girijad83
Reviewer girijad83
February 17, 2006
The Zencast podcast by zencast.org consists of inspiring music interspersed with buddhist views of compassion, fear, being in the "now" (present), the Four Noble Truths, mindfulness and peacfulness, and ways to achieve meditative states. I found the pieces extraordinarily good, which can lighten up a hectic day of work and a day when you want to achieve that meditative state you have been craving for. The audio pieces have been shortened slightly for a bigger audience base with time restrictions, since the review by J.E. mentioning that one cannot possibly listen to such long audio pieces especially if one has subscribed to many podcasts.
The latest podcast I listened to explained how identification with temporary forms, the "self", is an illusion, leading to suffering, and we need to come to terms with the actuality in order to overcome that suffering due to ignorance. It explains how all these modes of identification are what christians call 'evil'. The podcast focuses on making the similarity of christianity and buddhism stand out by comparison.
The audio quality is good and I recommend this podcast to those wanting to get an eastern view of religion.