#34 Daniel Jantos | On Finding Purpose Through Action: Chaplaincy, Fatherhood, Buddhism & More!!

I have known Daniel briefly and really hadn't even conversed much with him before inviting him onto the pod as I knew his was a story I wanted to learn more about... Sure enough, it did not disappoint!

Daniel is the chaplain coordinator of my University in Sydney, so is essentially attempting to offer the best support for 48,000 student's spiritual lives.

The primary way this is achieved is through a free food program which I attend most Wednesday evenings after class. On offer is a really superb and gourmet meal with fine ingredients. This is done by Daniel and his team of volunteers en masse, consistently, and with a smile.

Anyways, the journey of becoming the man I now have the pleasure of being served dinner by, tracks across continents, and weaves through the spiritual depths of many encountered souls.

I will be coming back to this capturing of his story, as a source of wisdom, well into the future, I have little doubt.

Thanks again Dan!!

Enjoy:)

Chapters

• 0:00 Breaking Bubbles
• 8:26 Navigating Modern University
• 16:04 Living Religiously (& Humbly)
• 25:15 Internal Vivacious ‘Fire’
• 31:32 Growing Up in a ‘Puritanical Immigrant Cult’
• 40:09 Unitarian ‘Fire’
• 46:45 Theology in Support of Mammals
• 1:01:12 Doing Good the Right Way
• 1:06:00 Facing Death and The Other
• 1:12:16 Chaplain in US Hospital
• 1:30:50 Keeping the Fun (Peter Schummann)
• 1:38:05 Leaving the Church
• 1:46:10 Father-Son Dynamics
• 1:59:05 Personal Weaknesses
• 2:06:38 Buddhist Justice in Byron Bay & Vermont
• 2:25:35 Returning to Australia