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Buddhist Studies September 8, 2023

Situating Religion and Medicine

A Discussion with Michael Stanley-Baker

Michael Stanley-Baker

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Today I sit down for an in-depth conversation with my good friend, Michael Stanley-Baker, a scholar of Chinese religion and medicine. We talk about Mike’s international childhood and how his …

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Interviews with scholars of Buddhism about their new books.

Buddhist Studies August 31, 2023

Being Human and a Buddha Too

Longchenpa's Seven Trainings for a Sunlit Sky

Anne Klein

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
When Anne C. Klein (Rigzin Drolma) first read that everyone, including her, was already a buddha, she was so shocked that she put down the book she was reading. Now …
Indian Religions August 24, 2023

World of Worldly Gods

The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan

Kelzang T. Tashi

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
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In World of Worldly Gods: The Persistence and Transformation of Shamanic Bon in Buddhist Bhutan (Oxford UP, 2023), Kelzang T. Tashi offers the first comprehensive examination of the tenacity of …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast August 22, 2023

Meditating Three Minutes a Day

A Conversation with Richard Dixey

Richard Dixey

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
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After a month or two of absence, the podcast returns for a new season, beginning with an unexpectedly wide ranging conversation with Dr. Richard Dixey. Richard holds a Ph.D. from …
Anthropology August 16, 2023

Fishers, Monks and Cadres

Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam

Edyta Roszko

Hosted by Adam Bobeck
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This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as …
Chinese Studies August 13, 2023

Networks of Faith and Profit

Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges Between China and Japan, 839-1403 CE

Yiwen Li

Hosted by Laurie Dickmeyer
In her book, Networks of Faith and Profit: Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges Between China and Japan, 839-1403 CE (Cambridge UP, 2023), associate professor of history at City University of Hong …
Buddhist Studies August 8, 2023

Traditional Medicine in Laos

A Discussion with Elizabeth Elliott and Ounkham Souksavanh

Elizabeth Elliott and Ounkham Souksavanh

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with two guests, Ounkham Souksavanh and Elizabeth Elliott, to talk about community engagement and community health in Laos. They discuss how Elizabeth as a medical …
Southeast Asian Studies August 1, 2023

Reconstructing God

Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu

Marnie Feneley

Hosted by Patrick Jory
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In December 1936, a villager was led by a dream to the ruins of the West Mebon shrine in Angkor where he uncovered remains of a bronze sculpture. This was …
Buddhist Studies July 30, 2023

Nonexistent Objects in Buddhist Philosophy

On Knowing What There is Not

Zhihua Yao

Hosted by Jessica Zu
Can we know what there is not?  Zhihua Yao's Nonexistent Objects in Buddhist Philosophy: On Knowing What There is Not (Bloomsbury, 2020) examines the historical development of the concept of …
Buddhist Studies July 21, 2023

The Making of American Buddhism

Scott A. Mitchell

Hosted by Victoria Montrose
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Scott A. Mitchell is the Dean of Students and Faculty Affairs and holds the Yoshitaka Tamai Professorial Chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He teaches and writes …
Buddhist Studies July 20, 2023

The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays

Tenzin Dickie

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
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When Tenzin Dickie was growing up in exile in India, she didn’t have access to works by Tibetan writers. Now, as an editor and translator, she is working to create …
Buddhist Studies July 8, 2023

Awakening the Body

A Discussion with Willa Baker

Willa Baker

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Willa Blythe Baker, a writer, translator, and teacher of meditation based on Himalayan Buddhist tradition. We talk about Willa’s early discovery of Buddhism with …
Religion July 1, 2023

Stereotyping Religion II

Critiquing Clichés

Brad Stoddard and Craig Martin

Hosted by Jacob Barrett
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Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clichés about religion, focusing on clichés that a new generation …
Indian Religions June 29, 2023

Searching for Ashoka

Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand

Nayanjot Lahiri

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
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Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing …
Buddhist Studies June 25, 2023

Into the Mirror

A Buddhist Journey through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality

Andy Karr

Hosted by Catherine Hartmann
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Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality (Shambhala, 2023) examines the materialism of the modern world through the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism …
Buddhist Studies June 19, 2023

Baptizing Burma

Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom

Alexandra Kaloyanides

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
In July 1813, a young American couple from Boston arrived in the Buddhist kingdom of Burma to preach the gospel. Although Burmese Buddhists largely resisted Christian evangelism, members of minority …
Buddhist Studies June 16, 2023

Dust on the Throne

The Search for Buddhism in Modern India

Douglas Ober

Hosted by Jessica Zu
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Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in the …
Buddhist Studies June 5, 2023

Embodied and Trauma-Aware Pedagogy

A Discussion with Frances Garrett

Frances Garrett

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances’s interests in embodiment and movement, and how her experiences …
East-West Psychology Podcast June 2, 2023

Contemplative Psychotherapy

Intersections of Science, Spirituality and Buddhism

Joseph Loizzo

Hosted by Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay
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In this episode we meet Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, who is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years’ experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices …
South Asian Studies May 30, 2023

A Part Apart

The Life and Thought of B. R. Ambedkar

Ashok Gopal

Hosted by Rituparna Patgiri
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) is perhaps the most iconised historical figure in India. Born into a caste deemed ‘unfit for human association’, he came to define what it means to …