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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.

On Religion August 10, 2022

On the Hungry Ghost

An Discussion with Dalena Storm

Dalena Storm

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dalena Storm is a writer and educator. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her experiences in the study and practice …
On Religion August 5, 2022

On Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times

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 as …
On Religion August 4, 2022

On Jukai and Zen Training

A Discussion with Robert Schaefer

Robert Schaefer

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Robert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under the direction of Roshi Meido Moore. …
On Religion August 3, 2022

On Naked in the Zendo

A Discussion with Roshi Grace Schireson

Roshi Grace Schireson

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and was encouraged …
On Religion July 29, 2022

On Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism

A Discussion with Geoffrey Barstow

Geoffrey Barstow

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and …
On Religion July 21, 2022

On Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen

A Discussion with Brad Warner

Brad Warner

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Ordained as a Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and blogger. He is the founder of Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles and the …
Environmental Studies July 14, 2022

Climate Politics and the Power of Religion

Evan Berry

Hosted by Brady McCartney
How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change? Climate Politics and the Power of Religion (Indiana University Press, 2022) is an edited collection that explores …
On Religion July 14, 2022

On the Life of Jamgon Kongtrul

A Discussion with Alex Gardner

Alex Gardner

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Alex Gardner is the author of the brand new biography, The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, out now from Snow Lion, an imprint of Shambhala Publications. Gardner is …
On Religion July 13, 2022

On Tonglen Meditation

A Discussion with Lama Palden Drolma

Lama Palden Drolma

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Lama Palden Drolma is a western teacher trained by Tibetan Buddhist masters. She the founder of Sukhasiddhi Foundation. She is a licensed psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, coach, and has studied Buddhism …
On Religion July 11, 2022

On Prescribing the Dharma

A Discussion with Ira Helderman

Ira Helderman

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Dr. Ira Helderman is a psychotherapist in private practice and he holds a PhD in religious studies. He's the author of Prescribing the Dharma (University of North Carolina Press). …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel July 7, 2022

How Religion Evolved

And Why It Endures

Robin Dunbar

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
What is the evolutionary purpose of religion, and are some individuals more inclined than others to be religious? Our species diverged from the great apes six to eight million years …
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast July 1, 2022

Derrida Meets Nagarjuna

A Discussion with Peter Salmon

Peter Salmon

Hosted by Matthew O'Connell
In an historic event, the second Buddha himself Nagarjuna returns from the dead to team up with Jacques Derrida, non-Buddha, perhaps, to take on emptiness. They clash with identity politics …
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 …