David Steindl-Rast: Grateful Living in the ‘Double Realm’

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Brother David Steindl-Rast is an internationally renowned author, lecturer, and pivotal member of the monastic renewal movement. A monk in the Benedictine tradition, Brother David is also an expert in Zen Buddhism and a tireless advocate for building bridges between Eastern and Western religious traditions. With Sounds True, Brother David created the audio program The Grateful Heart. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Brother David talk about the innate longing that drives spiritual study and is the impetus for seeking out a monastic life. Tami and Brother David explore the concept of the “Double Realm” that lies beyond standard concepts of time and existence, as well as how practicing gratitude can be a doorway to that realm. Finally, Brother David considers the future of religion and spirituality as he enters his nineties.(61 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.9	in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:07.0	Today is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy it.
1:17.0	You're listening to Insights at The Edge.
1:20.0	Today my guest is Brother David Stendel Rost.
1:23.6	Brother David is an international lecturer, author, and leader
1:27.8	in the monastic renewal movement,
1:29.9	as well as the dialogue between Eastern and Western religions.
1:33.6	After 12 years of training in the 1500-year-old Benedictine monastic tradition,
1:40.1	Brother David received permission to practice Zen with Buddhist masters.
1:44.8	With sounds true, Brother David created an audio program called The Grateful Heart,
1:50.5	where he describes prayer not as a domatic ritual but as a way of opening to the
1:56.0	blessings that await us in everyday life. In this episode of Insights at the
2:01.1	Edge, Brother David and I spoke about facing death and the concept of the double
2:06.9	realm, a realm in which time and eternity are one.
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