Bright On Buddhism
By Nicholas Bright Haight
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Description
Welcome to Bright on Buddhism, a podcast where we discuss and explain topics of Buddhism in a casual, conversational, question and answer setting. My name is Nick Bright, scholar of East Asian Buddhism. I am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I am specializing in pre-modern Japanese Buddhist architecture history. I have researched topics such as Japanese Buddhist responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Buddhist Haiku poetry, and the Japanese history of science and religion. I will be joined by my friend Proven Paradox.
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Who is Vairocana?
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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What is the role of music in Buddhism?
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Buddhish - The Saturday Edition
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Lotus Sutra Chapter 2 - Skillful Means
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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What is the relationship between Japanese imperialism and Japanese Buddhism?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The Difference Between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings - Benkenmitsunikyōron - 偏顕密二教論
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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What is the difference between a lay-person and a monastic in Buddhism?
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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What are some characteristics of Shingon Buddhist sacred spaces?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Who is Kumarajiva?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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What is the role of visions and dreams in Buddhism?
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May 30, 2025 |
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Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 3
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May 23, 2025 |
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Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta
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May 16, 2025 |
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How does Buddhism argue that one must respond when they have been wronged?
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May 09, 2025 |
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What is the first moral precept of Buddhism?
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May 02, 2025 |
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Buddhish 21 - Post-pilgrimage
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Nick on Pilgrimage
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Revisiting the First Sermon
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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What is a Sutra?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Where can I read and learn about Buddhist history?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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How do I start as a practitioner?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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What are some Brahmanical perspectives on Buddhism from the Buddha's lifetime or thereabouts?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Shōji Jissō Gi
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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How ought we understand anger and rage in Buddhism?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Research Project Series - Aikidō
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Who is Amitābha?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Buddhish 19 - Way of The Passive Fist
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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What is the relationship between Buddhism and martial arts?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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What is a Dalai Lama?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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What is bodhicitta in Buddhism?
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Asian Religions Series - Daoism Part 2
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 4
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Buddhish 18 - 2024 Wrap Up
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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What is the history of the swastika in Buddhism?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Revisit - Who is the Buddha?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Research Project Series - Noh Theater and Japanese Buddhism
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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What is the history of anti-Buddhist thought in Japan?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Who is Vasubandhu?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Kōan Series - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls"
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 3
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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3 Very Short Sutras
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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What is satori in Buddhism?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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How ought we understand suicide in Buddhism?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 2
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Research Project Series - The Icchantika Problem in Buddhism
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Buddhish 17 - Questions/Assumptions I Get As a Buddhist Studies Scholar
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 1
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Buddhish 16 - The Matrix as Buddhist
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Do Buddhists reject the world?
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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How ought we understand sex in Buddhism?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 1
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Asian Religions Series - Daoism Part 1
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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What is Risshō Kōsei Kai?
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Kōan Series - Hyakujō and The Fox
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sutra - Part 1
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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What is suchness?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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What is Buddhist pilgrimage?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 2
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapter 7
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Rhinoceros Sutra
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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What is the difference between exoteric and esoteric Buddhist teachings?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part Two
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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How does rebirth really work in Buddhism?
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May 31, 2024 |
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What is Korean Seon Buddhism?
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May 24, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part One
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May 17, 2024 |
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Kōan Series - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of Flax
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May 10, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part Two
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May 03, 2024 |
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Why does Pure Land seem so similar to Christianity?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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What is "un-knowing" in Buddhism?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Youtube and Patreon Announcement!
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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What are omamori?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Avatamsaka Sutra Book 30 - The Incalculable
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Guest Appearance - Cristian Castellanos
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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What is self-immolation?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part One
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Who is Akshobhya?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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What is non-attachment in Buddhism?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Research Project Series - Chōgen’s Tōdaiji Campaign: Reconstruction and Reimagination
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One Part Two
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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What are the paramitas in Buddhism?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Buddhish Episode 14 - Vairocana and Cosmic-ness
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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What is "the great doubt" in Buddhism?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 1
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Lotus Sutra Chapters 15-16 - Emerging from the Earth and The Life Span of The Thus Come One
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One - Part One
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Japan?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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2023 Wrap-Up and 2024 Preview
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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How ought we evaluate the agenda of secular Buddhism and other sources in English about Buddhism?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Buddhish Episode 13 - Israel-Palestine and Us
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Korea?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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What is Secular Buddhism?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into China?
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Does Buddhism regard human nature as inherently good or bad?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Metta Sutta
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Who is Ananda?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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What is possession in Buddhism?
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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What is samādhi in Buddhism?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Buddhish Episode 12 - Guest Appearance - Ambrose Darling
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Sāmaññaphala Sutta
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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What are hell-dwellers in Buddhism?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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What are pretas in Buddhism?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Kōan Series - A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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What are Asuras in Buddhism?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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What are devas in Buddhism?
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Buddhish Episode 11 - State of The Show
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Asian Religions Series - Confucianism Part 1
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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What are the Pratyekabuddhas?
