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Bright on Buddhism - Lohicca Sutta

Join us as we read and discuss the Lohicca Sutta in its entirety!

Resources: https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.12.0.than

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 150 - Who was Nagarjuna? What were some of his views and written works? How did they affect Buddhism in East Asia?

Resources: Westerhoff, Jan Christoph. "Nāgārjuna". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054. OCLC 429049174.

Rhys Davids, T. W. (1911). "Nāgārjuna" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 151.

Fieser, James; Dowden, Bradley (eds.). "Nagarjuna". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 2161-0002. OCLC 37741658.

Nāgārjuna – Sanskrit Buddhist texts: Acintyastava, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Ratnāvalī, Mūlamadhyamakakārikās &c.

Overview of traditional biographical accounts

Online version of the Ratnāvalī (Precious Garland) in English Translated by Prof. Vidyakaraprabha and Bel-dzek

Online version of the Suhṛllekha (Letter to a Friend) in English Translated by Alexander Berzin

Works by or about Nagarjuna at the Internet Archive

Works by Nagarjuna at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Nārāgjuna vis-à-vis the Āgama-s and Nikāya-s Byoma Kusuma Nepalese Dharmasangha (archived)

ZenEssays: Nagarjuna and the Madhyamika

Mula madhyamaka karika online Tibetan and English version translated by Stephen Batchelor (archived)

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 149 - What is mudra? What is its significance in Buddhism? How ought we understand it?

Resources: Draeger, Donn (1980). "Esoteric Buddhism in Japanese Warriorship", in: No. 3. 'Zen and the Japanese Warrior' of the International Hoplological Society Donn F. Draeger Monograph Series. 

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 148 - What is the fifth precept of Buddhism? What is its significance? How have interpretations of it changed over time?

Resources: Keown, Damien (2013b), "Buddhist Ethics", in LaFollette, Hugh (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 636–47, doi:10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee163, ISBN 978-1-4051-8641-4

Keown, Damien (2016b), Buddhism and Bioethics, Springer Nature, ISBN 978-1-349-23981-8

De Silva, Padmasiri (2016), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism, Springer Nature, ISBN 978-1-349-26772-9

Edelglass, William (2013), "Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy" (PDF), in Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (1st ed.), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 476–90, ISBN 978-0-470-65877-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015

Funayama, Tōru (2004), "The Acceptance of Buddhist Precepts by the Chinese in the Fifth Century", Journal of Asian History, 38 (2): 97–120, JSTOR 41933379

Seeger, M. (2010), "Theravāda Buddhism and Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism" (PDF), in Meinert, Carmen; Zöllner, Hans-Bernd (eds.), Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances, Transcript Verlag, pp. 63–92, ISBN 978-3-8376-1263-9

Keown, Damien (2012), "Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?", in Husted, Wayne R.; Keown, Damien; Prebish, Charles S. (eds.), Buddhism and Human Rights, Routledge, pp. 15–42, ISBN 978-1-136-60310-5

Keown, Damien (2013a), "Buddhism and Biomedical Issues" (PDF), in Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (1st ed.), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 613–30, ISBN 978-0-470-65877-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015

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Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - The Yakuza - Part 2

Resources: Adelstein, Jake (2009). Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-307-37879-8. OCLC 699874898.

—— (2023). The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe Publications. ISBN 9780307908384. OCLC 1376495818.

Adelstein, Jake (2024). Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe. ISBN 9781957363912. OCLC 1415747543.

Baradel, Martina. 2026. 21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime. Oxford University Press.

Whiting, Robert (1999). Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (First ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780679419761. OCLC 45344213

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Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - The Yakuza - Part 1

Resources: Adelstein, Jake (2009). Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-307-37879-8. OCLC 699874898.

—— (2023). The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe Publications. ISBN 9780307908384. OCLC 1376495818.

Adelstein, Jake (2024). Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe. ISBN 9781957363912. OCLC 1415747543.

Baradel, Martina. 2026. 21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime. Oxford University Press.

Whiting, Robert (1999). Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (First ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780679419761. OCLC 45344213

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Bright on Buddhism - Mūlapariyāya Sutta

Resources: Ñanamoli; Bodhi; The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Outline of the suttas.

Kearney, Patrick; EVAṂ ME SUTTAṂ This is how I heard it; Mūlapariyāya Sutta: The process of delusion. http://www.dharmasalon.net/Writings/Majjhima/files/01_Delusion.pdf

Kearney, Patrick; EVAṂ ME SUTTAṂ This is how I heard it; Mūlapariyāya Sutta: The process of delusion. http://www.dharmasalon.net/Writings/Majjhima/files/01_Delusion.pdf

Mūlapariyāya Sutta - The Root of All Things - Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bhodi, http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/wp/mn/mn.001.ntbb.wp.htm#fn5

Mūlapariyāya Sutta - The Root of All Things - Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bhodi, http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/wp/mn/mn.001.ntbb.wp.htm#fn5

Mulapariyaya Sutta: The Root Sequence translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu © 1998 http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.001.than.html

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 147 - Who was Thich Quang Duc? What was the significance of his sacrifice in Buddhism? What was his legacy in the Vietnam war?

Resources: Buttinger, Joseph (1967), Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, Praeger Publishers

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 146 - What is shinjin? Where does it come from? What is its significance?

Resources: Blum, Mark L. The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism: a Study and Translation of Gyōnen's Jōdo Hōmon Genrushō. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 145 - What is the Buddhist perspective on neurodiversity? How does neurodiversity factor into meditation? How is neurodiversity understood in Buddhism? Special thanks to Tanner!

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