Temple Tales Newsletter and Podcast

Aside from the "Four Great Buddhist Mountains of China," there may be hundreds of smaller peaks covered in temples, and we'll visit one of them, Tianma Shan or "Heaven Horse Mountain," in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Let's revisit some of the reflective journal entries I wrote on my 2001 Aki Meguri walk through Japan in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Photo Essay Friday again? Already? Let's whiz around to a number of temples in China to take a look at some of the denizens of various 500 Arhat Halls in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Let's visit tiny Asukadera, one of the earliest temples in Japan, and its homely Buddha statue, said to be the country's oldest, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Not far from the buried churches of Bacolor which we visited in Episode 031 is the lovely Betis Church of Saint James the Apostle, called "the Sistine Chapel of the Philippines." Come with me in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

It's Photo Essay Friday, and this will be a good one: a visit to not just one, but TWO sets of grottoes near Dazu in Chongqing in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Let's wander a bit in Tokyo, exploring a few of the short pilgrimages I undertook there in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

I had to teach my spell-checker that "Buddha" can be plural. Come join me for a survey of the range of BuddhaS available in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Let's take a look at a handful of small but fascinating temples across Mirs Bay from Hong Kong in an outlying district of the modern metropolis of Shenzhen, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »

Back to Japan for a visit to my "home temple," Tokyo's Senso-ji in Asakusa, and a crazy little heron dance at a festival, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »