Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchElsie Walker: The Dalai Lama and the Presidents Bush
In this episode of the Wisdom Podcast we hear a story of Buddhism and American politics: how Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush met the …
10 years, 8 months ago
Stephen Batchelor: After Buddhism
This Wisdom Podcast episode features Stephen Batchelor, renowned Buddhist author, teacher, and proponent of secular Buddhism. Batchelor tells us of h…
10 years, 8 months ago
Deborah Schoeberlein David: The Meaning of Living Mindfully
In this episode of the Wisdom Podcast, our host Daniel Aitken interviews mindfulness author Deborah Schoeberlein David. They begin by discussing how …
10 years, 9 months ago
Jeffrey Hopkins: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar
Jeffrey Hopkins was translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama from 1979 to 1989 and Professor of Tibetan Studies at University of Virginia, and has …
10 years, 9 months ago
Ven. Thubten Chodron: An American Buddhist Abbess
On this episode of the Wisdom Podcast, hear host Daniel Aitken’s conversation with Venerable Thubten Chodron, the abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Newport…
10 years, 10 months ago
Jamyang Rinchen 2: My Guru, the Dalai Lama
Jamyang Rinchen (蔣揚仁欽) travels in the Dalai Lama’s entourage as his principle Chinese translator. In this episode he tells us what His Holiness is li…
10 years, 10 months ago
Jamyang Rinchen 1: Translating for the Dalai Lama
Jamyang Rinchen (蔣揚仁欽) moved away from his family in Taiwan at a very young age to become a monk and study at the Dalai Lama’s Institute of Buddhist …
10 years, 11 months ago
David Loy: Modern Buddhism
Join us for an intimate and wide-ranging discussion with David Loy, Zen teacher and Wisdom author. David tells us how he was introduced to Buddhism, …
10 years, 11 months ago
Bhikkhu Bodhi: Translating the Buddha
In this episode of the Wisdom Podcast, of Wisdom’s most renowned authors, translator Bhikkhu Bodhi, visits the Wisdom office. He tells his own story,…
10 years, 11 months ago
Elijah Ary: The First Western Geluk Tulku
Elijah Ary was the first Westerner to be recognized as the tulku (reincarnation) of a Tibetan lama in the Geluk tradition. In this episode, Elijah di…
11 years ago