Buddhist Books Podcast episodes:

• December 23, 2025Zen 15: The Platform Sutra 4

  The thieves, the gates, and the different kinds of dust.

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• December 20, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 196 • Mahāvagga X - Part 4

  In which Edward finishes reading Mahavagga, The Great Division.

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• December 17, 2025Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 21

  In which a princess in ancient Bihar, India, weeps for her father, the king.

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• December 12, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 195 • Mahāvagga X - Part 3

  With apologies to The Venerable Kaccāna The Great for the oversight

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• November 28, 2025Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 14

  How to hear the Sutras in the sounds of a passing river.

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• November 24, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 194 • Mahāvagga X - Part 2

  In which Lord Buddha shares an inspiring story that doesn't help.

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• November 18, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 193 • Mahāvagga X - Part 1

  In which you might be schismatic (and not know it)

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• November 12, 2025Shingon Buddhism • Part 9

  How to use Vajra spikes to establish the boundaries of your Dojo (optional)

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• November 08, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 192 • Mahāvagga IX - Part 5

  In which they do it right! (Floundering Pascal Frang-doodle Abraham Lincoln Ladder)

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• November 03, 2025Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 191 • Mahāvagga IX - Part 4

  The cycle should be worked out.

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