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08.13.2014
Mara Re-imagined: Stories of the ‘Evil One’ in Changing Contexts, 2014 Numata Symposium
Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. Mara Re-imagined: Stories of the ‘Evil One’ in Changing Contexts by Dr. Michael D. Nichols, Saint Joseph’s College with response by...
08.12.2014
The Path from Metaphor to Narrative: Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation, 2014 Numata Symposium
Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. The Path from Metaphor to Narrative: Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Dr. Richard K. Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies...
08.11.2014
Narrative Amidst the Activities of Scripture, 2014 Numata Symposium
Narrative in Buddhist Texts, Practice and Transmission, an exploration of the significance of narrative in Buddhism from a variety of perspectives. Narrative Amidst the Activities of Scripture by Dr. Charles Hallisey, Harvard Divinity School with response by Mark Blum of the...
04.30.2014
Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part Three
An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Discussion and response by Dr. Takamaro Shigaraki, Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University. Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored...
04.30.2014
Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part Two
An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Rev. Henry Adams of Oxnard Buddhist Temple Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored by the George...
04.30.2014
Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part One
An exploration of the roles that a received tradition and personal engagement play in our realization of the truth and meaning of Jodo Shinshu. Dr. Michael Conway of the Eastern Buddhist Society Recorded Thursday, February 28, 2013, San Mateo, CA. Sponsored by the...
06.14.2013
Making Ministry Practical: Changing Roles in Japan
From the Dharma at Times of Need symposium, the keynote address delivered by Rev. Dr. Seigen Yamaoka, professor of Shin Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Prof. Yamaoka’s moving keynote touched on his own personal experiences with the Dharma...
11.26.2012
Cleaning Cloths, Poetry, and Personal Buddhas: Laywomen’s Healing Practices in Contemporary Japan
Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Paula Arai. Creativity, flexibility, and accessibility are qualities characteristic of the Buddhist practices that women in contemporary Japan engage in as they weave healing activities into their daily...
11.26.2012
Cleaning Cloths, Poetry, and Personal Buddhas: Laywomen’s Healing Practices in Contemporary Japan, audio
Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Paula Arai. Creativity, flexibility, and accessibility are qualities characteristic of the Buddhist practices that women in contemporary Japan engage in as they weave healing activities into their daily...
11.26.2012
Nuns at Home, Nuns as Homebuilders: Rethinking Ordination and Family in Medieval Japan
Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Lisa Grumbach. An exploration of the roles of ordained women within the social and familial structures of medieval Japan. Focusing on the reasons women became nuns, their age...
11.26.2012
Nuns at Home, Nuns as Homebuilders: Rethinking Ordination and Family in Medieval Japan, audio
Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, Numata Symposium 2012 Keynote Address by Prof. Lisa Grumbach. An exploration of the roles of ordained women within the social and familial structures of medieval Japan. Focusing on the reasons women became nuns, their age...
05.23.2012
Our Buddhadharma, Our Buddhist Dharma : 2012 Commencement Address
The 2012 Graduation Commencement Address was delivered by Prof. Franz Metcalf and generously sponsored by the Numata Foundation. “Our Buddhadharma, Our Buddhist Dharma” explores our evolving Buddhist dharma in two senses. That is, it tries to begin clarifying dharma in...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 6 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching The Jōgen Suppression and Shinran’s admonition against self-power (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An outline of...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 5 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching The Jōgen Suppression and Shinran’s admonition against self-power In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 4 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Birth through the nembutsu: Shinran’s explications of practice and shinjin (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 3 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Birth through the nembutsu: Shinran’s explications of practice and shinjin In Japanese with English translation. An outline...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 2 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Features and Critiques of Hōnen’s Pure Land Teaching (continued) In Japanese with English translation. An outline of...
03.29.2012
2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 1 of 6, audio
Spring 2012 Ryūkoku Lecture Series Presented by Professor Hisashi Tonouchi, Ryūkoku University True Teaching, Practice and Realization (Kyōgyōshinshō): its aim and the formation of Shinran’s Pure Land Teaching Features and Critiques of Hōnen’s Pure Land Teaching In Japanese with English translation. An outline of the...
12.26.2011
Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism
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...
12.26.2011
Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism (audio only)
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...
05.02.2011
Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan
Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants ofÂ an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing è¡€ç›†çµŒ (“Blood Bowl Sutra,” Jpns.Â KetsubonkyÅ), were transmitted to Japan.Â Emphasizing the impurity of women’sÂ reproductive blood, this short scripture teaches that women are...
05.02.2011
Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan
Sometime during the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, several variants ofÂ an indigenous Chinese sutra known as the Xuepenjing è¡€ç›†çµŒ (“Blood Bowl Sutra,” Jpns.Â KetsubonkyÅ), were transmitted to Japan.Â Emphasizing the impurity of women’sÂ reproductive blood, this short scripture teaches that women are...
04.15.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six)
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 Series held at the...
04.15.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held...
04.14.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the...
04.14.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held...
04.13.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the...
04.13.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held...
04.12.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the...
04.12.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held...
04.11.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the...
04.11.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held...
04.10.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series held at the...
04.10.2011
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six-audio)
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six – audio only) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku Lecture Series...
01.19.2011
Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan
The Fall 2010 Numata Lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Studies was delivered by Prof. Kenneth Lee of the California State University, Northridge. Prof. Lee discussed Shinran Shonin’s wasan, the KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan in devotion to Prince Shotoku, revered as...
01.19.2011
Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan (audio version)
The Fall 2010 Numata Lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Studies was delivered by Prof. Kenneth Lee of the California State University, Northridge. Prof. Lee discussed Shinran Shonin’s wasan, the KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan in devotion to Prince Shotoku, revered as...
12.20.2010
Red Book Dialogue featuring Jack Kornfield and Dyane Sherwood
Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€™s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the...
12.20.2010
Red Book Dialogue featuring Jack Kornfield and Dyane Sherwood (audio only)
Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€™s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the...
12.09.2010
Red Book Dialogue between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Richard Stein
Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€™s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the...
12.09.2010
Red Book Dialogue between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Richard Stein (audio version)
Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jungâ€™s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with the...
05.19.2010
2010 Commencement
The Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Graduation Ceremony was held in Berkeley on May 14, 2010. Graduates included: G. Kenji Akahoshi of San Jose, David Kazuyoshi Fujimoto of Hawaii, Jon Brett Turner of Orange County, and Mutsumi Fujiwara Wondra of...
05.10.2010
How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond
The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the audio-only version of Prof. Dalton’s talk. The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhÄraá¹‡Ä«s, both sÅ«tras and stand-alone...
05.10.2010
How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond
The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the full video version of Prof. Dalton’s talk. The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhÄraá¹‡Ä«s, both sÅ«tras and...
05.03.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part six of six)
This is part six of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward...
04.30.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part five of six)
This is part five of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward...
04.28.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part four of six)
This is part four of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward...
04.26.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part three of six)
This is part three of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward...
04.22.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part two of six)
This is part two of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward...
04.20.2010
Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part one of six)
Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.” The lecture was divided...
10.20.2009
Changing Roles of the Written Word in Theravada Buddhism
Daniel Veidlinger of the University of California, Chico, presents an engaging talk on the developing importance of the written word in early Buddhist history. Buddhism arose in an oral world where monks were charged with memorizing the words of the...

