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		<description>Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist Kaspa Thompson explores the mind, spirituality, wildness and ecology and the places where they intersect and overlap.

Kaspa is ordained in Amida Shu, a Pureland Buddhist tradition. He recently qualified in Wild Therapy.

Early episodes included: &#039;Christianity and Buddhism&#039;, &#039;Unmet Needs&#039; and &#039;Wildness&#039;</description>
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Early episodes included: &#039;Christianity and Buddhism&#039;, &#039;Unmet Needs&#039; and &#039;Wildness&#039;</itunes:summary>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: Lessons from my puppy</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 09:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we got a puppy! Wow &#8211; what a whirlwind the last month has been. Moments of sheer joy, and moments of fraught overwhelm. As one book Satya was reading put it, there is the honeymoon period, the WTF have I done period, and the I couldn&#8217;t live without her period&#8230;. Today [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: Boundlessness with James Ford Roshi</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[What a great conversation. James and I spoke about the Unitarian Universalist movement, form and emptiness in Zen, boundlessness, spiritual fluidity and more. James is a Zen Buddhist teacher and part of the Empty Moon Network, he leads a group in Southern California. James&#8217; most recent book is called Introduction to Zen Koans: Learning the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Buddhist Psychology, Climate Change and Spiritual Encounters</title>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: Engaged Buddhism with Ayya Yeshe</title>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: Depression, My Companion</title>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Kaspa Thompson]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I'm talking about my experience of depression, and how it is to be a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist and have the 'black dog' as a companion on the path]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: A Nomadic life &#8211; in conversation with Jayne Johnson</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Jayne Johnson about life in community, and about the nomadic life.

Jayne got rid of most of her stuff, sold her flat and now lives nomadically.

Why leave the householder life? How do we live in community? And what is it like to leave the settled life? What are the benefits, and the costs?]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode Im talking to Jayne Johnson about life in community, and about the nomadic life.

Jayne got rid of most of her stuff, sold her flat and now lives nomadically.

Why leave the householder life? How do we live in community? And what is i]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[A Nomadic Life  - in conversation with Jayne Johnson]]></itunes:title>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Jayne Johnson about life in community, and about the nomadic life.

Jayne got rid of most of her stuff, sold her flat and now lives nomadically.

Why leave the householder life? How do we live in community? And what is it like to leave the settled life? What are the benefits, and the costs?]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Jayne Johnson about life in community, and about the nomadic life.

Jayne got rid of most of her stuff, sold her flat and now lives nomadically.

Why leave the householder life? How do we live in community? And what is it like to leave the settled life? What are the benefits, and the costs?]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Kaspa Thompson]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Jayne Johnson about life in community, and about the nomadic life.

Jayne got rid of most of her stuff, sold her flat and now lives nomadically.

Why leave the householder life? How do we live in community? And what is it like to leave the settled life? What are the benefits, and the costs?]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Rainforest Mind: To the divine mother, with Clark Strand and Perdita Finn</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaspa Thompson]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We talk about Zen, about different kinds of practice groups, touched on the twelve steps, talked about the importance of trees and I heard about the history and importance of rosary practice and making prayers to the divine mother... great stuff]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In this episode Im talking to Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We talk about Zen, about different kinds of practice groups, touched on the twelve steps, talked about the importance of trees and I heard about the history and importance of rosary practice an]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[To the divine mother, with Clark Strand and Perdita Finn]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
	<itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We talk about Zen, about different kinds of practice groups, touched on the twelve steps, talked about the importance of trees and I heard about the history and importance of rosary practice and making prayers to the divine mother... great stuff]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We talk about Zen, about different kinds of practice groups, touched on the twelve steps, talked about the importance of trees and I heard about the history and importance of rosary practice and making prayers to the divine mother... great stuff]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Kaspa Thompson]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[In this episode I'm talking to Clark Strand and Perdita Finn. We talk about Zen, about different kinds of practice groups, touched on the twelve steps, talked about the importance of trees and I heard about the history and importance of rosary practice and making prayers to the divine mother... great stuff]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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