we're at the san francisco zen center, and we're going to be looking at zen buddhism today. certainly, this is a wonderful symbol of what i think we're going to find, because at the heart of the buddhist experience is that very religious, very spiritual quest for peace and interconnectedness. now the story of the buddha is something that we'll be exploring here throughout this part of the experiential dimension. but today we want to go to an expert, paul haller, who's been practicing zen buddhism for many, many years, and is resident in this center. he's going to help us understand one of the buddha's key insights- that it's only through finding a peaceful center, like we have in this garden, that one can truly experience the spiritual nature inherent in all things. meditation is the key, and paul's going to tell us much about zen buddhist meditation today. >> the elegance of zen practice is that core instruction is quite simple- sit down, be erect, be alert, and be open to what happens, and then the particularity of each of our lives comes forward. and as we stay open to th

i call it my zen book i think it's because as i was learning about the japanese culture, all of that to go into the book. and it gave me the structure of what the book would become, which was very much taking after what a japanese garden it. early on a read about gardens. you don't know where you are going you just read. because japanese gardens are a huge aspect on the culture i started reading on gardens. i love the natural and the idea on how they use the gardens and how much it reads to them i started reading. i read a line like the silk worker line where it embraced me and i thought, that's what i would write about. you never walk from the front gate to the front door in a straight line it's always a curving path in which you discover things along the way. i said, that's it. he lands, he gets off the train and slowly he would walk down this path and discover the story of this caretaker along the way. it began to move. but, you know, when i speak of it it seems like it's simple. it was not simple. this month of thinking about things. this is times of writing things down and think

now here it is your momentch zen. >> i bet everybody in d.c. hasig cards. >> go ahead babe.d. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> tonight from the mile high city it's the democratic national convention. guess who's coming to denver? starring a black guy, white liberal guilt, and featuring the comedy styling of uncle grumpy. [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central >> very nice to see you tonight, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us. you're very kind. you're really very kind. please. i'm getting winded. my name is jon stewart. thursday night here in denver. senator evan bayh of indiana will be joining us as the democratic national convention reaches its peak. let's get right out to aasif mandvi live in mile high stadium, invesco field. aasif mandvi, thanks for joining us. wow, what a night, what a night. >> yeah. just minutes ago barack obama finished his -- his historic acceptance speech. wow, what a speech it was. >> yes. we were all watching it here. >> so you saw him talk about ho

next, the royals want criminal charges brought against the mag zen and an investigation into who tookopless pictures of kate. >> this type of photographer, this type of gutter journalism went be tolerated. >> reporter: if convicted the photographer yet to be identified could spend a year in jail. the royal couple determined to seek justice. bob woodruff, abc news, solomon island. >> that could change the day. if you are going to lose your liberty over taking the photographs, and may be in prison for a year, you may not take them. fined $2,500. who cares. >> of course, they're out there. doesn't matter what digital shots they get back. they're on the net. you've can see them now and until the end of time. >> that's true they're out there forever. to your point, we have been talking about this. if you are a public person you have to be on notice that this could happen. >> it's not fair. it's not right. it shouldn't be this way. if i am a royal i am going to make sure i am not out on a terrace topless. just goes with the territory. shouldn't have to be that way. but it is. >> but it is.

. >> jon: but before we go, we are going to offer you some moments of zen -- moments, plural. -- these are little tidbits from "the daily show's" free speech coverage at mile-high stadium. >> when barack obama moved his speech to mile-high stadium, it meant one thing. democratic tailgating. >> yeah. >> universal health care, universal health care. whew. chardonnay. i'm grilling up some arugula, boys. oh. look at this. look at this. look at that. hey, hey. >> this is the first first african-american being nominated for the president of the united states. >> obama. >> obama. >> a little for hillary. there you go. >> remember back in march when he proposed the national infrastructure investment bank to expand existing federal transportation investments? >> i do remember that, yes, when obama opposed that -- proposed that? >> do you remember that? >> i do. it was the i-9 bridge collapse in minneapolis-st. paul and he said we needed to -- >> break. >> so that we could -- so that we could reinvest in our roads and have safer, better bridges and you know -- an easier way to get to wo

