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Buddhist Studies November 29, 2023

Chinese Cosmopolitanism

The History and Philosophy of an Idea

Shuchen Xiang

Hosted by Jessica Zu
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference. Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of aboriginal populations, the transatlantic …

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Interviews with scholars of Buddhism about their new books.

Buddhist Studies November 19, 2023

The New Saints

From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors

Lama Rod Owens

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
Lama Rod Owens is an author, activist, and authorized lama in the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. In his new book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual …
Buddhist Studies November 18, 2023

Saving Time

Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

Jenny Odell

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
In her first book, How to Do Nothing, artist Jenny Odell examined the power of quiet contemplation in a world where our attention is bought and sold. Now, she takes …
Buddhist Studies November 17, 2023

The Book of (More) Delights

Essays

Ross Gay

Hosted by Tricycle Magazine
In 2016, poet Ross Gay set out to document a delight each day for a year. After he published The Book of Delights, his friend asked him if he planned …
Buddhist Studies November 11, 2023

A Chinese-American Buddhist Healer

A Discussion with Kin Cheung

Kin Cheung

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with Kin Cheung, a scholar of contemporary Buddhism at Moravian University. We talk about his research on a Chinese-American community healer who happens to be …
Buddhist Studies November 10, 2023

Dancing in My Dreams

A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner

Ralph H. Craig III

Hosted by Jessica Zu
If you don’t know Tina Turner’s spirituality, you don’t know Tina.When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1980s, she attributed her comeback …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast November 10, 2023

A.I. and Practice

A Discussion with Stuart Baldwin

Stuart Baldwin

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
The technological revolution we are facing today is artificial intelligence. At least this is what we are told. Those doing the telling include tech experts such as Elon Musk, linguist …
Buddhist Studies November 8, 2023

The Gathering

A Story of the First Buddhist Women

Vanessa R. Sasson

Hosted by Victoria Montrose
Vanessa R. Sasson's book The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women (Equinox, 2023) is a retelling of the story of the first Buddhist women's request for ordination. Inspired by …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast November 2, 2023

Wake up! An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts (Part 3)

On Non-Buddhism

Matthew O'Connell

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
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Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 3. What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast October 26, 2023

Wake up! An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts (Part 2)

On Non-Buddhism

Matthew O'Connell

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
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Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 2. What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is …
Nordic Asia Podcast October 20, 2023

Cleric, Cadre, Businessman

China’s Development Strategy in Sri Lanka

Tabita Rosendal Ebbesen

Hosted by Nordic Asia Podcast
What does Buddhism have to do with harbors? Find out how China is leveraging religion in its foreign policy and why it is a vital part of China's soft power …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast October 19, 2023

Wake up! An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts (Part 1)

On Non-Buddhism

Matthew O'Connell

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
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Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 1.  What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is …
Buddhist Studies October 10, 2023

Buddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan

A Discussion with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon

Nathan Jishin Michon

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr Pierce Salguero talks with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon, a postdoctoral fellow at Ryukoku University and an ordained priest in the Shingon Buddhist tradition. Our conversation touches on diverse Buddhist …
Asian Review of Books October 5, 2023

Baptizing Burma

Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom

Alexandra Kaloyanides

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
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Adoniram Judson was the 19th-century version of an American celebrity. Americans flocked to listen to his tales of being one of the first missionaries to enter the Kingdom of Burma …
Buddhist Studies September 22, 2023

Buddhist Masculinities

Megan Bryson and Kevin Buckelew

Hosted by Jue Liang
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While early Buddhists hailed their religion's founder for opening a path to enlightenment, they also exalted him as the paragon of masculinity. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha's body boasts …
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 …
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 …