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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 …

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Interviews with scholars of Buddhism about their new books.

Buddhist Studies March 25, 2023

Toward a New Image of Paramartha

Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited

Ching Keng

Hosted by Jessica Zu
Today I talked to Ching Keng about his book Toward a New Image of Paramartha: Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha Buddhism Revisited (Bloomsbury, 2022). Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha are often regarded as antagonistic Indian Buddhist …
Buddhist Studies March 22, 2023

Until Nirvana's Time

Buddhist Songs from Cambodia

Trent Walker

Hosted by Jessica Zu
A unique Buddhist tradition, accessible in English for the first time—translations of forty-five Cambodian Dharma songs, with contextualizing essays and a link to audio of stunning vocal performances.  Trent Walker's …
Southeast Asian Studies March 6, 2023

Constitutional Bricolage

Thailand's Sacred Monarchy vs. The Rule of Law

Eugénie Mérieau

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Why has Thailand had 20 constitutions since 1932? What accounts for the remarkable veneration Thais often feel towards these short-lived documents? How is that military coups can be viewed as …
Indian Religions March 2, 2023

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender

Veena R. Howard

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
'How do gender constructions transform religious experiences?' 'What is the role of bodily materiality in ethics and epistemology?' 'How does rethinking gender and sexuality force us to reconceptualise settled …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast February 28, 2023

Contemplative, Existential Psychotherapy and Dzogchen

A Discussion with Ken Bradford

Ken Bradford

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
Ken Bradford, Ph.D., has been a practitioner in the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions since 1975, and engaged in introducing meditative sensibilities and nondual wisdom streams into the experience-near practice …
Indian Religions February 23, 2023

Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation

Rick Repetti

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Rick Repetti's Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation (Routledge, 2022) provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation and …
Philosophy February 20, 2023

Selfless Minds

A Contemporary Perspective on Vasubandhu's Metaphysics

Monima Chadha

Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Buddhists are famous for their thesis that selves do not exist. But if they are right, what would that thesis mean for our apparent sense of self and for ordinary …
Indian Religions February 16, 2023

Ravana's Kingdom

The Ramayana and Sri Lankan History from Below

Justin W. Henry

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ravana, the demon-king antagonist from the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic poem, has become an unlikely cultural hero among Sinhala Buddhists over the past decade.  In Ravana's Kingdom: The Ramayana and …
Indian Religions February 11, 2023

The Creative South

Buddhist and Hindu Art in Mediaeval Maritime Asia (2 Volumes)

Andrea Acri and Peter Sharrock

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Andrea Acri and Peter Sharrock's The Creative South: Buddhist and Hindu Art in Mediaeval Maritime Asia (2 volumes; Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022) examines the creative contribution of Maritime Asia towards shaping …
Buddhist Studies February 4, 2023

Buddhist Responses to COVID

A Discussion with Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana

Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana, chief abbot at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center and a scholar of modern Buddhism in Sri Lanka. We talk about his role …
Indian Religions February 2, 2023

Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance

Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism

Ute Hüsken

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership. However, as this volume shows, in an increasing …
Religion February 1, 2023

A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion

Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary

Mikel Burley

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary (Bloomsbury, 2020) is a unique introduction to studying the philosophy of religion, drawing on a wide range of cultures and literary …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast February 1, 2023

Nietzsche, Wokeism, Non-Buddhist Mysticism

A Discussion with Glenn Wallis

Glenn Wallis

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
What does it mean to be a hundred? Perhaps Fredric Nietzsche would know. He’s in part the star of the show. Along with regular guest Glenn Wallis. We look at …
Southeast Asian Studies February 1, 2023

Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand

Encounters with Buddhist Monks

Brooke Schedneck

Hosted by Patrick Jory
The city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand has become the destination for a growing segment of the international tourism market: religious tourism. International tourists visit Buddhist temples, volunteer as …
Ministry of Ideas January 17, 2023

Nothing Matters

About the Idea of "Nothing"

Janet Gyatso and Daniel Matt

Hosted by Zachary Davis
Between the Buddhist doctrine of ‘emptiness,’ the Jewish idea of Ayin, and the quantum mechanical zero-point energy of a vacuum, it turns out there’s quite a lot to be said …
Buddhist Studies January 9, 2023

Zen Chaplaincy, Activism, and Scholarship

A Discussion with Wakoh Shannon Hickey

Wakoh Shannon Hickey

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
In this episode of the Blue Beryl Podcast, Pierce Salguero sits down with Wakoh Shannon Hickey, who is a Soto Zen priest, hospice chaplain, scholar, and activist. She talks about …
Almost Good Catholics January 7, 2023

Zen Buddhism, Mardi Gras, and the Metaphysics of Eternity

Talking about Buddhist and Christian Mysticism

David Basile

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
David Basile (who was our guest in Episode 01) returns to talk about his ten years in as a Zen Buddhist monk at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Retreat Center in …
Buddhist Studies December 26, 2022

Buddhist Medicine in Tibet

A Discussion with Bill McGrath

Bill McGrath

Hosted by Pierce Salguero
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Bill McGrath, a historian of Tibetan Buddhism and medicine. He's one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on this …
Buddhist Studies December 23, 2022

Practicescapes and the Buddhists of Baoshan

Wendi L. Adamek

Hosted by Jessica Zu
How should one dwell in endtime? In this SPIDER-spun web of a book, Wendi Adamek guides readers to the visual and textual traces left by Buddhist nuns, monks, and devotees …