The Imperfect Buddha Podcast
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The Imperfect Buddha podcast has been addressing anti-intellectualism and ideological capture in western Buddhism and spirituality more broadly since its inception. It provides a space for dynamic conversations designed to bring out what is so often hidden and so often despised by critics and intellectuals engaging with contemporary forms of practice. Matthew O’Connell hosts the Imperfect Buddha podcast and writes at The Imperfect Buddha site. Email: imperfectbuddha@outlook.com. Twitter: @imperfectbuddha. Facebook: @imperfectbuddha. Original street art Buddha image by Bristol's Banksy.
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Anne C. Klein on Becoming a Buddha & Being Human too
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May 21, 2025 |
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Peter Sloterdijk Knows it All
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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120 Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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119 Alone in a World of Wounds with Zen Abbot Shodhin Geiman
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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118 Nietzsche Now! With Glenn Wallis
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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117 Building the Future Buddha: A Discussion with Jundho Cohen
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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116 Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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115 Christian Coseru on Perceiving Reality
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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114 David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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113 A.I. and Practice with Stuart Baldwin
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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112 Wake up! (Part 3) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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111 Wake up! (Part 2) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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110 Wake up! (Part 1) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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109 Meditating Three Minutes a Day: A Conversation with Richard Dixey
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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108 Curtis White on Buddhism and Transcendence
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May 29, 2023 |
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107 Simon Cox on the Subtle Body
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May 18, 2023 |
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106 Think Piece: "I Refuse to Change"
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May 16, 2023 |
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105 Ken McLeod on the Magic of Vajrayana
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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104 Doug Bates on the Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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103 Incognito: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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102 A Review of "A Critique of Western Buddhism"
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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101 Contemplative, Existential Psychotherapy and Dzogchen
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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100 Nietzsche, Wokeism, Non-Buddhist Mysticism
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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99 Non-Duality: A Discussion with Peter Fenner
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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98 Being Buddhist and Some Thoughts on "Identity"
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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97 Buddhist Medicine and Buddhish
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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96 Doubt: Part 5
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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95 Intercultural Buddhism and Philosophy: A Discussion with Jin Y. Park
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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94 Derrida Meets Nagarjuna, with Peter Salmon
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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93 Doubt: Part 4
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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92 Jason M. Wirth on Zen, the Kyoto School, and Whether Nietzsche is a Buddha
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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91 Peter Salmon on Jacques Derrida and the Buddha
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May 20, 2022 |
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90 Doubt: Part 3
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May 19, 2022 |
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89 Daniel Ingram on Practice
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May 04, 2022 |
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88 Doubt: Part 2
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May 04, 2022 |
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87 Stef Aupers on Conspirituality
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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86 Doubt: Part 1
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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85 Winton Higgins on Secularizing Buddhism
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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84 Practice Item no. 1
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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83 Stephen Batchelor on Secularizing Buddhism
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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82 Richard K. Payne on Securalizing Buddhism
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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81 You Need Non-Practice!
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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80 Tina Rasmussen: Concentrating on Practice
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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79 Jane Affleck on the Environment and Art as Practice
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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78 Glenn Wallis on Personal Practice & Anarchism
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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77 Gregory Kramer on Practice
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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76 Chenxing Han: Be the Refuge, Asian Buddhism in America
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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75 George Haas on the Practicing Life
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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74 Being at Large with Santiago Zabala
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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73 Buddhism and Magic with Sam van Schaik
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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72 Non-Philosophy with John Ó Maoilearca
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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71 Podcast Resurrected
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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70 Rethinking Practice at the Great Feast (Incite Seminar)
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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69 The Wonkiness One (Preamble ahoy)
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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68 Conspiracy Afoot
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May 08, 2020 |
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67 Ashley Frawley on Happiness and the Present
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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66 Facing the Coronavirus: The Practicing Life in a Time of Crisis
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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65 The Ideological Turn (of the Pedagogical Platter)
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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64 Side View's Adam Robbert on Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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63 Daniel Ingram on Integral Theory
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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62 Introducing 2020
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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61 Michelle Haslam and her Psychological Report on the Controversial New Kadampa Tradition
