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The Imperfect Buddha Podcast
July 10, 2015
Imperfect Buddha Podcast: Introducing the Why, the How, the Intent of it All
Hosted by
Matthew O'Connell
What is the Imperfect Buddha Podcast? Where does it come from? Why listen to it? All of these questions and more are presented in this introduction designed at clarifying for …
Buddhist Studies
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Interviews with scholars of Buddhism about their new books.
On Religion
June 27, 2022
On the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
A Discussion with Ben Connelly
Ben Connelly
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Ben Connelly is a Minneapolis-based Soto Zen teacher in the Katagiri-lineage. He offers a wide variety of secular mindfulness trainings, including for police departments, corporate settings, correctional facilities, and addiction …
On Religion
June 21, 2022
The Other Side of Nothing
The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being
Brad Warner
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
In the West, Zen Buddhism has a reputation for paradoxes that defy logic. In particular, the Buddhist concept of nonduality -- the realization that everything in the universe forms a …
Nordic Asia Podcast
June 20, 2022
Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia
Worlds Ever More Enchanted
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière and Peter A Jackson
Hosted by
Terese Gagnon
What is the relationship between Spirit Possession Rituals and Buddhism in mainland Southeast Asia? How has modernity transformed Spirit Possession cults in the 21st century and what has led to …
Philosophy
June 20, 2022
How Things Are
An Introduction to Buddhist Metaphysics
Mark Siderits
Hosted by
Malcolm Keating
Mark Siderits’ How Things Are: An Introduction to Buddhist Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2022) is a wide-ranging survey of how Buddhist philosophers think about the nature of the world. The …
Indian Religions
June 16, 2022
Rethinking 'Classical Yoga' and Buddhism
Meditation, Metaphors and Materiality
Karen O'Brien-Kop
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
Rethinking 'Classical Yoga' and Buddhism (Bloomsbury, 2021) revisits the early systemic formation of meditation practices called 'yoga' in South Asia by employing metaphor theory. Karen O'Brien-Kop also develops an alternative …
On Religion
June 16, 2022
On Buddhism, Adventures, and Cooking Ethics
A Discussion with Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Eric Ripert is chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin on 7th Avenue in Manhattan’s Theater District, author of the autobiography 32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
June 14, 2022
The Future of Religion
A Conversation with Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
Of the many differences between the West and the rest of the world the issue of religiosity is one of the most striking. In the West ever fewer people belong …
On Religion
June 13, 2022
On Buddhism Beyond Modernity
A Discussion with Ann Gleig
Ann Gleig
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Ann Gleig is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Central Florida. She is co-editor of Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism and has …
On Religion
June 10, 2022
On Koans
A Discussion with Corey Ichigen Hess
Corey Ichigen Hess
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Corey Ichigen Hess is an ordained Zen monk and body therapist. He lived a monastic life for many years at Sogenji Zen Monastery in Okayama, Japan. He teaches meditation classes …
Indian Religions
June 9, 2022
Rebirth
A Guide to Mind, Karma, and Cosmos in the Buddhist World
Roger R. Jackson
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
Although Buddhism is one of the religious traditions best known for asserting rebirth, the history and scope of Buddhist approaches to the idea has not received comprehensive treatment—until now. This …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast
June 8, 2022
Jason M. Wirth on Zen, the Kyoto School, and Whether Nitezsche is a Buddha
Jason M. Wirth
Hosted by
Matthew O'Connell
Welcome to this Great feast conversation. Philosophy Professor at Seattle University, Soto Zen Priest, Sangha leader, and Dharma teacher, Jason M. Wirth is the author of Nietzsche and other Buddhas …
On Religion
May 31, 2022
On Nibiiro Art, the Dalai Lama, and Buddhism
A Discussion with Rima Fujita
Rima Fujita
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and now resides in Southern California. She graduated from Parsons School of Design with her B.F.A. and has exhibited her work internationally to much …
On Religion
May 27, 2022
The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature
Finding Nirvana in the Classics
Dean Sluyter
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Today I talked to Dean Sluyter about his book The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics (New World Library, 2022). Suppose we could read Hemingway as haiku …
On Religion
May 25, 2022
On the Internment of Japanese Buddhists in World War Two
A Discussion with Duncan Ryūken Williams
Duncan Ryūken Williams
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Duncan Ryuken Williams was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father. After growing up in Japan and England until age 17, he moved to the U.S …
Anthropology
May 24, 2022
Chinese Environmental Ethics
Religions, Ontologies, and Practices
Mayfair Yang
Hosted by
Gustavo Gutiérrez Suárez
An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious …
Buddhist Studies
May 20, 2022
Renunciation and Longing
The Life of a Twentieth-Century Himalayan Buddhist Saint
Annabella Pitkin
Hosted by
Jue Liang
In the early twentieth century, Khunu Lama journeyed across Tibet and India, meeting Buddhist masters while sometimes living, so his students say, on cold porridge and water. Yet this elusive …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast
May 20, 2022
Peter Salmon on Jacques Derrida and the Buddha
A Conversation with Peter Salmon
Hosted by
Matthew O'Connell
Today I talk with Peter Salmon, author of An Event, Perhaps; an intellectual biography of Jacques Derrida. Our conversation was rich: We tackle Derrida and Buddhism, Derrida and the culture …
On Religion
May 11, 2022
On Buddhism for Children
A Discussion with Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Andrea Miller is the deputy editor of Lion's Roar magazine (formerly the Shambhala Sun), a publication force within Buddhism that so many of you will already know, and the author …
On Religion
May 9, 2022
On Impermanence, Embodiment, and Conscious Intention
A Discussion with Deborah Eden Tull
Deborah Eden Tull
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Deborah Eden Tull is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She trained for seven years …
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