Comments on: A Buddhist Podcast – The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood – Revisited

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:46:51 +0000

I am sure you both will earn good fortune as a part of faith study and practice.

Nam myoho renge kyo.

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:40:52 +0000

Hello Jason and Karren,

Good job.kudos.was amazing experience to listen this gosho.

Mahesh
Proud to Be a Part of SGI
Eastleigh District

By: CC

CC — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:38:22 +0000

Jason & Karen, thanks so much! This was amazing!
-Candace
Southwest District
Pittsburgh

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:42:53 +0000

Jason & Karen, thanks so much! This was amazing!
-Candace
Southwest District
Pittsburgh

By: jason

jason — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:15:53 +0000

Dear Ann, thankyou so much for your comment. I wonder if you could listen to the latest show and let me know if you think the levels are better. Your comment was in the front of my mind when I was finishing the last show and I would like to know if you can tell the difference.
I will give your request about explaining how to make a podcast some serious consideration. I have the kernel of an idea, now I just need to manifest some time for it!
Thank you so much for writing.
Jason

By: Dan Pelly

Dan Pelly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:21:59 +0000

Hi Jason and Karen Dan Pelly in Southbridge Ma USA. catching up on your podcast and as usual a great listen. I heard your March podcast and it was great and got your take on the rubbing of beads, I am reading the Goshyo 1 right now and its a great ead for sure, and as you said no mention of it i have seen so far, its always just placing our hands together. But one of my sponsors does rub the beads at times and I think its a personal prefence and what you get out of it, it seems like when he was doing it and some time members do get sleepy it gets their attention, but for me when I do rub the beads it creates energy for me within the heat of my hands and I get more dertmined as I go. I just celebrated my 1 year in the practice 9.12.09 and I have come so far and even further since I obtained my Gohonzon on 5.3.09. Since I started last year and all the struggles I was in , I have reconciled with my Son after a on and off realatiuonship with him for 8 years or so. and seeing my grandkids now and just raising my life condition and those around me. I also started my on group on Southbridge the Southbridge Quinebaug Victory Group. The other district are supporting me unitl I gain new members and be acknolwedged officaly by the SGI, so I am chanting for this group to expand. Anyway thank and keep up the good works

Dan Pelly

By: Soheila Keyani

Soheila Keyani — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:14:10 +0000

Hello I am Soheila from the Waterloo district and I listen to your podcasts regularly and tell other people about it all the time. Big thank you for all the love and passion and hard work you put into the podcasts. They are much felt and appreciated. Love and Thanks. Soheila

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:53 +0000

Dear Jason and Karen,

I’m not really sure where to start, so I’ll start where I am… I have listened to all your podcasts, many of them more than once, and I continue to be amazed by you and by your show. Jason, I too struggle with recurring, debilitating back pain, and your tweets about the difficulty of 1) some basic bodily functions and 2) brain-numbing pain killers was spot on. I wish you continued health, and recovery from a frightening diagnosis. (I’m not saying I’ll chant about it because I am not a Buddhist, but more about that later.)

I also want to comment on a suggestion made in a comment on a previous episode: I, too, wish you would write a book, a web tutorial, a series of blog posts, SOMETHING, on how to start and maintain a successful podcast. You have obviously done a lot of research and made myriad technical contacts, and you’ve nailed it. Your show is listener-centered (instead of being one big, public ego trip, as so many others are); you change the format rarely, and then only when it will serve the listeners; and your use of technology is transparent to the listener yet absolutely crucial to the listeners’ experience. I have only one complaint, and it is a small one: you seem to boost the volume when you play a song–including your promo song–which sends me frantically scrambling for the volume button every time. Other than that, your podcast is an example of how to do it right, and if you can communicate the podcast-building process as well as you communicate about Buddhism–and I’m sure you can–you’d provide a great service.

I have a lot of thoughts and questions about the practice you have been teaching us over these last few years, but I am still trying to put them together in a coherent email… more later.

Ann, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

By: Liz Wallace

Liz Wallace — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:15:23 +0000

Huge thanks to Jason and Karen for another great gosho study lecture! I was so so moved by this show, so full of humanism and depth that I am sure only comes through a big struggle! I cant express how much I appreciate your effort and also how deeply I related to what you said. I am totally inspired to study more. Also so totally moved by both songs that both bought happy tears to my eyes. Good one!
Liz

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:01:34 +0000

Well, Jason and Karen, and Vittoria and Howard, once again you have collaborated your talents and woven together a beautiful show filled with wisdom and beauty and encouraging information. To Vittoria and Howard, many thanks for allowing Jason to play this brand new music so we can be first in line to say “Thank you for lifting our hearts!” Jason, I know you aren’t crazy about listing your resources, but it really is helpful. I’m constantly astonished how much new light you can shine on something I’ve read and studied so many times. It shows how deep Nichiren and in turn President Ikeda are, bottomless wells of refreshment and truth.

Love,
Donna in Sacramento