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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60 Brooke Lavelle and Zach Walsh on the Great Transition
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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59 Clair Brown on Buddhist Economics
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Oct 19, 2019 |
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58 Sam Mickey on Co-Existentialism and the Practicing Life
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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57 The Political Turn (The Great Feast)
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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56 Cleo Kearns on Ritual and Resistance
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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55 Daniel Ingram Down the Rabbit Hole
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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54 Daniel Ingram Meets Trash Theory
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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53 Daniel Ingram on the Practicing Life
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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52 The Critical Turn (Buddhism and Beyond)
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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51 Ken McLeod and Hokai Sobol on Practice and Mysticism (Part 2)
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May 24, 2019 |
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50 Ken McLeod and Hokai Sobol on Practice (Part 1)
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May 09, 2019 |
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49 Donald S. Lopez on the Buddha, Tibet, Myth, and Context
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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48 Richard K. Payne: Critical Reflections on Western Buddhism
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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47 Ann Gleig on American Dharma and Buddhism Beyond Modernity
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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46 David L. McMahan on Buddhism, Science, the Humanities, and Modernity
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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45 AK Thompson on the Culture of Revolt (Incite Seminars)
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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44 Scott Mitchell on American Buddhism, Global Buddhism
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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43 Mikel Burley on Reincarnation, Rebirth, and Wittgenstein
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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42 2019 Seasonal Special with Guest Host Gavin McCloskey
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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41 Joshua Ramey on Money and Metaphysics (Incite Seminars)
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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40 Jason Josephson Storm on the Myth of Disenchantment
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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39 Dale S. Wright on Buddhist Enlightenment
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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38 William Edelglass on Shantideva, Levinas, and Philosophy for Buddhists
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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37 Yves Citton on the Ecology of Attention
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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36 Zack Walsh on the Contemplative Commons, Ecological, and Revolutionary Practice
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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35 Robert Forman on Enlightenment, Mysticism, Pure Consciousness, and Yogic Flying
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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34 Unlearning with Glenn Wallis
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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33 Charles S. Prebish on American Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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32 John Paetsch on Deleuze and the Larval Subject
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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31 Ron Purser on Neo-Liberal Mindfulness, Neo-Liberal Buddhism
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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30 Glenn Wallis on Darkness, Sloterdjik, and More (Incite Seminars)
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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29 Ulrich Baer on Rilke and Heidegger (Incite Seminars)
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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28 Sex, Desire, and Karmamudra with Ben Joffe
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May 31, 2018 |
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27 Why Not Join a Cult? Stuart and Matthew Go Deep into Cult-Land
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May 07, 2018 |
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26 Evan Thompson on Philosophy, Buddhism, and Embodied Consciousness
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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25 Going Critical! Theory, Practice, and the New Year Show
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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24 Unfettered Mind's Ken McLeod on Many Things
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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23 Hokai Sobol Answers Listeners' Questions
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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22 Hokai Sobol on Practice
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Jun 06, 2017 |
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21 Hokai Sobol on Buddhism
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May 26, 2017 |
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20 Introducing Post-Traditional Buddhism (Part 2)
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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19 Introducing Post-Traditional Buddhism (Part 1)
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Jan 25, 2017 |
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18 David Chapman on Stages of Maturation, Dzogchen, and the Future of Buddhism
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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17 Glenn Wallis on the Immanence and Transcendence Divide in Buddhism
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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16 Glenn Wallis on Non-Buddhism
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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15 The Liberating Force of Non-Buddhism
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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14 Ben Joffe on the Paranormal, Tibetan Buddhism, UFOs, and the Ngakpa
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Jul 27, 2016 |
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13 After Enlightenment, Coaching, Support, and Ongoing Development
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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12 Super Groovy Daniel Ingram Interview
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Jun 18, 2016 |
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11 Adrian Ivakhiv on Immanence and a World after Enlightenment
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May 30, 2016 |
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10 "The Big Enlightenment Show"
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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09 Shaun Bartone on Engaged Buddhism
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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08 Engaged Buddhism and the Apolitical Trend
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Jan 02, 2016 |
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07 Jayarava Decimates Rebirth and Karma
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Nov 03, 2015 |
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06 On the Limits of Secular Buddhism, on Buddhism, and on Academia
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Oct 19, 2015 |
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05 Tenzin Peljor on Leaving a Buddhist Cult
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Sep 07, 2015 |
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04 Cults, Cultish Shennanigans, and Buddhist Groups
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Aug 15, 2015 |
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03 The Dharma Overground, Get Enlightened, and the Non-Buddhists Cause a Stir
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Jul 23, 2015 |
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02 Tibetan Buddhism Slowly Innovates
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Jul 12, 2015 |
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01 Welcome to the Imperfect Buddha Podcast
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Jul 11, 2015 |