Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWei Wu, "Esoteric Buddhism in China: Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 127
During the Republican period (1912–1949) and after, many Chinese Buddhists sought inspiration from non-Chinese Buddhist traditions, showing a particu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Richard M. Jaffe, "Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism" (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Episode 6
Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth cen…
1 year, 11 months ago
Reiki and the Subtle Body, with Justin B. Stein
Episode 126
Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Justin B. Stein, a specialist in modern Japanese religion and the preeminent historian of Reiki. We discuss Justin’…
1 year, 11 months ago
Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 224
The concept of the puruṣa, or person, is implicated in a wide range of ancient texts throughout the Indian subcontinent. In Puruṣa: Personhood in Anc…
2 years ago
William S. Waldron, "Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters" (Wisdom Publications, 2023)
Episode 125
Through engaging, contemporary examples, Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters (Wisdom Publications, 2023) reveals the Yogacara sc…
2 years ago
Building the Future Buddha: A Discussion with Jundho Cohen
Episode 117
Jundo Cohen is a Zen Buddhist teacher and founder of Treeleaf Zendo, a digital Zen community with members in over 50 countries. He writes on the inte…
2 years ago
Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron
Episode 116
Professor William Waldron teaches courses on the South Asian religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion and history, comparative…
2 years ago
Pankaj Jain and Jeffery D. Long, "Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 320
Philosophical concepts are influential in the theories and methods to study the world religions. Even though the disciplines of anthropology and reli…
2 years, 1 month ago
Charles B. Jones, "Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice" (U Hawaii Press, 2019)
Episode 60
Today’s guest is Charles B. Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the Religion and Culture graduate program in the School of Theology and Religi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Buddhist Medicine in Contemporary Times (with Pierce Salguero)
Episode 124
Dr Pierce Salguero is interviewed by James Bae on the Buddhist Medicine & Yoga Podcast. In this extensive and in-depth conversation, we talk about di…
2 years, 2 months ago