Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNon-Duality: A Discussion with Peter Fenner
Episode 99
Peter Fenner, Ph.D, is an adapter and teacher of non-duality, and an author. His two books, Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness (Sounds T…
3 years, 4 months ago
Maria Heim, "Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 226
Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India (Princeton UP, 2022) is a captivating treasury of emotion terms drawn from some of I…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Future of Religious Studies: A Conversation with Russell McCutcheon
Episode 237
Russell McCutcheon shares his views on the academic study of religion, and the path ahead for religion graduates and the field itself. McCutcheon is …
3 years, 4 months ago
Charles Goodman, "The Tattvasaṃgraha Of Śāntarakṣita: Selected Metaphysical Chapters" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 300
The Tattvasaṃgraha of Śāntarakṣita: Selected Metaphysical Chapters (Oxford University Press, 2022) collects excerpts from a massive encyclopedic work…
3 years, 4 months ago
97 Buddhist Medicine and Buddhish
Episode 97
In this episode, Pierce Salguero comes on to discuss two of his books: Buddhish, A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and …
3 years, 5 months ago
Leah Kalmanson, "Cross-Cultural Existentialism: On the Meaning of Life in Asian and Western Thought" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Episode 295
Does human existence have a meaning? If so, is that meaning found in the world outside of us, or is it something we bring to our experience? In Cross…
3 years, 6 months ago
Matthew W. King, "In the Forest of the Blind: The Eurasian Journey of Faxian's Record of Buddhist Kingdoms" (Columbia UP, 2022)
Episode 467
What would an “anti-field history” of Buddhist Studies look like? What does the social history of knowledge look like when it both includes and excee…
3 years, 6 months ago
On Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Gorampa Sonam Senge
Season 1 Episode 201
Constance Kassor is an assistant professor of religious studies at Lawrence University, where she teaches courses on Buddhist thought and Asian relig…
3 years, 6 months ago
Alison Melnick Dyer, "The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön: A Woman of Power and Privilege" (U Washington Press, 2022)
Episode 89
Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) levera…
3 years, 6 months ago
NBN Classic: Ronald E. Purser, "McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality" (Repeater Books, 2019)
Episode 57
This episode proved remarkably popular, so we're reposting it as an NBN classic for those who missed it the first time.
In his recent exposé, McMindfu…
3 years, 6 months ago