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Buddhist Studies
East Asian Studies
February 26, 2021
The Sea and the Sacred in Japan
Aspects of Maritime Religion
Fabio Rambelli
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
In The Sea and the Sacred in Japan: Aspects of Maritime Religion (Bloomsbury 2018), Fabio Rambelli invites various fifteen scholars of Japanese religions to reflect on a well taken-for-granted fact: although the sea …
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SSEAC Stories
February 25, 2021
A Thai Contemporary Artist on Identity, Power, and the Space In-Between
A Discussion with Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Hosted by Natali Pearson
As a Thai-Australian woman artist, Phaptawan Suwannakudt has long battled prejudice and discrimination relating to her gender. This disappointment with society’s dictates features at the heart of Phaptawan’s artistic practice …
East Asian Studies
February 24, 2021
Buddhism after Mao
Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions
Zhe Ji, Gareth Fisher, André Laliberté
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
With over 100 million followers, Buddhism in the People's Republic of China now fosters the largest community in the world of individuals who self-identify as Buddhists. Although Buddhism was harshly persecuted …
Japanese Studies
January 29, 2021
Seeking Sakyamuni
South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism
Richard M. Jaffe
Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth century. In the richly illustrated Seeking Śākyamuni: South Asia in the …
East Asian Studies
December 22, 2020
Buddhist Tourism in Asia
Courtney Bruntz and Brooke Schedneck
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
This edited volume is the first book-length study of Buddhist tourism in contemporary Asia in the English language. Featuring chapters from diverse contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history, Buddhist …
Buddhist Studies
December 15, 2020
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition
Geoffrey C. Goble
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent book, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition (Columbia University Press, 2019), Geoffrey Goble examines the emergence and early history of …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness
December 14, 2020
Inward
Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self
Michal Pagis
Hosted by Jack Petranker
There is a strong interest today in turning inward to explore the mind and body. Mindfulness meditation exemplifies this trend, and has become increasingly well-known and widely practiced. In Inward …
East Asian Studies
December 9, 2020
Monks in Motion
Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea
Jack Meng-Tat Chia
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Oxford University Press 2020) is the first monograph in the English language to explore the transnationally connected history of …
Psychology
November 10, 2020
To Heal a Wounded Heart
The Transformative Power of Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Action
Pilar Jennings
Hosted by Yakir Englander
Early on in her clinical practice, psychoanalyst Pilar Jennings was presented with a particularly difficult case: a six-year-old girl who, traumatized by loss, had stopped speaking. Challenged by the limitations …
British Studies
November 6, 2020
Women in British Buddhism
Commitment, Connection, Community
Caroline Starkey
Hosted by Olivia Porter
Based on detailed ethnographic research, this book explores the varied experiences of women who have converted to Buddhism in contemporary Britain and analyses the implications of their experiences for understanding …
Buddhist Studies
November 3, 2020
Shinra Myojin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian 'Mediterranean'
Sujung Kim
Hosted by Trevor McManis
Shinra Myojin and Buddhist Networks of the East Asian “Mediterranean” (University of Hawaii Press, 2020) is a fascinating study of the transcultural underpinnings of Medieval East Asian Buddhist traditions with …
Southeast Asian Studies
October 22, 2020
Lost Temples of the Jungle
A History of Mrauk-U with Dr. Bob Hudson
Thushara Dibley
Hosted by Thushara Dibley
Deep in the jungles of Myanmar lie the remains of an ancient kingdom, the 15th-century royal city of Mrauk-U. Located in the Bay of Bengal and separated from the rest …
East Asian Studies
September 30, 2020
Faith and Reason in Continental and Japanese Philosophy
Reading Tanabe Hajime and William Desmond
Takeshi Morisato
Hosted by Roman Paşca
Faith and Reason in Continental and Japanese Philosophy: Reading Tanabe Hajime and William Desmond (Bloomsbury, 2019) by Takeshi Morisato is a book that brings together the work of two significant …
East Asian Studies
September 30, 2020
Buddhist Magic
Divination, Healing, and Enchantment through the Ages
Sam van Schaik
Hosted by Olivia Porter
As far back as we can see in the historical record, Buddhist monks and nuns have offered services including healing, divination, rain making, aggressive magic, and love magic to local …
East Asian Studies
September 24, 2020
Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese
Mediation and Superscription of the Tibetan Tradition in Contemporary Chinese Society
Joshua Esler
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
While Tibetan Buddhism continues to face restrictions and challenges imposed by the state in contemporary China, it has in fact entered mainstream Chinese society with a growing middle-class and even …
Gender Studies
September 22, 2020
Absent Mother God of the West
A Kali Lover's Journey into Christianity and Judaism
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
In Absent Mother God of the West: A Kali Lover's Journey into Christianity and Judaism (Rowman, 2015) Neela Bhattacharya Saxena draws on her personal religious experiences and devotion to the …
Poetry
September 14, 2020
The First Free Women
Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns
Matty Weingast
Hosted by Yakir Englander
A radical and vivid rendering of poetry from the first Buddhist nuns that brings a new immediacy to their voices. The Therigatha ("Verses of the Elder Nuns") is the oldest …
East Asian Studies
September 9, 2020
Readings of Dōgen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Steven Heine
Hosted by Yakir Englander
The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbōgenzō) is the masterwork of Dōgen (1200–1253), founder of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. It is one of the most …
Southeast Asian Studies
August 31, 2020
The Irish Buddhist
The Forgotten Monk Who Faced Down the British Empire
Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox, and Brian Bocking
Hosted by Patrick Jory
Buddhism has always been a world religion, but its popularity in the West really dates only from the late nineteenth century, when much of the Buddhist world was subject to …
Literary Studies
August 13, 2020
Many Buddhas, One Buddha
A Study and Translation of Avadānaśataka 1-40
Naomi Appleton
Hosted by Olivia Porter
Naomi Appleton's new book Many Buddhas, One Buddha: A Study and Translation of Avadānaśataka 1-40 (Equinox Publishing, 2020) introduces a significant section of the important early Indian Buddhist text known …
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