e987357fe15.mp3) ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XJkYcjbliJ39) _2026-05-06 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [How to sleep when everything is f\*cked](https://caralai.substack.com/p/how-to-sleep-when-everything-is-fcked) _2026-04-21 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ A worry dump at bedtime. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194225448/c16d750854484652a344006f216205cb.mp3) ## [Let your heart be closed](https://caralai.substack.com/p/let-your-heart-be-closed) _2026-04-20 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ What to do in the pregnant pause. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193909005/0bbb5663fd0ba4ecee5ba5e8a146bf7b.mp3) ## [Cut your losses](https://caralai.substack.com/p/cut-your-losses) _2026-04-07 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ How to stop doing things that make you unhappy [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191821322/2ce6872d0df79bd06f5dd09cf62bc209.mp3) ## [The Bottom Line](https://caralai.substack.com/p/the-bottom-line) _2026-03-24 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ How to move from scarcity to abundance [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191327865/91b32dc32883dc03938b22469fab01a7.mp3) ## [AI is coming for your sense of self.](https://caralai.substack.com/p/ai-is-coming-for-your-sense-of-self) _2026-03-18 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ This is a talk I gave last weekend during an online daylong retreat. ## [I can't take credit for this post.](https://caralai.substack.com/p/i-cant-take-credit-for-this-post) _2026-03-17 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Creativity, AI, renunciation, and not-self [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190902638/ec2aca218aebbca2ba756f2e05cca985.mp3) ## [Should this be happening?](https://caralai.substack.com/p/should-this-be-happening) _2026-03-04 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ The universe does not care about your opinion. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189514219/8ad61f12d146a3b79a4f0f56008daf75.mp3) ## [In Defense of Yin](https://caralai.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-yin) _2026-02-24 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Reclaiming the feminine in an age of outrage [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188570447/164691746adf0e899ecbf8206f6b5cbc.mp3) ## [Calling bullshit on hatred](https://caralai.substack.com/p/love-does-not-discriminate) _2026-02-13 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ This is a dharma talk I gave for Burlington Dharma Collective which attempts to expose the ways hatred creeps into our hearts, even as we try to call bullshit on the harm it causes; why this is a problem, and what to do about it. ## [F\*ck hatred. Wait, what?](https://caralai.substack.com/p/fck-hatred-wait-what) _2026-02-12 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Subversion at its finest. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187403090/d2a7a729365ac612d7336621ef063752.mp3) ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5R9YqnIhkVED) _2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [The Whole Entire World](https://caralai.substack.com/p/the-whole-entire-world) _2026-02-03 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ Can you handle it? ## [Everything that's happening in the world is overwhelming me](https://caralai.substack.com/p/everything-thats-happening-in-the) _2026-02-02 · Cara Lai · Meditate Your Face Off_ A meditation for when the news is freaking you out. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185545531/c2adb31d054dd436ddcc0a5117584418.mp3) ## [Speak Up If You're Stuck in a Zazen Rut](https://emptysquare.libsyn.com/speak-up-if-youre-stuck-in-a-zazen-rut) _2025-08-19 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ Certain topics seem off-limits in Zen, like: What's the goal of meditation? How do I get better at it? What is everyone else experiencing when they sit? I spoke at the New Paltz Zen Center about getting stuck at a plateau in meditation skill, and about Zen communities' reluctance to discuss peak experiences, progress, and goals. Here's a written version:… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/Jiryus_Dharma_Talk_Speak_Up_If_Youre_Stuck_in_a_Zazen_Rut_August_17_2025_mx-V0ktgxa4.mp3?dest-id=265283) ## [Which Beings Are Sentient?](https://emptysqua.re/blog/which-beings-are-sentient/) _2025-01-25 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ Which animals are sentient, and how can we liberate them from suffering? I review the philosopher Jonathan Birch's book "The Edge of Sentience" and shares good news about humanity's moral progress regarding animal welfare. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/Which_Beings_Are_Sentient_-_Dharma_talk_by_Jesse_Jiryu_Davis_on_12325_Pm0Ni1nHfgs.mp3?dest-id=265283) ## [Is an Enlightened Person Afraid of Illness and Death?](https://emptysqua.re/blog/is-an-enlightened-person-afraid/) _2024-12-25 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ This is a dharma talk I gave at the Village Zendo December 12, 2024, about my mother's brain surgery and end-of-life decisions. Here's the video and a transcript . [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/12-12-2024_Jiryu.mp3?dest-id=265283) ## [Are You Prepared To Save A Life?](https://emptysqua.re/blog/are-you-prepared-to-save-a-life/) _2024-12-25 · A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks_ You can find yourself in a critical situation without warning. Is Zen practice preparing you? Here's a dharma talk I gave to the Village Zendo on September 5, 2024, about the classic koan, "Nansen kills the cat." Video and transcript here . [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/emptysquare/09-05-2024_Jiryu.mp3?dest-id=265283)