Temple Tales Newsletter and Podcast

By James Baquet AKA The Temple Guy

Thrilling accounts of one man's journey to over 700 sites in Japan and China, with plenty of Buddhist teachings thrown in... more

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July 09, 2020 Ep. 070: China's Heaven Horse Mountain (9:15 min.)
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 »
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July 06, 2020 Ep. 069: Thoughts along the Pilgrim's Path (8:55 min)
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 »
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July 03, 2020 Ep. 068: Photo Essay Friday: The 500 Arhats at Home (7:22 min)
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 »
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July 01, 2020 Ep. 067: Asuka-dera, Japan's Oldest Temple (7:10 min)
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 »
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June 29, 2020 Ep. 066: The Sistine Chapel of the Philippines (4:16 min)
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 »
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June 26, 2020 Ep. 065: Friday Photo Essay: The Bigfoot Grottoes (6:12 min)
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 »
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June 24, 2020 Ep. 064: Little Pilgrimages in Edo-Tokyo (5:09 min)
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 »
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June 22, 2020 Ep. 063: The BuddhaS (20:48 min)
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 »
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June 19, 2020 Ep. 062: Friday Photo Essay: Ancient Temples of Dapeng (8:06 min)
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 »
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June 17, 2020 Ep. 061: The Asakusa Kannon, My Home Temple in Tokyo (22:34 min)
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 »
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The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.