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Blue Beryl Podcast

Pierce Salguero

Health & Fitness

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/42d. Total Eps: 32

Intelligent conversations about Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality. With host Dr Pierce Salguero.

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BONUS: Metamodern Asian Medicine (Rebroadcast from The Black Beryl)

Monday, June 1, 2026 • Duration 53:30

Welcome to season 4 of the BBP!

We concluded the last episode with Jeff Kripal calling upon humanities scholars to break out of our conservative paradigms and to allow ourselves to “get weird.” So, let’s do it! This season, we are going all-in on the mystical, mysterious, profound, reality-bending, and impossible aspects of Asian religions, medicines, and spiritualities.

As usual, we’ll launch the season the tables turned, with Lan taking up the mic to interview Pierce. Together, we think about traditional, modern, and postmodern approaches to Asian medicine. Usually, these epistemologies are competing or people are trying to integrate them… but could there be another approach that celebrates all of them without needing to reconcile dissonance?

If you want to hear scholars and practitioners engaging in multidisciplinary conversations about Asian healing and mystical traditions, then subscribe to Black Beryl wherever you get your podcasts. Also look us up on Substack to see what our guests have shared with you. Enjoy the show!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Pierce Salguero, “A Metadisciplinary Approach to Asian Medicine (and Other

Epistemological Carnivals)” (2025)

* Pierce Salguero, “The Fractal of Humanities” (2021)

* Pierce Salguero, “A Pedagogy of the Soul” (2022)

* Pierce Salguero, “Let’s Put More Humanity into the Humanities” (2019)

* Pierce’s Human•ities Blog on Substack or on Medium

Check out the Black Beryl Podcast on blackberyl.substack.com!

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BONUS: Meditation Sickness (Rebroadcast from the Buddhist Yoga Podcast)

Saturday, April 18, 2026 • Duration 01:45:53

I’m happy to share this rebroadcast of an interview I did with James Bae, the host of the “Buddhist Yoga” Youtube channel. In this deep-dive, we discuss my new book, Meditation Sickness, just out from University of Hawaii Press. This edited collection of translations by expert scholars lays out a range of Buddhist viewpoints about the potential side-effects of contemplative practice, and what happens when one crosses the line between expected challenges and true medical crises. Including ancient scriptures, writings by some of the most celebrated Buddhist meditation teachers of all time, as well as contemporary ethnographic reports from all over the Buddhist world, the book details the symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment of “meditation sickness.” Our conversation provides an overview of the contents of the book, and illustrates why it is crucially important for Western meditators to be knowledgable about these phenomena. Enjoy!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

* Pierce Salguero, Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook of the Dangers of Buddhist Practice (2026).

* Pierce Salguero, “Meditation Sickness” in Medieval Chinese Buddhism and the Contemporary West (2023).

* Pierce’s previous appearances on Buddhist Yoga: Buddhist Medicine and Contemplative Pedagogy ; The Contemporary Landscape of Buddhist Healing

* Pierce’s resource website: BuddhistMedicine.Net

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blueberylpodcast.substack.com

The Enlightenment of the Body

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 • Duration 49:50

In this episode, I sit down with Naomi Worth, a scholar and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism’s postural yoga tradition. We dive into Naomi’s experiences in yogic retreats, highlight the vigorous movement and intense visual elements of the practice, and explore yoga’s role in the Nyingma contemplative path. Naomi also shares how she balances her scholarship and practice of Tibetan knowledge with her current work as a high school teacher. Along the way, we mention wrathful deities, sky-gazing, and how to help teenagers find themselves in today’s modern culture.

Remember, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes. Please enjoy!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

* Naomi’s website

* Naomi’s publications on Academia.edu

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blueberylpodcast.substack.com

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Reiki and the Subtle Body

Friday, May 3, 2024 • Duration 58:01

Today I sit down with Justin B. Stein, a specialist in modern Japanese religion and the preeminent historian of Reiki. We discuss Justin’s new book, Alternate Currents, about the transnational origins of Reiki, and also get into his perspective as a both a scholar and a Reiki practitioner. Along the way, we ask what Reiki has to do with Buddhism, what subtle energy feels like up close, and what kinds of extraordinary experiences might occur when you open up to energy of the universe.

Remember, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes. Please enjoy!Resources mentioned in the episode:

* C. Pierce Salguero, Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Sources (2020). Justin’s translation is Chapter 5, “Psychosomatic Buddhist Medicine at the Dawn of Modern Japan”

* Justin B. Stein, Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific (2023).

* BBP interview with Nathan Michon

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blueberylpodcast.substack.com

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Psychedelics, Mysticism, Aliens, and the Dao

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Duration 58:17

I sit down with Dominic Steavu, a historian of Chinese religion and healing from UC Santa Barbara. We discuss the central role of the body in medieval Daoist practices, and talk about the Daoist use of psychedelics to facilitate mystical experiences. Along the way, we touch on talismanic tattoos, internal alchemy, and embodied nonduality. Plus, Dominic reveals what he thinks about aliens and the Wu-Tang Clan.

