New Books in Buddhist Studies
Interviews with Scholars of Buddhism about their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 387
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
C. Pierce Salguero, "Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical" (Beacon Press, 2022)
Are you curious about Buddhism but find yourself met with scholarly texts or high-minded moralizing every time you try to pick up a book about it? Well, if so, relax. This is no ordinary introduction…
00:51:49 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
On Sanctuary and San Francisco Zen Center
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel is an author, Zen priest, teacher, divine seer, artist, and Drum medicine woman. Her work has been featured in Essence Magazine, CNN, CBS NEWS, KPFA Radio, Buddhadharma, and Lio…
00:33:31 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Corey Landon Wozniak, "The Buddha at the Bellagio: (Teaching) Religion in Sin City" (Revealer, 2022)
Today I talked to Corey Landon Wozniak about his Revealer article (2022) "The Buddha at the Bellagio: (Teaching) Religion in Sin City." As Wozniak points out, Las Vegas (for all that it's sin city) i…
00:41:29 |
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Rossa Ó Muireartaigh, "The Zen Buddhist Philosophy of D. T. Suzuki: Strengths, Foibles, Intrigues, and Precision" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966) reached global fame for his writings on Zen Buddhism. In this introduction to his theories of self, knowledge, and the world, Suzuki is presented as a Buddhist philosopher in …
00:49:10 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Robert Barnett et al., "Conflicting Memories: Tibetan History Under Mao Retold : Essays and Primary Documents" (Brill, 2020)
After the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, history under him was retold: for example, the Cultural Revolution was rebranded as “Ten Years of Chaos” and its policies were deemed “ultra-left.” In compariso…
01:49:18 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
On Zen in America, Shunryu Suzuki, and the San Francisco Zen Center
Michael Downing teaches creative writing at Tufts University. This conversation features a deep dive into Michael’s nonfiction book Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francis…
01:01:33 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
Mark Epstein, "The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life" (Penguin, 2022)
A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year’s worth of therapy sessions with his patients to observe how his training in Western psychotherapy and …
00:49:21 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
China, Buddhism and the Belt and Road Initiative in Mainland Southeast Asia
Launched in 2013 by Chinese President XI Jinping, China’s Belt and Road initiative has manifested throughout Southeast Asia in the form of multibillion dollar investments in transport infrastructure,…
00:24:26 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
On the Rinzai Way and Korinji Monastery
Meido Roshi is the abbot of Korinji monastery in Wisconsin. In 2008 Meido Roshi received inka shomei ("mind seal"), designating him an 86th-generation Zen dharma heir and a 48th-generation holder of …
00:52:50 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
On Japanese Buddhist Art
Michael Vanhartingsveldt is a contributing columnist at Buddhistdoor Global. He works full-time at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. He did his masters in East Asian Art Business at Sotheby’s In…
00:51:45 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
On "Naked Monk," Diligence, and Buddhist Practice
Hugo Bernard is the author of Naked Monk. His first work of Buddhist fiction was a short story written in high school. He is working on several novels, in different genres, using fiction as a tool to…
00:54:55 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
On the Zen Odyssey of Ruth and Sokei-an Sasaki
Janica Towne Anderson (author of Zen Odyssey) is a master falconer and has been a student and teacher of esoteric traditions for fifty years. She has worked as a research assistant in the psychology …
00:49:40 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
On Writing and the Monk Life
Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk whose essays have appeared in The Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and the New York Times, as well as in the Best Buddhist Writing series. His book Zen C…
01:01:07 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
On Jesuits and Zen
Robert Kennedy, S.J. is one of several practicing Catholic men and women who are recognized by the Buddhist community as zen teachers. He is the author of Zen and Christianity: Zen Gifts to Christian…
00:57:04 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
On Chan Buddhism
Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center and is also the guiding teacher for the Western Dharma Teachers Training course at the Chan Meditation Center in New York and the D…
00:54:08 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Jeffery D. Long and Michael G. Long, "Nonviolence in the World's Religions: A Concise Introduction" (Routledge, 2021)
Jeffery D. Long and Michael G. Long's Nonviolence in the World's Religions: A Concise Introduction (Routledge, 2021) introduces the reader to the complex relationship between religion and nonviolence…
01:06:36 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
On Korean Zen Buddhism
Anita Feng (Zen Master Jeong Ji) serves as the guiding teacher at Blue Heron Zen Community in Seattle, Washington. She has practiced Zen in the lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn since 1976. In the lat…
00:54:11 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
87 Stef Aupers on Conspirituality
Stef Aupers is professor of media culture in the Institute for Media Studies at the University of KU Leuven in the Netherlands. As a cultural sociologist, he studies the role of cultural meaning in t…
01:14:52 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
On Accidental Buddhism and the Writer's Life
Dinty W. Moore is author of The Accidental Buddhist and The Mindful Writer. He is a professor of nonfiction writing at Ohio University, the editor of Brevity Magazine, and lives in Athens, Ohio.
Lear…
00:46:43 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
86 Doubt: Part 1
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.” Voltaire
You know too much, yet understand too little. And it’s the same for me, and everyone you and I happen to know.
And, …
00:23:05 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
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