Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRoger R. Jackson, "Rebirth: A Guide to Mind, Karma, and Cosmos in the Buddhist World" (Shambhala, 2022)
Episode 189
Although Buddhism is one of the religious traditions best known for asserting rebirth, the history and scope of Buddhist approaches to the idea has n…
3 years, 10 months ago
Jason M. Wirth on Zen, the Kyoto School, and Whether Nietzsche is a Buddha
Episode 92
Welcome to this Great feast conversation. Philosophy Professor at Seattle University, Soto Zen Priest, Sangha leader, and Dharma teacher, Jason M. Wi…
3 years, 10 months ago
On Nibiiro Art, the Dalai Lama, and Buddhism
Season 1 Episode 99
Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and now resides in Southern California. She graduated from Parsons School of Design with her B.F.A. and has exhibited h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Dean Sluyter, "The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics" (New World Library, 2022)
Episode 238
Today I talked to Dean Sluyter about his book The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics (New World Library, 2022)…
3 years, 10 months ago
On the Internment of Japanese Buddhists in World War Two
Season 1 Episode 95
Duncan Ryuken Williams was born in Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father. After growing up in Japan and England until age 17, he moved…
3 years, 10 months ago
Mayfair Yang, "Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021)
Episode 166
An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Row…
3 years, 10 months ago
91 Peter Salmon on Jacques Derrida and the Buddha
Episode 91
Today I talk with Peter Salmon, author of An Event, Perhaps; an intellectual biography of Jacques Derrida. Our conversation was rich: We tackle Derri…
3 years, 11 months ago
Annabella Pitkin, "Renunciation and Longing: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Himalayan Buddhist Saint" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 88
In the early twentieth century, Khunu Lama journeyed across Tibet and India, meeting Buddhist masters while sometimes living, so his students say, on…
3 years, 11 months ago
On Buddhism for Children
Season 1 Episode 83
Andrea Miller is the deputy editor of Lion's Roar magazine (formerly the Shambhala Sun), a publication force within Buddhism that so many of you will…
3 years, 11 months ago
Peter A. Jackson and Benjamin Baumann, "Deities and Divas: Queer Ritual Specialists in Myanmar, Thailand and Beyond" (NIAS Press, 2021)
Episode 123
How does queer life fit into Buddhism and ritual? What role do gay men and trans women play in the practice of spirit mediumship and how do queer spi…
3 years, 11 months ago