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- Ep. 050: All the Missions in a Day, Part II (24:14 min)At last we'll finish up the "mission challenge"--visiting all 21 of California's missions in one day--encounter a couple of hiccups, and see if we make it before the day is over! In this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 049: All the Missions in a Day, Part I (19:40 min)Come with me as I share the rollicking tale of my visit to all 21 of California's missions, from near the Mexican border to above San Francisco--in one day!--in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 048: The Great Kannon at Hasedera (14:22 min)Come along as I revisit the temple I knew better than almost any other in Japan, the Hase Kannon at Kamakura, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 047: Kukai: A Japanese Monk in China (15:48 min)Like Buddhism itself, the teachings of one of Japan's greatest masters--Kukai, known as Kobo Daishi--has its roots in China. We'll visit some key sites of the Daishi's Chinese study tour in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 046: How to Be a Bodhisattva (17:10 min)Let's take a quick look at the Four Great Bodhisattvas and--more importantly--we'll see how you can become a Bodhisattva yourself, as we examine the Four Bodhisattva Vows. TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 045: Spectacularity: The Hanging Temple of Golden Dragon Pass (9:45 min)In my quest to bring you the weirdest and wildest things I've seen and done, I thought it was time to visit the Hanging Temple of Golden Dragon Pass, an example of true spectacularity, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 044: Traipsing Japan's West Country Circuit (9:15 min)Let's take a look at a pilgrimage which, while not as famous as the one on Shikoku, is still of great significance: the 33 Kannon Temples of Saigoku, around Kyoto, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 043: The Stone Lions of Cochiti (21:10 min)Let's visit a unique spot sacred to some Native American groups in New Mexico, the Stone Lions of Cochiti, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 042: Miyamoto Musashi, Mystical Master Swordsman (14:36)A quick visit to the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto and the cave where the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi wrote his Book of Five Rings, in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
- Ep. 041: The Summer Resort of the Qing Emperors (11:08 min)Tang, Liao, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing: The list of Chinese dynasties is almost musical. But how many realize that some of those regimes were not ethnically Chinese at all? Let's explore how ethnicity impacted on the summer resort of the Manchurian Qing emperors in this episode of-- TEMPLE TALES! FULL Show Notes at Substack Click for audio and podcast links »0 min
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Thrilling accounts of one man's journey to over 700 sites in Japan and China, with plenty of Buddhist teachings thrown in