The life lessons of working in a monastery kitchen.

How meditation helps us to know ourselves better.

How we turn ourselves into constant self improvement projects and the problems with that.

The role of humor in living a good life.

Right now you are to a human being what an acorn is to an oak tree. Like you are meant to grow into a true human being.

How the people in our lives are not a hindrance to awakening, they are our teachers. Shozan Jack Haubner, Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk.

How the problem and the solution are one.

His interpretation of The Middle Way in Buddhism.

A year into his life as a full-time Zen monk he discovered that Buddhism is fundamentally about “no self.” He is still wondering if an exception can be made in his case. A screenwriter and stand-up comic’s hilarious and profound account of his journey into Zen monkhoodfeaturing a foreword by Leonard Cohen Shozan Jack Haubner is the David Sedaris of Zen Buddhism: a brilliant humorist and analyst of human foibles, whose hilarity is informed by the profound insights that have dawned on himas he's stumbled. He was drawn to the rigors of Zen practice, the deep insight of the tradition, and the fact that Zen monks do not have to refrain from cursing or drinking alcohol. A former screenwriter and standup comic, he moved to a Zen Buddhist monastery in the early aughts. His humorous essays have appeared in Tricycle, Utne Reader, BuddhaDharma, Huffington Post, Shambhala Sun, Spirituality & Health, and the Sun. A screenwriter and stand-up comic’s hilarious and profound account of his journey into Zen monkhoodfeaturing a foreword by Leonard Cohen Shozan Jack Haubner is the David Sedaris of Zen Buddhism: a brilliant humorist and analyst of human foibles, whose hilarity is informed by the profound insights that have dawned on himas he's stumbled and fallen into spirituall practice. Jack has also won a Pushcart Prize and been featured in the Best Buddhist Writing Series. With a foreword written by, Leonard Cohen (The Guest We Want The Most), we should have known it would be great. It was poignant, insightful and absolutely hilarious. Shozan Jack Haubner is the author of the wonderful memoir Zen Confidential: Confessions of A Wayward Monk.

This week on The One You Feed we have Shozan Jack Haubner.

Zen Confidential by Shozan Jack Haubner