Remember, to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl. Please enjoy!Resources related to this episode:

* Christine Mollier, Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face (2009)

* Pierce’s blog “In defense of a little romanticism… or, how Mr Miyagi inspired me to become a professor”

* Pierce Salguero, Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical (2022)

* Dominic Steavu, The Writ of the Three Sovereigns: From Local Lore to Institutional Daoism (2020)

* Dominic Steavu, Transforming the Void: Embryological Discourse and Reproductive Imagery in East Asian Religions (2015)

* Dominic’s Academia.edu page

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Embodying the Dao

Saturday, March 9, 2024 • Duration 50:53

Today, I sit down with Paul C. Wang, a healer and teacher of Chinese medicine and Daoism, and host of the Daology Podcast. We talk about Paul’s practices of “memetic healing” and “clinical cosmology,” and how he works with Chinese medicine, martial arts, neigong, and spirit healing. Along the way, we discover how to communicate with deceased spirits, and how to embody the Dao through everyday practices. Please enjoy! And if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Daology Podcast

* Daocenter.com

* Dao Center’s Facebook page

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blueberylpodcast.substack.com

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Embodied Spirituality {Season 2}

Sunday, February 18, 2024 • Duration 53:58

Welcome to the Blue Beryl, a podcast with intelligent conversations about Buddhism, Asian Medicine, and embodied spirituality. In this episode, host Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with BBP producer Dr Lan Li to reflect on Season 1 and look ahead to Season 2. We discuss showing up for scholarly work as a whole person, how studying Buddhist medicine challenges the academic status quo, and what do I mean by calling Season 2 “embodied spirituality”? Along the way, we touch on talismanic chants, poisonous centipedes, dissolving bodies, and the unfolding mystery that this podcast is pursuing.Enjoy! And subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes.Resources mentioned in this episode:

* “Human•ities,” Pierce’s blog series on building a more humane culture in the humanities (see also this Facebook group)

* Pierce’s publications and blogs about pedagogy

* Pierce Salguero, “The Monk and the Centipede” Tricycle (2022)

* Pierce Salguero, Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical (2022)

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blueberylpodcast.substack.com

BONUS: Buddhist Medicine in Contemporary Times (rebroadcasted from the Buddhist Medicine & Yoga Podcast)

Thursday, February 8, 2024 • Duration 01:16:14

Dr Pierce Salguero is interviewed by James Bae on the Buddhist Medicine & Yoga Podcast. In this extensive and in-depth conversation, we talk about differentiating religion from medicine, what Buddhist medicine can teach contemporary clinicians, current trends in the field of Buddhist studies, and hybridity versus tradition. We also explore Buddhist medicine in America, different kinds of Buddhist healers in the US, and how Buddhist medicine circulates in the contemporary era. Along the way, we dig into the promise of “metadisciplinary” collaborations, and what it means to engage in “pedagogy of the soul.” This episode combines two interviews, abridged and edited together.Enjoy, and please subscribe to Blue Beryl so that you do not miss any episodes in the future!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

* Link to the original (non-abridged) interview, part 1

* Link to the original (non-abridged) interview, part 2

* Michael Stanley-Baker, Situating Religion and Medicine in Asia (2023)

* Pierce Salguero, Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (2014)

* Pierce’s “Pedagogy of the Soul” blog series

* Pierce Salguero, “Beyond Mindfulness: Buddhism & Health in the US” (2022)

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Women & the Body in Buddhism

Monday, January 1, 2024 • Duration 01:08:02

Today I sit down with Amy Langenberg, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, gender, sexuality, and the body. We focus on Amy’s work on misogyny in Buddhist texts, her book on Buddhist embryology, and her current project on sexual abuse in contemporary Buddhist communities. Along the way we discuss miscarriage, menstruation, and the importance of feminist scholarship . . . and also, what does the Buddha have in common with Michael Phelps? Remember, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhism, Asian medicine, and embodied spirituality, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes. Please enjoy!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

* Amy Langenberg, Birth in Buddhism: The Suffering Fetus and Female Freedom (2017)

* Pierce Salguero, “’This Fathom-Long Body’: Bodily Materiality and Ascetic Ideology in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scriptures” (2018)

* Amy’s academic papers, free to download on Academia.edu

* Pierce Salguero (ed.), Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources (2017)

* Amy Langenberg, “The Buddha Didn’t Teach Consent” (2021)

* The Buddhist Bodies Collective

* Ann

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A Buddhist Approach to Self-care Sovereignty

Saturday, December 9, 2023 • Duration 45:03

Today I sit down with Pamela Boyce Simms, a Buddhist practitioner, herbalist, and cultural healer. We talk about how Pamela’s Buddhist practice enables her to facilitate self-care sovereignty for impoverished rural and urban communities. We also discuss how she uses deep meditation states to navigate the stark racial and political divides facing contemporary America. Along the way, we talk about the multidimensional nature of reality, plant spirits, and how the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa inspired her to get involved in environmental activism. Enjoy, and don’t forget to subscribe to Blue Beryl to ensure that you don’t miss an episode!Resources mentioned:

* https://singularitybotanicals.net/

* https://communitysupportedenlightenment.com/

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