Buddhists in Babylon with Devin Berry and Molly Zapp

About Buddhists in Babylon with Devin Berry and Molly Zapp

What can spiritually engaged lives for laypeople in these times look like? Could they be... funny? Enjoyable? Authentic and meaningful? Buddhists in Babylon is a student-teacher dialogue where Insight meditation teacher Devin Berry and journalist Molly Zapp try to live in the Dharma without pretending the world isn’t on fire - or being consumed by the flames. Off the cushion, and into the streets, classrooms, crisis zones and kitchen tables of modern life.

Publisher

Devin Berry and Molly Zapp

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jul 2025

Latest episode

10 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Apr 2026

   Staying Tender in This Time of Cruelty: War and Peace, Inside and Out

   If you see a war breaking out in someone's heart, speak the dhamma.

2. 

   20 Feb 2026

   Is it okay to feel joyful when the world is burning?

   In brief, yes!

3. 

   27 Aug 2025

   Dating and Spiritual Life Part II: Loneliness, Longing and Belonging

   "We don't have to outsource the belonging. We can be with ourselves," - Devin Berry

4. 

   6 Aug 2025

   Buddhists in Babylon First Episode: Retreat!

   Welcome to Buddhists in Babylon, a student-teacher dialogue between Insight Meditation teacher Devin Berry and journalist Molly Zapp. In this first episode, Devin and Molly consider what it is to lead a spiritually engaged life in these times. What is gained, and what might be lost, by going on meditation retreats, but not to church? What is the value of spiritual community?

5. 

   30 Jul 2025

   Alternatives to Losing Your Mind: Finding Refuge in the Present

   Greed, aversion, ignorance, dukkha: yep, all still here. What can the dharma teach us about how to live through difficult times with skillfulness and a mind that touches peace? How can we practice compassionate responsiveness to the suffering of the world without stabbing ourselves with the second arrow of suffering (or the 27th arrow)? https://devinberry.substack.com/

6. 

   30 Jul 2025

   Dating and Spiritual Life Part I: Ladies in Shawls in Dharma Halls

   How can one work with romantic longing while practicing a spiritual tradition that doesn't say much about romantic relationships? And why are there so many single women on retreat? Your hosts Devin Berry and Molly Zapp begin the first part of a two-part series on dating and the dharma. https://devinberry.substack.com/

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