here it is your moment of zen >> the thing i like about you is you do take cheap shots all the time but you defend those cheap shots >> that's not the only thing you like about me. i'm like a shot of levittown right in your ass like a b-12. boom. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: tonight, new trouble for the romney campaign, get ready for the rafalka sex tape. (laughter) and a major legal victory for apple. but it will be replaced with a faster, slimmer legal victory in six months. (laughter) then, my guest, jeffrey toobin is here to talk about obama's relationship with the supreme court. i hear it's under the robe; over the gavel. (laughter) wal-mart is turning 50 years old. it's finally old enough to be a greeter at itself. (laughter) this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing )

join us, leer it is your moment of zen. >> one last thought, you guys, when i was a boy, when i was a boy i used to think that becoming rich and becoming famous would make me happy. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. thank you, everybody. but oh, you can tell a thursday crowd because they've already been drinking. (laughter) >> stephen: and i don't blame... i don't blame them for hitting the bottle, folks, because we are all suffering right now under the fatal-- failed presidency of barack obama. and don't tell me rescued the auto industry. because the last time i checked the 2013 chevy malibu doesn't even come with a heated steering wheel. what are we, bangladesh? now clearly, clearly america is suffering a leadership gap. especially when you put obama up next to a true conservative, russian president and shirt allergy suffererer, vladimir putin. my friend putin here is

a%d2ú$h>2:fx here it is, your moment of zen. >> when it comes to letting people love who they love andmarry who they want to marry mitt romney says no. when it comes to expanding access to good health care, mitt romney... no! >> actually... captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> you didn't build that... that... that (crowd chanting "obama") >> you have my permission to vote. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) welcome to the "report," everybody, it's good to have you with us! (audience chanting "stephen"). (cheers and applause) ladies and gentlemen... (cheers and applause) ladies and gentlemen, i've got to say, after an ovation like that there is only one thing to be said: i accept your nomination as host of this show. (laughter) well, folks, welcome to the "report,". it was night one o of the democratic national drum circle last night. (laughter) and i am sad to say it was a disaster. (laughter) first of all, it was beset with technical difficulties starting with the audio. all night there was this constant buzzing roar. it was

here it is you are your moment of zen. >> i've seen joe up close. i've seen how-- (cheers and applause) >> the only reason i hang around is so she can see me up close. (laughter) captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: tonight, the polls are not favoring mitt romney. great, first the british, now he's in trouble with polish people. (laughter) then, outrage in the n.f.l. though after a few more concussions who will remember? (laughter) and my guest, claressa shields, is the first woman to win gold in olympic boxing. i will float like a butterfly and ask questions also like a butterfly. (laughter) i have gotten a iphone 5! (cheers and applause) and apple maps says i'm in norway! this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to "the report." (audience chanting "stephen"). (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to "the report." please, thank you for joining us. i lost the emm

don't miss it, here say little taste, your moment of zen. >> this is the house i grew up in, this is my dad right here. and we could have gone anywhere in america and we picked tampa because tampa is the greatest city in america. >> it's okay. >> it's okay? >> it's okay. >> what dow mean, it's okay, captioning sponsored by comedy central (laughter) >> i think i can get america back from those that want to change this country. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody. hey! fantastic to have you with us. thank you so much! thank you so much, folks. nation -- >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen! >> stephen: ladies and gentlemen, thats with a little delayed but i will take it anyway i can get it i'm not proud. folks, welcome to the show. last night was the final evening of the republican national convention and, of course, they saved the last for last. (laughter) mitt romney did a great job. there was never any doubt that this man was going to stick the landing because he never left the ground. (laughter) he answered:-- ente

same time, here it is, your moment of zen. >> and i will give barack obama credit for creating jobs these last four years. for golf caddies. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wg ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) >> i think i can get america back from those who want to change this country. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. thank you. folks, folks, it is thursday, the third and final and also fourth night of the republican national convention. tonight, are mitt romney officially accepts the nomination. >> i haven't seen his, i haven't seen his acceptance speech, but i know it was electric, or at least static electric. he is going to have to be good because last night was a barn burner and not just because the gop wants to cut funding to fire departments. they had, last night they had minority speakers, a bunch of them. whatever, whatever a group of minorities is called. a like a pride? a gaggle? a token. a token of minorities. folks, this is great, because romney is having a tough time attracting certain

