# Talks by Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee

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Episodes: 141

## Resource

This is a series of newly digitized talks by spiritual teacher, Lola McDowell Lee, spanning two decades—from the early Seventies through the Nineties. Lola was a Zen Roshi whose Rinzai lineage included Doctor Henry Platov and renowned Zen master, Shigetsu Sasaki. Lola was a religious scholar as well as an ordained Christian minister. While the talks are focused mainly on Zen and Buddhism, Lola drew on many spiritual traditions—including those of Jesus, Plato, Lao-Tzu, the Hindu Vedas, Meister Eckhart and Gurdjieff. If you find Lola’s talks valuable, more will be posted in days to come. RSSVERIFY

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## Episodes
- [Freedom from preferences.  Delivered Aug 31, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/freedom-from-preferences-delivered-aug-31-1986) — 2026-07-25T18:56:57+00:00
- [Where Taoism, Christianity and Zen meet.  Delivered August 17, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/where-taoism-christianity-and-zen-meet-delivered-august-17-1986) — 2026-07-12T15:41:15+00:00
- [Unlearning and existential trust.  Delivered Aug 10, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/unlearning-and-existential-trust-delivered-aug-10-1986) — 2026-07-04T20:34:52+00:00
- [The Trap of Words - Delivered August 3, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-trap-of-words-delivered-august-3-1986) — 2026-06-27T19:05:38+00:00
- [Zen is not an intellectual exercise. Delivered Jun 20, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/zen-is-not-an-intellectual-exercise-delivered-jun-20-1986) — 2026-06-12T23:41:21+00:00
- [Emptiness is not nothingness. Jul 14, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/emptiness-is-not-nothingness-jul-14-1986) — 2026-05-16T19:09:27+00:00
- [How to enter a gateless gate.  Delivered July 6, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/how-to-enter-a-gateless-gate-delivered-july-6-1986) — 2026-05-09T19:37:42+00:00
- [The Basic Teachings of Zen Meditation.  Presented on June 29, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-basic-teachings-of-zen-meditation-presented-on-june-29-1986) — 2026-05-02T18:18:16+00:00
- [Accumulating knowledge versus attaining true wisdom. June 22, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/accumulating-knowledge-versus-attaining-true-wisdom-june-22-1986) — 2026-04-11T16:15:58+00:00
- [The Lesson of True Listening. June 15, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-lesson-of-true-listening-june-15-1986) — 2026-04-01T01:35:17+00:00
- [An exploration of the subject of death. Delivered Jun 8, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/an-exploration-of-the-subject-of-death-delivered-jun-8-1986) — 2026-03-12T15:05:23+00:00
- [Does an enlightened Zen master live a saintly, extraordinary life? Delivered Jun 1, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/does-an-enlightened-zen-master-live-a-saintly-extraordinary-life-delivered-jun-1-1986) — 2026-02-28T01:30:30+00:00
- [Give gifts with no notion of reward or praise. Like moving something from one hand to the other. Mar 9, 1986](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/give-gifts-with-no-notion-of-reward-or-praise-like-moving-something-from-one-hand-to-the-other-mar-9-1986) — 2026-02-06T14:32:55+00:00
- [Learning to live less from the mind and more from the hara. Oct 14, 1981](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/learning-to-live-less-from-the-mind-and-more-from-the-hara-oct-14-1981) — 2026-01-16T21:27:12+00:00
- [Allowing Purusha to extricate itself from the mindless play of Prakrit. Sept 27, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/allowing-purusha-to-extricate-itself-from-the-mindless-play-of-prakrit-sept-27-1987) — 2025-12-29T20:42:34+00:00
- [Plato, art and spiritual growth.  Sep 5, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/plato-art-and-spiritual-growth-sep-5-1987) — 2025-12-14T19:14:18+00:00
- [The Middle Way—between the world of appearance and the inner world of consciousness. Aug 29, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-middle-way-between-the-world-of-appearance-and-the-inner-world-of-consciousness-aug-29-1987) — 2025-12-08T20:34:32+00:00
- [How do you go in? Simply stop going out.  Aug 2, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/how-do-you-go-in-simply-stop-going-out-aug-2-1987) — 2025-11-29T21:06:24+00:00
- [The meanings of various Buddhist terms, practices & traditions. July 26, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-meanings-of-various-buddhist-terms-practices-traditions-july-26-1987) — 2025-11-23T16:31:17+00:00
- [Dogen: “Not knowing is most intimate.” July 5, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/dogen-not-knowing-is-most-intimate-july-5-1987) — 2025-11-14T22:57:30+00:00
- [How you form your ego—and can ultimately overcome it.  Jun 28, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/how-you-form-your-ego-and-can-ultimately-overcome-it-jun-28-1987) — 2025-11-02T16:56:36+00:00
- [Zen and Socrates. Jun 21, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/zen-and-socrates-jun-21-1987) — 2025-10-20T19:01:34+00:00
- [Instructions for Koan study. And true understanding & non-discrimination. May 31, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/instructions-for-koan-study-and-true-understanding-non-discrimination-may-31-1987) — 2025-10-14T19:51:59+00:00
- [The limitations of human knowledge. May 17, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-limitations-of-human-knowledge-may-17-1987) — 2025-10-08T17:44:47+00:00
- [In the struggle between opposites is the Truth. Mar 6, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/in-the-struggle-between-opposites-is-the-truth-mar-6-1987) — 2025-09-26T01:02:36+00:00
- [Where is God? Feb 28, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/where-is-god-feb-28-1987) — 2025-09-11T14:46:00+00:00
- [Mystica Theologica, the Sutras of Patanjali and the Book of Genesis. Jan 31, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/mystica-theologica-the-sutras-of-patanjali-and-the-book-of-genesis-jan-31-1987) — 2025-08-31T16:43:38+00:00
- [How do you answer: “Does God exist?” Sep 20, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/how-do-you-answer-does-god-exist-sep-20-1987) — 2025-08-24T16:20:02+00:00
- [A detailed introductory talk about the Bauls — a religious sect of India—and the mystery of consciousness. Sep 13, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/a-detailed-introductory-talk-about-the-bauls-a-religious-sect-of-india-and-the-mystery-of-consciousness-sep-13-1987) — 2025-08-10T02:47:23+00:00
- [The Bauls religious sect of India. And Prakrit and Parusha. Oct 18, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/the-bauls-religious-sect-of-india-and-prakrit-and-parusha-oct-18-1987) — 2025-08-04T14:19:02+00:00
- [Zen and the meaning of Easter. Apr 19, 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/zen-and-the-meaning-of-easter-apr-19-1987) — 2025-07-28T12:50:24+00:00
- [Guilt and rejection of life does not make you more enlightened.  Lola May , 1987](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talks-by-zen-roshi-lola-mcdowell-lee-6423598/guilt-and-rejection-of-life-does-not-make-you-more-enlightened-lola-may-1987) — 2025-07-23T02:24:28+00:00

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