Institute of Buddhist Studies Podcast

Institute of Buddhist Studies Podcast


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Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism
December 26, 2011

As a basic principle governing moral thinking, the Buddhist concept of karma is brilliant. With clarity and simplicity, it informs participants in Buddhist cultures that what becomes of them in life is dependent on the quality of their relations to other

Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism (audio only)
December 26, 2011

As a basic principle governing moral thinking, the Buddhist concept of karma is brilliant. With clarity and simplicity, it informs participants in Buddhist cultures that what becomes of them in life is dependent on the quality of their relations to other

Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan
May 02, 2011

Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants of an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing 血盆経 ("Blood Bowl Sutra," Jpns. Ketsubonkyō), were transmitted to Japan. Emphasizing the i

Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan
May 02, 2011

Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants of an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing 血盆経 ("Blood Bowl Sutra," Jpns. Ketsubonkyō), were transmitted to Japan. Emphasizing the i

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six)
April 15, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūkoku Lecture S

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six-audio)
April 15, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six - audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūko

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six)
April 14, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūkoku Lect

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six-audio)
April 14, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six - audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūk

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six)
April 13, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūkoku Lect

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six-audio)
April 13, 2011

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six - audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 Ryūk