here's moment of zen. >> quite a guy, isn't that something?ait a second, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go, all right, that's great. thank you. >> oh, sweet >> stephen: tonight! can prayer change this election? well, picking paul ryan was certainly a hail mary. (laughter) then, obama's making us less safe. that terrorist from "homeland" won an emmy! (laughter) and my guest, author jim holt, has written a book on why the world exists. well, when two planets love each other very much they share a special hug. (laughter) the university of tennessee frat members were caught butt-chugging wine. (laughter) that sounds like some drunk ass (bleep). (laughter) this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause )

here it is, your moment of zen. >> sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska.itt romney talks like he's only seen captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing )

on on a friday night again, join us friday night at 11:00, here it is your moment of zen. >> a lot of focus on what some consider a stumble over the platform. >> it's over, it's been corrected. we move on from there. but it is over, the president has corrected it. with its done, it's over, we're moving on from captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> obama! obama! >> you have my permission to-- (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yeah! whoo! whoo! whoo! welcome to the report. thank you for joining us, ladies an gentlemen. tonight -- >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> oh, nation-- (cheers and applause) >> nation, what can i say, nation, i got to tell you, listen. folks, you, you had me at stephen, stephen. folks, tonight is the final night of the democratic national strokefest. the highlight-- the highlight tonight of course is president obama's big speech where he will accept his party's nomination for a second term. now i have not seen the speech, but i can tell you is a failure. (laught

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don't miss it, here say little taste, your moment of zen. >> this is the house i grew up in, this is my dad right here. and we could have gone anywhere in america and we picked tampa because tampa is the greatest city in america. >> it's okay. >> it's okay? >> it's okay. >> what dow mean, it's okay, captioning sponsored by comedy central

here it is, your moment of zen. >> one republican i talked to put it very bluntly, a senior republican in ohio said that obama's advantage on the auto bailout is quote a kick in the captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. welcome. what can i say, i, i would have any one of you guard my fountain. (laughter) if anyone did that, and i don't think anybody does that. kind of a stupid job. (laughter) nation, now nation, we got to do this. nation, i'm a humble man. and i will shout that from the mountaintop. (laughter) so i don't like talking about myself. but i've got no choice. we're in a national crisis here. we need to rebuild this country's greatness. well, ladies and gentlemen, i have the blueprints-- no, scratch that. i have the red, white and blueprints. (applause) because this tuesday, octo

here it is, your moment of zen. >> one republican i talked to put it very bluntly, a senior republicanin ohio said that obama's advantage on the auto bailout is quote a kick in the >> "tosh.o" featured videos from the internet and is intended for a mature audience. comedy central does not condone the activities performed and discourages anyone from attempting them. enjoy! >> all right. i want a clean match. ♪ [ applause ] >> usa! usa! release the photo, obama. [ laughter ] welcome to "tosh.o." i hope your break was as lucrative as mine. as usual, everyone is dying to know what my new wardrobe will be. well, let's put an end to all the speculation because it's officially the summer of exposed arms! yeah. that's right. you will be seeing these bad boys for the rest of the summer. yes, those are tan lines. i surf on the reg. tonight on the gun show i shower you with check lat rain, -- chocolate, manny pacquiao punches me in the face and i win the grandma death pool. now let's head back to the most deadly 4th of july ever, minus the original. flawless victory. listen, i like taking a hot l

here it is, your moment of zen. >> one republican i talked to put it very bluntly, a senior republicann ohio said that obama's advantage on the auto bailout is quote a kick in the captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. welcome. what can i say, i, i would have any one of you guard my fountain. (laughter) if anyone did that, and i don't think anybody does that. kind of a stupid job. (laughter) nation, now nation, we got to do this. nation, i'm a humble man. and i will shout that from the mountaintop. (laughter) so i don't like talking about myself. but i've got no choice. we're in a national crisis here. we need to rebuild this country's greatness. well, ladies and gentlemen, i have the blueprints-- no, scratch that. i have the red, white and blueprints. (applause) because this tuesday, octobe

here it is, your moment of zen. >> sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt, mitt romney talks like he's only seen captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> obama! obama! >> you didn't build that. that. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to report, everybody. good to have you with us. thank you so much. why. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. please. ( cheering ) nation, thank you, everybody. please, sit down. now, folks, i don't know if you watched it, but last night, the mindless mobs got together again to pander to the youth and congratulate each other on slowly destroying the moral fabric of america. ( laughter ) but what do you expect? it was the vmas. ( laughter ) ( applause ) folks, i don't know about you-- ( cheers and applause ) i don't upon about you, but i am outraged that all-american band and friend of the report, fun