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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What is Sōka Gakkai?
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 2
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Kōan Series - The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Lotus Sutra Chapters 11-12 - Emergence of the Treasure Tower and Devadatta
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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What are sacred spaces in Buddhism?
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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What are the 5 hindrances?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Revisit - What is Buddhism?
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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If killing is bad in Buddhism, what is the status of carnivorous animals?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 1
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapters 8-9
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Kōan Series - No Mind, No Buddha
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May 26, 2023 |
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Who is Nichiren?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Who is Rahula?
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May 12, 2023 |
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What is the relationship between Buddhism and social revolution?
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May 05, 2023 |
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What is the 3 bodies (trikaya) doctrine in Buddhism?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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What is violence in Buddhism?
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Who is Subhuti?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Buddhish Episode 10 - The Dalai Lama Names a Successor
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Why do some say that Buddhism is not a religion?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Lotus Sutra Chapter 5 - Medicinal Herbs
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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What is evil in Buddhism?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Kōan Series - Mind is Buddha
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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What is the Buddhist perspective of the family?
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Who is Mahakasyapa?
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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What is the Eightfold Path?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Who is Maudgalyayana?
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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What are the tantras?
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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How does Buddhist doctrine view food?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Tathagatagarbha Sutra
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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What are the 4 Noble Truths?
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Kōan Series - Gutei's One Finger
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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2023 Preview
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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What is the Tripitaka?
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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What are dharani?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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How does one actually maintain social relationships while also avoiding "idle chatter"?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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If there is no soul in Buddhism, how do we account for spirits and ghosts?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 3 - Chapters 5 and 6
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Research Series Episode 2 - Philosophy and Ecology in "The World of Living Things" by Imanishi Kinji 今西錦司
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 9 - Tabletop Gaming
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Who is Sariputra?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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What were the 4 major persecutions of Buddhism in Chinese history?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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What are the 8 jhanas in Buddhism?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Kōan Series - Show me your original face
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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What is dependent origination?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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What is Buddhist psychology?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 2 - Chapters 3 and 4
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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What is upaya?
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 8 - 1 Year Anniversary of Bright on Buddhism!
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 7 - AI and Buddhism
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Research Series episode 1 - Killing Mosquitoes: Kobayashi Issa’s Buddhist Literary Practice
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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What is Pure Land Buddhism?
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Kōan Series - What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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What are the 5 aggregates?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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The Heart Sutra
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Who is Maitreya/Mile/Miroku?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Kōan Series - Does a dog have Buddha-nature?
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 6 - Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe is Assassinated
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Guest Appearance - Rebecca Stover
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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What is Buddhist cosmology?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 5 - Roe vs. Wade is overturned in the US
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 1 - Chapters 1 and 2
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Who is King Yama?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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What is emptiness?
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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What are kōans?
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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What are some notable Buddhist cults?
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May 27, 2022 |
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How does one get started learning about Buddhism?
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May 20, 2022 |
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What does "poa" actually mean?
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May 13, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 4 - Continuing the fight against Anti-Trans, Anti-women, and Anti-LGBTQ Legislature in the US
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May 12, 2022 |
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Who is Samantabhadra/Puxian/Fugen?
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May 06, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 3 - Raising Funds to Combat Anti-Trans and Anti-LGBTQ Legislature in the US
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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The Contemplation Sutra
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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How does Buddhism perceive friendships and romantic relationships?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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How does one remember their past lives in Buddhism?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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What are mantra in Buddhism?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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How does Buddhism deal with the issue of destiny and fate?
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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What are the different realms of Samsara?
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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What is common Buddhist temple etiquette?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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The Diamond Sutra
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Guest Appearance - Ji Hye Robinson
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Does Buddhism (or different Buddhisms) have an opinion on transgender or nonbinary identities, historically or in the present?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Nirvana Day
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Guest Appearance - Turner Rives
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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What is Yogacara/Faxiang/Hosso Buddhism?
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Chinese New Year
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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What is the Buddhist philosophy of speech, language, and words?
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Who is Avalokitesvara?
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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How does Buddhism deal with death?
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Bodhi Day
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Lotus Sutra Chapter 3 - Parable of The Burning House
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Buddhish Episode 1
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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2022 Preview
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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What is Tiantai/Tendai?
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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What is the relationship between Buddhism and science?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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What is the Buddhist perspective on mental health?
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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What is a Bodhisattva?
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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What about gender in Buddhism?
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The First Sermon
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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Mahasatipatthana Sutta
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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What is Zen Buddhism?
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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What is Dharma?
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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What is Buddhist Modernism?
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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What is Buddhahood?
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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What are the major schools of Buddhism in East Asia and how do they differ?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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What is non-attachment and the Middle Way?
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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What is karma?
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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What are the fundamental beliefs of Buddhism?
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Who is the Buddha?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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What is Buddhism?
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Introductions
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Sep 03, 2021 |