ericgerlach79
Gerlach is German and rhymes with bear-lock. I was born and raised in the Haight Ashbury of San Francisco, moved to Berkeley for college and grad school, with an MA in History of Religion from the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley, and now teach Philosophy and the history of human thought at Berkeley City College. I have taught Intro Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Asian Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy and Social & Political Philosophy there for the past several years, and it has been a joy.
Thought Itself 
October 13, 2020 at 11:30 pm
Another great lecture! I’m very fond of the “When aren’t you your true self?” Schtick that buddhas employs. Seems simple but I find it to be incredibly useful and compelling, not only philosophically, but psychologically.
The aforementioned peers and I actually study the the classic Zen Koans together (Blue Cliff Record, Mumonkan, Book of serenity, etc) on a podcasts of ours, and I’m always on the lookout for Zen masters saying something similar… They are a tricky bunch though! Sometimes they seem utterly different than the majority of buddhism.
Anyway, again, great stuff. Looking forward to taoism and zen!
October 14, 2020 at 1:34 am
Thanks again, Warren! You should watch the two lectures I just uploaded on Hui Shi and Gongsun Long. I made sure to do that before Daoism, and you will find their examples of paradox very useful for the koans of Zen.