don't miss it, here say little taste, your moment of zen. >> this is the house i grew up in, this is my dad right here. and we could have gone anywhere in america and we picked tampa because tampa is the greatest city in america. >> it's okay. >> it's okay? >> it's okay. >> what dow mean, it's okay, >> tosh.0 features video from the internet and is for mature audiences. enjoy! [cheers & applause] >> that ball return is dangerous. welcome to tosh.0. if i'm in your top-five celebrity sex list, and you get it notarized, i will bang you. [laughter] tonight on the show the national anthem girl gets a web redemption. we play "is it racist?" and i tell you who is going to win the super bowl. the heat. [laughter] alright, let's see if he can pick up the split. nice sports bra. how do you score that? [laughter] so this is what chubby people do while we're out on dates with women. can you imagine if they would [laughter] have rolled a ball off drestruka?

here it is, your moment of zen. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. there are 47% who are with him who are dependent upon government, who believe that they're victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, to captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: tonight, new trouble for the romney campaign, get ready for the rafalka sex tape. (laughter) and a major legal victory for apple. but it will be replaced with a faster, slimmer legal victory in six months. (laughter) then, my guest, jeffrey toobin is here to talk about obama's relationship with the supreme court. i hear it's under the robe; over the gavel. (laughter) wal-mart is turning 50 years old. it's finally old enough to be a greeter at itself. (laughter) this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) . >> stephen: whoo! whoo! whoo! come on! (audience chanting "stephen") folk

here it is your moment of zen >> the thing i like about you is you do take cheap shots all the time but you defend those cheap shots >> that's not the only thing you like about me. i'm like a shot of levittown right in your ass like a b-12. boom. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> and my guest drew gilpin faust is the president of harvard university. oh, i hope he's coming with a sikh envelope, the one-year anniversary of occupy wall street. remember, one is the pepper spray anniversary. this is the colbert report. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the show, everybody. (cheers and applause) good to have you with us. please, ladies and gentlemen, please. take a load off. i don't know about you but i had a beautiful weekend. i was down in washington d.c. for the conservative values voters summit. not exactly a gala affair. for some reason the group fighting to defy gay people rights has trouble finding a competent party planner. but i tell you this, it is a great place to hear from prominent conservative voices like

we're going be on on a friday night again, join us friday night at 11:00, here it is your moment of zen> a lot of focus on what

here's moment of zen. >> quite a guy, isn't that something? wait a second, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go, all right, that's great. thank

same time, here it is, your moment of zen. >> and i will give barack obama credit for creating jobs thesefour years. for golf caddies. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wg >> are you okay? i can't wait to see that clip on mtv in a year and a half. welcome to tosh.0. this is officially the high point of your season, longhorns. tonight we find out if this guy is alive i chat with an up-and-coming new artist and i find out how much of the qaddafi video i can actually show on tv. now let's go back and see why you should always perform stunts on a closed course. that's the thing about motorcycles, you never hear them coming. i hope she wasn't the cute one. like even your dog knows not to stand on the track. and she was just getting to the good part of her really long story. here's just another drunk afternoon in the red sox clubhouse. they're both out. espn just found their next 30 for 30. look at this

we're going be on on a friday night again, join us friday night at 11:00, here it is your moment of zen. >> a lot of focus on what some consider a stumble over the platform. >> it's over, it's been corrected. we move on from there. but it is over, the president has corrected it. with its done, it's over, we're moving on from captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> obama! obama! >> you have my permission to-- (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yeah! whoo! whoo!

join us, leer it is your moment of zen. >> one last thought, you guys, when i was a boy, when i was a boy i used to think that becoming rich and becoming famous would make becoming famous would make me happy. becoming famous would make me happy. - hey! who deleted last week's episode of bones? i heard they kissed. - where is it? - i know! - where is it? - where's what? - limited edition lap hog x.l. condom. who took it?

here it is, your moment of zen. >> sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska.t romney talks like he's only seen captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ chappelle's show ♪ chappelle's show ♪ ow! ♪ whoo-hoo-hoo! ♪ whoo-hoo! ♪ yeah, yeah. [♪...] man: dave chappelle! [cheering and applause...] whoa! what's up? what's up, at the top? man. [applause subsides...] you know, uh... you know what's funny, man. there's two things that start happening to me a lot now