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Dear Bums, I'm looking for a good biography or discussion of the Buddha's (Siddhartha Gotama) life and wonder which is your favorite or which have you found to be helpful. Thank you.

I don't think it ultimately matters. It is as you mention, mostly for entertainment. That said I am looking deeper into the medical side of DNA and other testing. Also, my half sister also scored high in the Neanderthal DNA, so I know which parent that comes from.

I don't know much about this brother, but something about his movement and posture make me think he knows what he is doing. I wonder what his lineage or history is in these arts.

Any insight or experience around Thich Man Tue (Brother Insight) or other Plum Village related qigong?

I often listen to podcasts while out walking. This recent one stood out and I've actually listened to it a few times over. I'd summarize it as "working with the mind as it is rather than get angry with it for not being something else." https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-ezra-klein-show-2/episode/best-of-this-conversation-will-change-how-you-think-about-thinking-89443380

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The way this fellow describes "rewilding" sounds a lot like how one might put what Laozi talks about in the Tao Te Ching into practice: https://www.petermichaelbauer.com/the-rewilding-podcast-episode-1-introductions/

An entertaining and informative podcast introducing Taoism: https://primordialdaopresentdao.podbean.com/ "This is a long-form conversation style podcast about all-things Daoism. "Our conversations and interviews will discuss ancient and modern Daoist wisdom teachings, universal understandings, seasonal longevity and healing traditions, spiritual practices, relationship guidance and profound insights on walking an authentic and meaningful path - however, you choose to your walk it.

God Jul!

"The search for a spiritual path is born out of suffering. It does not start with lights and ecstasy, but with the hard tacks of pain, disappointment, and confusion. However, for suffering to give birth to a genuine spiritual search, it must amount to more than something passively received from without. It has to trigger an inner realization, a perception which pierces through the facile complacency of our usual encounter with the world to glimpse the insecurity perpetually gaping underfoot. When this insight dawns, even if only momentarily, it can precipitate a profound personal crisis. It overturns accustomed goals and values, mocks our routine preoccupations, leaves old enjoyments stubbornly unsatisfying." - Bhikkhu Bodhi

What is your favorite Taoist podcast(s)? Not necessarily explicitly or overtly Taoist.