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Buddhist Studies
Australian and New Zealand Studies July 29, 2021

Creating God

The Birth and Growth of Major Religions

Robin Derricourt

Hosted by Bede Haines
What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread?  Robin Derricourt considers the birth and growth of several major religions, using history and archaeology …

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Law July 28, 2021

Myanmar's Enemy Within

Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim 'Other'

Francis Wade

Hosted by Jane Richards
In 2017, Myanmar's military launched a campaign of widespread targeted violence against its Rohingya minority. The horrific atrocities was later described by United Nations experts as genocide. This had been building …
Indian Religions July 22, 2021

A Conversation with Greg Bailey

Sanskrit Scholar and Novelist

Greg Bailey

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
This interview features a candid conversation with Greg Bailey, seasoned scholar of Sanskrit narrative Literature, on his multi-decade work on the Purāṇas and Mahābhārata, and on his new novel In Search of Bliss …
Philosophy July 20, 2021

Buddhist Feminism

Transforming Anger against Patriarchy

Sokthan Yeng

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
How can Buddhism and feminism be brought together in a constructive way to challenge patriarchial structures? What could such a philosophy say about anger over injustice and oppression? In Buddhist …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness June 25, 2021

Buddhism and Human Flourishing

A Modern Western Perspective

Seth Zuihō Segall

Hosted by Jack Petranker
Western Buddhism is still in its infancy, but as it grows, it is evolving, as has been true in every country where Buddhism was introduced over the past two millennia …
Buddhist Studies June 25, 2021

Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

April D. Hughes

Hosted by Natasha Heller
What is the relationship between Buddhism and politics? How might Buddhism be realized in this world? And how might Buddhist texts help legitimate new rulers? These questions are ably addressed …
Japanese Studies June 18, 2021

Dancing the Dharma

Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh Theater

Susan Blakeley Klein

Hosted by Jingyi Li
Dancing the Dharma: Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh Theater (Harvard UP, 2020) examines the theory and practice of allegory by exploring a select group of medieval Japanese noh …
Indian Religions April 30, 2021

Teaching Buddhist Studies Online

A Discussion with Kate Hartmann

Kate Hartmann

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Join Raj Balkaran as he talks with Dr. Kate Hartmann, Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Wyoming and Director of Buddhist Studies Online, a new educational platform …
Life Wisdom April 28, 2021

Bhante Saranapala on Kindness

The Urban Buddhist Monk

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
What does wisdom have to do with kindness? This podcast features words of wisdom form Bhante Saranapala, also known as The Urban Buddhist Monk. An International Monk, Teacher, and Speaker …
East Asian Studies April 26, 2021

Defining Shugendo

Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion

Andrea Castiglioni, Fabio Rambelli, and Carina Roth

Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
Andrea Castiglioni, Fabio Rambelli and Carina Roth's edited volume Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion (Bloomsbury, 2020) presents the newest studies on Shugendō-related practices and traditions from both Japanese and …
East Asian Studies April 23, 2021

A Monastery on the Move

Art and Politics in Later Buddhist Mongolia

Uranchimeg Tsultemin

Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
How, and why did a ger (yurt) develop into the largest and most important monastery in Mongolia, and how did it support the authority of its main resident, the Jebtsundampa …
Indian Religions April 23, 2021

World Religions Reader

Understanding Our Religious World

Thomas Robinson and Hillary Rodrigues

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Preparing online materials since 2005 (including Hindusim the EBook, 2016), Dr. Hillary Rodrigues has been working on a fantastic resource for anyone interested in studying or teaching world religions. See www.robinest.org.  …
East Asian Studies April 22, 2021

Building a Religious Empire

Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa

Brenton Sullivan

Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
How did Geluk Buddhism become the most widespread school of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Asia and beyond? In Building a Religious Empire: Tibetan Buddhism, Bureaucracy, and the Rise of the Gelukpa (University …
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness April 14, 2021

What's Beyond Mindfulness?

Waking Up to This Precious Life

Stephen Fulder

Hosted by Yakir Englander
What is the power and significance of mindfulness and similar practices in conflict zones and conflict situations? Does a person need to challenge the norms and authority of the society …
Southeast Asian Studies April 1, 2021

Teardrops of Time

Buddhist Aesthetics in the Poetry of Angkarn Kallayanapong

Arnika Fuhrmann

Hosted by Patrick Jory
Angkarn Kallayanapong (1926-2012) was arguably Thailand’s most famous poet of the modern period. His career spanned the era from the 1940s to the 1980s when Thai society was fundamentally transformed …
Buddhist Studies March 18, 2021

Yasodhara and the Buddha

Vanessa R. Sasson

Hosted by Luke Thompson
By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of …
Japanese Studies March 17, 2021

Shimaji Mokurai and the Reconception of Religion and the Secular in Modern Japan

Hans Martin Krämer

Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Religion is at the heart of such ongoing political debates in Japan as the constitutionality of official government visits to Yasukuni Shrine, yet the very categories that frame these debates …
Buddhist Studies March 16, 2021

Wisdom as a Way of Life

Theravāda Buddhism Reimagined

Steven Collins

Hosted by Luke Thompson
This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravāda Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and …
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 …
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 …