Hello and welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.

This is episode number 102.

I am your host, Noah Rochetta.

And today I'm talking about never being lost.

Keep in mind you don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist.

You can use what you learn to be a better whatever you already are.

Today's podcast episode is inspired by the quotes of Ikkyu Sojun.

Ikkyu Sojun was an eccentric Japanese Zen Buddhist and poet.

And he had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.

He lived roughly at the end of the 1300s to the early 1400s in Japan.

And I recently came across some of his poetry and his works.

And there was a specific quote that I really enjoyed.

Came to find out later it's a disputed quote.

But it has led to other quotes and poems of his that I enjoy.

And I wanted to share a few of those with you in today's podcast episode.

So quick housekeeping here.

I'm working with a new microphone.

As many of you know, I moved to Mexico.

And I have a microphone that I brought with me.

And in the last podcast episode, I received a few emails with feedback about the audio quality.

So I'm hoping today's podcast episode sounds better.

I'm learning the settings.

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