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Institute of Buddhist Studies Podcast episodes:

Mara Re-imagined: Stories of the ‘Evil One’ in Changing Contexts, 2014 Numata Symposium

The Path from Metaphor to Narrative: Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation, 2014 Numata Symposium

Narrative Amidst the Activities of Scripture, 2014 Numata Symposium

Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part Three

Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part Two

Tradition and Insight: Our Encounter with the Pure Land Way, Part One

Making Ministry Practical: Changing Roles in Japan

Cleaning Cloths, Poetry, and Personal Buddhas: Laywomen’s Healing Practices in Contemporary Japan

Cleaning Cloths, Poetry, and Personal Buddhas: Laywomen’s Healing Practices in Contemporary Japan, audio

Nuns at Home, Nuns as Homebuilders: Rethinking Ordination and Family in Medieval Japan

Nuns at Home, Nuns as Homebuilders: Rethinking Ordination and Family in Medieval Japan, audio

Our Buddhadharma, Our Buddhist Dharma : 2012 Commencement Address

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 6 of 6, audio

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 5 of 6, audio

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 4 of 6, audio

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 3 of 6, audio

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 2 of 6, audio

2012 Ryukoku Lecture: True Teaching, Practice and Realization: 1 of 6, audio

Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism

Karmic Mindfulness: Rethinking Morality in Contemporary Buddhism (audio only)

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

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

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part six of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part five of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six-audio)

Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan

Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan (audio version)

Red Book Dialogue featuring Jack Kornfield and Dyane Sherwood

Red Book Dialogue featuring Jack Kornfield and Dyane Sherwood (audio only)

Red Book Dialogue between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Richard Stein

Red Book Dialogue between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Richard Stein (audio version)

2010 Commencement

How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond

How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part six of six)

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part five of six)

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part four of six)

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part three of six)

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part two of six)

Shinranâ€™s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part one of six)

Changing Roles of the Written Word in Theravada Buddhism

Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan

Shinranâ€™s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: KÅtaishi ShÅtoku hÅsan (audio version)

How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond

How DhÄraá¹‡Ä«s Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond