Bright on Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 16 - The Matrix as Buddhist

Join us as we analyze the famous 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix as containing Buddhist elements, allegories, and motifs.

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 95 - Do Buddhists reject the world? Do Buddhists believe that life is nothing but suffering? Are Buddhists fatalists or nihilists?

Resources: Davis, Bret W. 2004. "Zen After Zarathustra: The Problem of the Will in the Confrontation Between Nietzsche and Buddhism." Journal of Nietzsche Studies 28:89–138. p. 107.; Amaro, Ajahn (7 May 2015) [2008]. "A Dhamma article by Ajahn Amaro – The View from the Centre". Amaravati Buddhist Monastery. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.; Alagaddupama Sutta, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (PDF). Translated by Nanamoli, Bikkhu; Bodhi, Bikkhu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2019-06-24.; https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html; Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu (trans.) and Bodhi, Bhikkhu (ed.) (2001). The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-072-X.; Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1997). Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (DN 2).; Walshe, Maurice O'Connell (trans.) (1995). The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-103-3.

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Bright on Buddhism - Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 2

Hello and welcome to the Asian religions series. In this series, we will be discussing religious traditions in Asia other than Buddhism. Buddhism never existed in a vacuum, and as it has spread all across East Asia, it has developed, localized, and syncretized with local traditions in fascinating and significant ways. As such, we cannot provide a complete picture of East Asian without discussing those local traditions such as they were and are. Disclaimer: this series is very basic and introductory, and does not and cannot paint a complete picture of these religious traditions as they are in the present or throughout history. Today, we will be discussing Shintō, a very historically and culturally significant religious tradition in Japan. We hope you enjoy

Resources: Azegami, Naoki (2012). Translated by Mark Teeuwen. "Local Shrines and the Creation of 'State Shinto'". Religion. 42 (1): 63–85. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2012.641806. S2CID 219597745.; Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (revised ed.). Richmond: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1051-5.; Boyd, James W.; Williams, Ron G. (2005). "Japanese Shinto: An Interpretation of a Priestly Perspective". Philosophy East and West. 55 (1): 33–63. doi:10.1353/pew.2004.0039. S2CID 144550475.; Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark (2010). A New History of Shinto. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-5515-1.; Cali, Joseph; Dougill, John (2013). Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3713-6.; Earhart, H. Byron (2004). Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity (fourth ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ISBN 978-0-534-17694-5.; Hardacre, Helen (2017). Shinto: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-062171-1.; Kenney, Elizabeth (2000). "Shinto Funerals in the Edo Period". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 27 (3/4): 239–271. JSTOR 30233666.; Kitagawa, Joseph M. (1987). On Understanding Japanese Religion. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10229-0. ;Kuroda, Toshio (1981). Translated by James C. Dobbins and Suzanne Gay. "Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion". Journal of Japanese Studies. 7 (1): 1–21. doi:10.2307/132163. JSTOR 132163; Inoue, Nobutaka (2003). "Introduction: What is Shinto?". In Nobutaka Inoue (ed.). Shinto: A Short History. Translated by Mark Teeuwan and John Breen. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-0-415-31913-3. Littleton, C. Scott (2002). Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-521886-2. OCLC 49664424.; Offner, Clark B. (1979). "Shinto". In Norman Anderson (ed.). The World's Religions (fourth ed.). Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press. pp. 191–218.; Picken, Stuart D. B. (1994). Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings. Westport and London: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26431-3.; Picken, Stuart D. B. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Shinto (second ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7172-4.; Williams, George; Bhar, Ann Marie B.; Marty, Martin E. (2004). Shinto (Religions of the World). Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0-7910-8097-9.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 44 - Who is Sariputra? What role does he play in the texts? How does this role change over time?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Silk, Jonathan A. (2019), Brill's encyclopedia of Buddhism Vol Two, Hinüber, Oskar von,, Eltschinger, Vincent,, Bowring, Richard, 1947-, Radich, Michael, Leiden, ISBN 978-90-04-29937-5, OCLC 909251257; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Sariputra; Hecker, Hellmuth; Nyanaponika Thera (2003), Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy (PDF), Simon and Schuster, ISBN 978-0-86171-381-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-24; Bodhi, Bhikkhu; Dhamma, Rewata (1993), A comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma : the Abhidhammattha sangaha of Ācariya Anuruddha (1st BPS Pariyatti ed.), BPS Pariyatti Edition, ISBN 978-1-928706-02-1; Buswell, Robert E. Jr. (2004), Encyclopedia of Buddhism (PDF), New York, NY: Macmillan Reference, USA, ISBN 0-02-865718-7, archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-29, retrieved 2020-02-22; Buswell, Robert E. Jr.; Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (2013), Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. (PDF), Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3, archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-12, retrieved 2020-02-22; Carus, Paul (1905), "Ashvajit's Stanza and Its Significance", Open Court, 3 (6), archived from the original on 2020-10-27, retrieved 2020-02-22; Irons, Edward (2007), Encyclopedia of Buddhism (PDF), New York: Facts on File, ISBN 978-0-8160-5459-6, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-17, retrieved 2020-02-22; Lopez, Donald S. (2016), The Lotus Sūtra : a biography, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-15220-2; Shaw, Sarah (2013), "Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas" (PDF), in Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.), A companion to Buddhist philosophy (first ed.), Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-470-65877-2, archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-28, retrieved 2020-02-22; Bodhi, Bhikkhu (trans.) (2009). Right View. A translation of the Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta. Attributed to Sariputra

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 43 - What were the 4 major persecutions of Buddhism in Chinese history? Why did they happen? What were their historical effects?

Resources: Spence, Jonathan D. 2013. The Search for Modern China. New York, W.W. Norton & Company.
; Ebrey Patricia Buckley. 1999. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China 1St pbk. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.; Chan, Wing-tsit, Ron Guey Chu, John Dardess, Edward Farmer, Leon Hurvitz, David N. Keightley, Richard John Lynn, et al. Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. 2nd ed. Columbia University Press, 1999. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/deba10938.; Keay John. 2009. China : A History. New York: Basic Books a member of the Perseus Books Group.; Fairbank John King and Merle Goldman. 2015. China : A New History (version 2nd enl. ed) 2Nd enl. ed. Vancouver B.C: Langara College. http://caperbc.ca/requests/request-form/.; Schirokauer Conrad and Miranda Brown. 2013. A Brief History of Chinese Civilization (version 4th ed). 4th ed. Boston MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofch0000schi_o2l2.; Yu Yingshi Josephine Chiu-Duke and Michael S Duke. 2016. Chinese History and Culture. Volume 1 Sixth Century B.c.e. to Seventeenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/yu--17858.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 42 - What are the 4 rupajhanas? What are the 4 arupajhanas? How do they function in the context of meditation?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Zen; Dhyana; Jhana; Arbel, Keren (2017), Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhanas as the Actualization of Insight, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315676043, ISBN 9781317383994; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1993), The Two Traditions Of Meditation In Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.; Bucknell, Robert S. (1993), "Reinterpreting the Jhanas", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 16 (2); Gethin, Rupert (1992), The Buddhist Path to Awakening, OneWorld Publications; Gethin, Rupert (2004), "On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas and Exegetical Sources", Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 9: 201–21; Lusthaus, Dan (2002), Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun, Routledge; Stuart-Fox, Martin (1989), "Jhana and Buddhist Scholasticism", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 12 (2); Henepola Gunaratana, Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation; Ajahn Brahmavamso, Travelogue to the four Jhanas; Ajahn Brahmavamso, The Jhanas; Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Jhana not by the numbers; Bhante Vimalaramsi Mahāthera, MN 111 One by One as They Occurred – Anupada Sutta. Dhamma-Talks on the Anupada-Sutta. This provides a highly detailed account of the progression through the jhānas.; Sutta-style jhanas: a western phenomenon?, Dhamma Wheel; Nagarjuna, Commentary in the Four Dhyanas; Leigh Breighton, Interpretations of the Jhanas

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Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 3 - Huìnéng asked Hui Ming, "Without thinking of good or evil, show me your original face before your mother and father were born."

Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy.

Resources: 

Episode 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u

Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2

Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9

Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl

Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).

Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Shimomissé, Eiichi (1998), THE GATELESS GATE

Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow

McRae, John (2000), The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. Translated from the Chinese of Zongbao (PDF), Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research

Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), "Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha", in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885

Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), "One Vehicle or Three", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166

Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202

Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press

Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791

Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X

Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit)

Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), "Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism" (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013

Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X

Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 41 - What is dependent origination? What are the doctrinal implications of it? How does understanding it lead to enlightenment?

Resources: Boisvert, Mathieu (1995), The Five Aggregates: Understanding Theravada Psychology and Soteriology, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ISBN 978-0-88920-257-3; Buddhaghosa (2010), The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga), translated by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli (4th ed.), Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, ISBN 978-955-24-0023-0; Dalai Lama (1992), The Meaning of Life, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, Wisdom; Garfield, Jay L. (1994), Dependent Arising and the Emptiness of Emptiness: Why did Nagarjuna start with Causation?, Philosophy East and West, Volume 44, Number 2 April 1994, archived from the original on 7 May 2010, retrieved 3 September 2012; Geshe Sonam Rinchen (2006), How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising, Snow Lion; Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-289223-2; Williams, Paul (2002), Buddhist Thought, Taylor & Francis, Kindle Edition; Schumann, Hans Wolfgang (1997) [1976], Boeddhisme. Stichter, scholen, systemen (Buddhismus - Stifter, Schulen und Systemen), Asoka; Shulman, Eviatar (2008), "Early Meanings of Dependent-Origination" (PDF), Journal of Indian Philosophy, 36 (2): 297–317, doi:10.1007/s10781-007-9030-8, S2CID 59132368; Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 40 - What is Buddhist psychology? What are its doctrinal foundations? What is its influence in the West?

Resources: Caroline Brazier: A Buddhist Perspective On Mental Health. Paper for Nurturing Heart and Spirit: A National Multi-Faith Symposium; Held under the auspices of the Nimhe Spirituality Project, Staffordshire University and The Spirituality and Mental Health Forum, Wednesday November 1st 2006; Davidson, Richard J. & Anne Harrington (eds.) (2002). Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature. NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513043-X.; Dockett, K. H., Dudley-Grant, G. R., & Bankart, C. P. (2003). Psychology and Buddhism: From individual to global community: Springer Science & Business Media.; Epstein, Mark (2004), Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective, Basic Books, Kindle Edition; Fromm, Erich, D. T. Suzuki & Richard De Martino (1960). Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. NY: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-090175-6.; Fromm, Erich (1989, 2002). The Art of Being. NY: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-0673-4.; Goleman, Daniel (ed.) (1997). Healing Emotions: Conversations With the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health. Boston: Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1-57062-212-4.; Goleman, Daniel (2004). Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. NY: Bantam Dell. ISBN 0-553-38105-9.; Virtbauer, Gerald (March 2012). "The Western reception of Buddhism as a psychological and ethical system: developments, dialogues, and perspectives". Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 15 (3): 251–263. doi:10.1080/13674676.2011.569928. S2CID 145760146.; Virtbauer, Gerald (1 April 2014). "Characteristics of Buddhist Psychology". SFU Forschungsbulletin: 1–9. doi:10.15135/2014.2.1.1-9.; Wallace, B. A., & Shapiro, S. L. (2006). Mental balance and well-being: building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology. American psychologist, 61(7), 690.; Watts, Alan W. (1959). The Way of Zen. NY: New American Library. Cited in Ellis (1991).; Watts, Alan W. (1960). Nature, Man and Sex. NY: New American Library. Cited in Ellis (1991).; Watts, Alan W. (1961, 1975). Psychotherapy East and West. NY: Random House. ISBN 0-394-71610-8.; Bodhi, Bhikkhu (ed.) (2000). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Ācariya Anuruddha. Seattle, WA: BPS Pariyatti Editions. ISBN 1-928706-02-9. - also online: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/abhiman.html; Brazier, David (2001), The Feeling Buddha, Robinson Publishing; Curtis, C. (2016). The Experience of Self/No-Self in Aikido. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 23(1-2), 58–68.; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Rick Hanson: Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. New Harbinger Publications (2009); Stephen Batchelor: After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. Yale University Press (2017)

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The Mahaparinibbana Sutta - Join us as we read and discuss the Mahaparinibbana Sutta

Resources: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html; https://suttacentral.net/dn16/?view=normal; Blum, Mark. “Death.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 1. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 203-210.; Cuevas, Bryan J., and Jacqueline Stone, eds.The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses and Representations, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007); Walshe, Maurice, trans. “The Great Passing,” (Mahaparinibbana Sutta), in Thus Have I Heard. The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya), 231-277 Strong, John. “The Buddha’s Funeral,” In The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses and Representations, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007), pp. 32-59. Reference: Bechert, Heinz. "Buddha, Life of the." In Encyclopedia of Buddhism, edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr., Vol. 1. (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 82-88.; Jacqueline Stone, Right Thoughts at the Last Moment, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016); Mariko Namba. “The Structure of Japanese Buddhist Funerals.” In Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009), pp. 247-285;

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 39 - What is upaya? What are the different meanings of this word? How do its meanings change over time? 

Resources: Federman, Asaf (2009), "Literal means and hidden meanings: a new analysis of skillful means" (PDF), Philosophy East and West, 59 (2): 125–141, doi:10.1353/pew.0.0050; Matsunaga, Daigan and Alicia (1974). The concept of upāya in Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy, Japanese Journal of Buddhist Studies 1 (1), 51–72; Pye, Michael (1978). Skilful Means - A concept in Mahayana Buddhism. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-7156-1266-2; Snellgrove, David (1987). Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors (2 volumes). Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Shambhala Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-87773-311-2 (v. 1) & ISBN 0-87773-379-1 (v. 2); Schroeder, John (2001) Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2442-3; Tatz, M., trans. (1994). The Skill in Means (Upayakausalya) Sutra. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; Hurvitz, Leon. 1976. Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Kato, Bunno. 1971. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: Innumerable Meanings, The Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, and Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. Tokyo:  Kosei Publishing Company.; Kern, H. 1884. 1963. Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka or The Lotus of the True Law. London:  New York:  Clarendon Press. Dover Publications. The Sacred Books of the East, Volume XXI; Kubo, Tsugunari and Akira Yuyama. 1993. The Lotus Sutra: The White Lotus of the Marvelous Law. Tokyo and Berkeley:  Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.; Murano, Senchū. 1974. 1991. The Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma. Tokyo:  Nichiren Shu Shimbun.; Reeves, Gene. 2008. The Lotus Sutra. Boston:  Wisdom Publications.; Soothill, W.E. 1930. The Lotus of the Wonderful Law or The Lotus Gospel: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra, Miao-fa Lien Hua Ching. Oxford:  Clarendon Press.; Watson, Burton. 1993. The Lotus Sutra. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Lopez, Donald S. The Lotus Sūtra: A Biography. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016; Teiser, Stephen F., and Jacqueline I. Stone, eds. Readings of the Lotus Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.; Lopez, Donald S., and Jacqueline I. Stone. Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra. Princeton University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvfjczvz.

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 8 - Hello and welcome to a different kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are celebrating 1 year of Bright on Buddhism being on the air!!! We are extremely proud to have committed to a project like this and to have stuck with it every week for 52 straight weeks, and we are very grateful to all of our listeners for listening along and learning with us over the last year! Thank you all very much, and we hope to see you for another year! We hope you enjoy!

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 7 - Hello and welcome to a different kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are discussing AI in relation to personhood in Buddhism. What does sentience and sapience mean for AI? What does it mean in Buddhism? What does it mean in science at large? We explore these questions, how to catch up with the ever quickening advancement of AI technology, where to go from here, and more. We hope you enjoy!

Resources: 

Dall-E 2: https://openai.com/dall-e-2/

Craiyon: https://www.craiyon.com/

Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/home/

Beksiński 

H R Giger

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Bright on Buddhism - Chapter 7 of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss the Burton Watson translation of Chapter 7 of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

Resources: Cole, Alan (2005). Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 236–325. (See chapter 6 for an in-depth account of the narrative in the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra); Hamlin, Edward (1988). Magical Upāya in the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 11 (1), 89-121; Fung Kei Cheng, Samson Tse (2014). Thematic Research on the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra: An Integrative Review, Buddhist Studies Review 31 (1), 3-52l; Watson, Burton. The Vimalakirti Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Print.; Wright, Dale Stuart. Living Skillfully : Buddhist Philosophy of Life from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021. Print.; Thurman, Robert A. F. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti : a Mahāyāna Scripture. Trans. Robert A. F. Thurman. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1976. Print.; Mather, Richard B. “Vimalakīrti and Gentry Buddhism.” History of Religions 8, no. 1 (1968): 60–73. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1061746.; Bunker, Emma C. “Early Chinese Representations of Vimalakīrti.” Artibus Asiae 30, no. 1 (1968): 28–52. https://doi.org/10.2307/3250441.; O’Leary, Joseph S. “Nonduality in the Vimalakīrti-Nirdeśa: A Theological Reflection.” The Eastern Buddhist 46, no. 1 (2015): 63–78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26275587.

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Bright on Buddhism Research Series episode 1 - Killing Mosquitoes: Kobayashi Issa’s Buddhist Literary Practice

Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism. In this series, I will be presenting and discussing some of my own original research, which covers a broad range of topics in Japanese Buddhism, and discussing it in the context of East Asian Buddhism and other disciplines broadly.

Resources: 長野郷土史研究会 小林一郎編. “一 茶 発 句 全 集.” JANIS ホームページ. 長野郷土史研究会 小林一郎編, August 14, 2005. http://www.janis.or.jp/users/kyodoshi/issaku.htm. Abé, Ryūichi. “Word” in Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism, (Chicago: Chicago University of Press, 2005), pp.291-310. Blyth, Reginald H. “Buddhism and Haiku.” Monumenta Nipponica 7, no. 1/2 (1951): 311. https://doi.org/10.2307/2382960. Flores, Ralph. “Fictions of Reading,” in Buddhist scriptures as Literature: Sacred Rhetoric and the Use of Theory (Albany, SUNY Press, 2008), pp. 1-16. Harr, Lorraine  Ellis. “Haiku Poetry.”  The Journal of Aesthetic Education 9, no. 3 (July 1975): 112–19. https://doi.org/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3331909. Hass, Robert, ed. Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson and Issa. Translated by Robert Hass. Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2013. Hudson, Robert. "Compassion: Kobayashi Issa." In The Poet and the Fly: Art, Nature, God, Mortality, and Other Elusive Mysteries, 65-86. 1517 Media, 2020. Accessed March 28, 2021. doi:10.2307/j.ctvzcz2qp.7. Huey, Robert N. "Journal of My Father's Last Days. Issa's Chichi No Shūen Nikki." Monumenta Nipponica 39, no. 1 (1984): 25-54. Accessed April 13, 2021. doi:10.2307/2384479. LaFleur, William R. The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011. Lanoue, David G. "The Haiku Mind: Issa and Pure Land Buddhism." The Eastern Buddhist, NEW SERIES, 39, no. 2 (2008): 159-76. Accessed March 28, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44362411. Lanoue, David G. Haiku of Kobayashi Issa, 2021. http://haikuguy.com/issa/index.html. Marshall, Ian, and Megan Simpson. “Deconstructing Haiku: A Dialogue.” College Literature 33, no. 3 (2006): 117–34. https://doi.org/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25115369. Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza U. “Poetics of Renga.” Essay. In Emptiness and Temporality: Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Poetics. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. Russell, Bruce David. “Reaching Haiku's Pedagogical Nature.” Counterpoints  Vol. 193, Curriculum Intertext: Place / Language / Pedagogy (2003), pp. 93-102 193 (2003): 93–102. https://doi.org/https://www.jstor.org/stable/42978057. Stalker, Nancy K. "Edo Popular Culture: The Floating World and Beyond: (Late 17th to Mid-19th Centuries)." In Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool, 174-208. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018. Accessed April 28, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctv2n7fgm.10. Bright on Buddhism Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9 Bright on Buddhism Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 38 - What is Pure Land Buddhism? How does it differ from other schools of Buddhism? How do those differences play out in ritual and practice?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Robert E. Buswell Jr.; Donald S. Lopez Jr. (2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. pp. 708, 721–723, 827–828. ISBN 978-1-4008-4805-8.; Paul Williams, “Trust, Self-Abandonment, and Devotion: the cults of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,” in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Doctrinal Foundations (Routledge, 2008); Fujita, Kōtatsu. “Pure Land Buddhism in India.” In The Pure Land Tradition: History and Development. Translated by Taitetsu Unno. Edited by James Foard,  Michael Solomon, and Richard K. Payne. Berkeley: Regents of the University of California, 1996.; “Recollection of the Buddha,” in Chapter Seven of the Visuddhimagga: The Path of  Purification. Trans.  Bhikkhu Ñanamoli. (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 2010); Harrison, Paul. “Buddhānusmṛti.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 1. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), p. 93.; Gomez, Luis O. “Pure Lands,” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 2. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 703-706.; Nattier, Jan. “The Realm of Aksobhya: A Missing Piece in the History of Pure Land Buddhism.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 23.1 (2000): 71-102.; Schopen, Gregory. “Sukhāvatī as a Generalized Religious Goal in Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature.” Indo-Iranian Journal 19 (1977): 177-210.; Gomez, Luis.  “Amitābha.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 1. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp.  14-15.; Gomez, Luis, “Faith.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 2. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 277-279.; Gomez, Luis O. Land of Bliss, "Chinese Versions,"  The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light,  (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996), pp. 125-222.; Nattier, Jan. “The Indian Roots of Pure Land Buddhism: Insights from the Oldest Chinese Versions of the Sukhâvatîvyûha,” Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Third Series, Number 5 (Fall 2003): 179-200.

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Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 2 - Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?

Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy.

Resources:

Episode 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u

Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2

Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9

Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl

Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 37 - What are the 5 aggregates? How do they fit into the Buddhist understanding of reality, death, and reincarnation? How have understandings of them changed over time?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Robert E. Buswell Jr.; Donald S. Lopez Jr. (2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. pp. 708, 721–723, 827–828. ISBN 978-1-4008-4805-8.; Karunamuni ND (May 2015). "The Five-Aggregate Model of the Mind". SAGE Open.; Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2010), The Five Aggregates. A Study Guide; Peter Harvey (2012). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press. pp. 57–62. ISBN 978-0-521-85942-4.; Nhat Hanh, Thich (2001). Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press. ISBN 1-888375-14-0.

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Bright On Buddhism - The Heart Sutra- Join us as we read and discuss the Heart Sutra.

Resources: 

Episode 17 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/Who-is-Avalokitesvara-e1cjkqg

Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9

Episode 24 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-mantra-in-Buddhism-e1g01mg

Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

Lopez, Donald S. Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sūtra. Princeton University Press, 1996. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ggjkvp.; The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism by Kazuaki Tanahashi 2015; Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Heart Sutra Explained: SUNY, 1987; Edward Conze, Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, Random House, 2001; Chan Master Sheng Yen, There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra, Dharma Drum Publications, 2001; Kazuaki Tanahashi, The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism, Shambhala Publications, 2015

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 36 - Who is Maitreya/Mile/Miroku? What are some stories about him? What sort of devotional texts/rituals are there for him?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Robert Buswell, Encyclopedia of Buddhism - Maitreya, Alan Sponberg; Horner, IB, ed. (1975). The minor anthologies of the Pali canon. Volume III: Buddhavaṁsa (Chronicle of Buddhas) and Cariyāpiṭaka (Basket of Conduct). London: Pali Text Society. ISBN 0-86013-072-X.; Mipham, Jamgon; Maitreya; Shenga, Khenpo; Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2013). Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature: Maitreya's Dharmadharmatavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham. Snow Lion. ISBN 978-1-55939-502-1.; Iida, Shōtarō; Goldston, Jane, trans. (2016). Descent of Maitreya Buddha and his Enlightenment, (Taishō Volume 14, Number 454), Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai.; Mipham, Jamgon; Maitreya; Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2021). Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham. Snow Lion. ISBN 978-1-55939-501-4.; Hurvitz, Leon. 1976. Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Kato, Bunno. 1971. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: Innumerable Meanings, The Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, and Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. Tokyo:  Kosei Publishing Company.; Kern, H. 1884. 1963. Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka or The Lotus of the True Law. London:  New York:  Clarendon Press. Dover Publications. The Sacred Books of the East, Volume XXI; Kubo, Tsugunari and Akira Yuyama. 1993. The Lotus Sutra: The White Lotus of the Marvelous Law. Tokyo and Berkeley:  Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.; Murano, Senchū. 1974. 1991. The Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma. Tokyo:  Nichiren Shu Shimbun.; Reeves, Gene. 2008. The Lotus Sutra. Boston:  Wisdom Publications.; Soothill, W.E. 1930. The Lotus of the Wonderful Law or The Lotus Gospel: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra, Miao-fa Lien Hua Ching. Oxford:  Clarendon Press.; Watson, Burton. 1993. The Lotus Sutra. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Kitagawa, Joseph M. “The Career of Maitreya, with Special Reference to Japan.” History of Religions 21, no. 2 (1981): 107–25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062220.; McBride, Richard D. “The Cult of Maitreya.” In Domesticating the Dharma: Buddhist Cults and the Hwaom Synthesis in Silla Korea, 33–61. University of Hawai’i Press, 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wqmqr.7.; Gold, Jonathan C. “VASUBANDHU’S YOGĀCĀRA: Enshrining the Causal Line in the Three Natures.” In Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu’s Unifying Buddhist Philosophy, 128–75. Columbia University Press, 2015. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/gold16826.9.; https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/miroku.shtml

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Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 1 - A monk asked Zhàozhōu, "Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?" Zhaozhou said, "Wú".

Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy. 

Resources: 

Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2

Episode 16 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/How-does-Buddhism-deal-with-death-e1ctvsh

Episode 22 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-the-different-realms-of-Samsara-e1fkesr

Episode 25 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/How-does-one-remember-their-past-lives-in-Buddhism-e1gb39i

Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl

Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

Episode 35 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Buddhist-cosmology-e1kahu4

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 6 - Hello and welcome to a different kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are discussing the assassination of Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe. This is a shocking historical event that has rocked Japan and its allies, and we are here to discuss some of what is known about the assassination, what it means for Japanese politics and society, and who Shinzo Abe was. As this is some people's first foray into Japanese culture and politics, we take the chance to discuss some of the culture around Japanese politics and society and how it will likely change going forward. We hope you enjoy!

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Bright on Buddhism - Guest Appearance - Rebecca Stover

Disclaimer: Nick's audio is very low quality due to some technical difficulties. We apologize. 

This week, Bright on Buddhism welcomes our 3rd special guest, Rebecca Stover! Rebecca is an MA student in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in the curation of Buddhist materials for Western, English-speaking audiences. She has travelled to India, where she spent a week as a Buddhist nun, as well as where she made several pilgrimages to important Buddhist sites, and she has also lived in Japan for a brief period. She has studied Japanese Buddhism and Indian Buddhist commentarial literature, such as that of Nagarjuna. In today's conversation, we discuss these experiences in depth. We hope you enjoy!

Resources: 

https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=983579

https://guides.library.illinois.edu/buddhism

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 35 - What is Buddhist cosmology? How does that play out in ritual and practice? How does it change over time? 

Resources: Mahathero, Punnadhammo. The Buddhist Cosmos: A Comprehensive Survey of the Early Buddhist Worldview; According to Theravāda and Sarvāstivāda Sources. Independently published, 2018.; Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide

Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism

Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Bhattacharya, Vidhushekhara (1943), Gauḍapādakārikā, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; Boruah, Bijoy H. (2000), Atman in Śūnyatā and the Śūnyatā of Atman, South Asia Seminar, University of Texas at Austin.; Bronkhorst, Johannes (2009), Buddhist Teaching in India, Wisdom Publications; Walser, Joseph (2018), Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power and the Question of Origin, New York: Routledge; Streng, Frederick. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1967.; Victor Sogen Hori: Zen Sand; Dogen: Shobogenzo; BDK: Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Website https://www.bdk.or.jp/english/; Sharf, Robert (2014). "Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan" (PDF). Philosophy East and West. 64 (4): 933–964. doi:10.1353/pew.2014.0074. ISSN 0031-8221. S2CID 144208166; Williams, Paul; Tribe, Anthony (2000). Buddhist Thought: a Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-20700-2.; Bhikkhu Anālayo (2018). Rebirth in early Buddhism & current research: With forewords by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bhante Gunaratna. Somerville, MA, USA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429446-7.; Dogen, ‘The Flowering of the Dharma Sets the Dharma’s Flowering in Motion' (Hokke ten Hokke); “Saichō and Mount Hiei,” Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 1: 123-152.  Hazama, Jikō. "The Characteristics of Japanese Tendai." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 14, no. 2/3 (1987): 101-12. Endō, Asai. "The "Lotus Sutra" as the Core of Japanese Buddhism: Shifts in Representations of Its Fundamental Principle." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 41, no. 1 (2014): 45-64.; Paul Groner, Saichō: The Establishment of the Tendai School, Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2000.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.

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Bright on Buddhism - Rhinoceros Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss the Khaggavisana Sutta, also known as the Rhinoceros Sutra.

Resources: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_3.html; Rahula, Walpola; Asanga (2001). Abhidharma Samuccaya: The Compendium of Higher Teaching. Jain Publishing Company. pp. 199–200. ISBN 978-0895819413.; Salomon, Richard G.; Glass, Andrew (2000). A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra: British Library Kharoṣṭhī Fragment 5B. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98035-5.; Thanissaro Bhikkhu (1997). "Sutta Nipata I.3, Khaggavisana Sutta: A Rhinoceros Horn". Retrieved April 14, 2015.; Jones, DT (2014). "Like the Rhinoceros, or Like Its Horn? The Problem of Khaggavisāṇa Revisited". Buddhist Studies Review. 31 (2): 165–178. doi:10.1558/bsrv.v31i2.165. S2CID 56273378.; Norman, KR (1996). "Solitary as Rhinoceros Horn". Buddhist Studies Review. 13 (2): 133–142. doi:10.1558/bsrv.v13.i2.8762

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 5 - Hello and welcome to a different kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are talking about the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. We abhor this hateful, small-minded, theocratic, and ignorant decision made by the US Supreme Court. This event casts a pall on all of us, and we hope to see women's rights restored, supported, and codified in the US. Let's hope for brighter days in the future. 

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The Mahaparinibbana Sutta - Join us as we read and discuss the  Mahaparinibbana Sutta

Resources: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html; https://suttacentral.net/dn16/?view=normal; Blum, Mark. “Death.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Vol. 1. Edited by Robert E. Buswell Jr., (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 203-210.; Cuevas, Bryan J., and Jacqueline Stone, eds.The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses and Representations, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007); Walshe, Maurice, trans. “The Great Passing,” (Mahaparinibbana Sutta), in Thus Have I Heard. The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya), 231-277 Strong, John. “The Buddha’s Funeral,” In The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses and Representations, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007), pp. 32-59. Reference: Bechert, Heinz. "Buddha, Life of the." In Encyclopedia of Buddhism, edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr., Vol. 1. (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004), pp. 82-88.; Jacqueline Stone, Right Thoughts at the Last Moment, (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016); Mariko Namba. “The Structure of Japanese Buddhist Funerals.” In Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009), pp. 247-285; 

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 34 - Who is King Yama? Where does he come from? How does he fit into the system of karma and reincarnation?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide;Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Robert Buswell, Encyclopedia of Buddhism - Folk Religion; Dharmapala; WAYMAN, ALEX. “STUDIES IN YAMA AND MĀRA.” Indo-Iranian Journal 3, no. 1 (1959): 44–73. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24648529.; GANANY, NOGA. “Baogong as King Yama in the Literature and Religious Worship of Late-Imperial China.” Asia Major 28, no. 2 (2015): 39–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44743319.; Faure, Bernard. “Indic Influences on Chinese Mythology: King Yama and His Acolytes as Gods of Destiny.” In India in the Chinese Imagination: Myth, Religion, and Thought, edited by JOHN KIESCHNICK and MEIR SHAHAR, 46–60. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjkt5.6.; Kalsang, Ladrang (1996). The Guardian Deities of Tibet Delhi: Winsome Books. (Third Reprint 2003) ISBN 81-88043-04-4.; Linrothe, Rob (1999). Ruthless Compassion: Wrathful Deities in Early Indo-Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Art London: Serindia Publications. ISBN 0-906026-51-2.; De Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene (1956). Oracles and Demons of Tibet. Oxford University Press. Reprint Delhi: Books Faith, 1996 - ISBN 81-7303-039-1. Reprint Delhi: Paljor Publications, 2002 - ISBN 81-86230-12-2.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 33 - What is emptiness? What are the different definitions of this word? How does the definition change over time?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Bhattacharya, Vidhushekhara (1943), Gauḍapādakārikā, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; Boruah, Bijoy H. (2000), Atman in Śūnyatā and the Śūnyatā of Atman, South Asia Seminar, University of Texas at Austin.; Bronkhorst, Johannes (2009), Buddhist Teaching in India, Wisdom Publications; Comans, Michael (2000), The Method of Early Advaita Vedānta: A Study of Gauḍapāda, Śaṅkara, Sureśvara, and Padmapāda, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass; Jackson, Roger R. (1993), Is Enlightenment Possible?, Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 1-55939-010-7; Hopkins, Jeffrey (2006), Mountain Doctrine: Tibet's Fundamental Treatise on Other-Emptiness and the Buddha Matrix, London: Snow Lion; Kalupahana, David J. (1994), A history of Buddhist philosophy, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited; Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Rimpoche. Progressive Stages Of Meditation On Emptiness, ISBN 0-9511477-0-6; Walser, Joseph (2018), Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power and the Question of Origin, New York: Routledge; Bhikkhu, Thanissaro (trans.) (1997a), Cula-suñña Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 121, The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness, Access to Insight, archived from the original on December 14, 2004.; Bhikkhu, Thanissaro (trans.) (1997b), Maha-suññata Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 122, The Greater Discourse on Emptiness, Access to Insight.; Bhikkhu, Thanissaro (trans.) (1997c), Phena Sutta, Samyutta Nikaya XXII.95, Foam, Access to Insight, archived from the original on October 13, 2017.; Bhikkhu, Thanissaro (trans.) (1997d), SN 35.85, Suñña Sutta, Empty, Access to Insight; Hurvitz, Leon (trans.) (1976), Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma (The Lotus Sutra), Columbia University Press; Yamamoto, Kosho (trans.); Page, Tony, editor (1999–2000), The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 32 - What are kōans? What is the doctrine behind them? How are they used?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; Hori, Victor Sogen and Hori, Victor Sogen. Zen Sand: The Book of Capping Phrases for Koan Practice. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824865672; Aitken, Robert Baker (1991). The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-Men Kuan (Mumonkan). New York: North Point Press/Farrar.; Besserman, Perle; Steger, Manfred (2011). Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers. Wisdom Publications.; Bodiford, William M. (1993). Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press.; Foulk, T. Griffith (2000). The form and function of kōan literature. A historical overview. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds.)(2000), The Kōan. Texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism. Oxford University Press.; Griffith Foulk, T. (2000). The Form and Function of Koan Literature. A Historical Overview. In: "The Kōan. Texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism", Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.; Shields, Leland E. “Zen Koans as Myths Reflecting Individuation.” Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche 4, no. 4 (2010): 65–77. https://doi.org/10.1525/jung.2010.4.4.65.; Heine, Steven. “Kōans in the Dōgen Tradition: How and Why Dōgen Does What He Does with Kōans.” Philosophy East and West 54, no. 1 (2004): 1–19. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399859.; Barry Stephenson. “The Kōan as Ritual Performance.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 73, no. 2 (2005): 475–96. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4139806.; VAN SCHAIK, SAM. The Spirit of Zen. Yale University Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8jnzg7.; HEINE, STEVEN. Zen Koans. University of Hawai’i Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13x1jvp.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 31 - What are some notable Buddhist cults? What do they believe? How can one tell if an organization is a cult or not?

Resources: https://cult-escape.com/; Pearce, Thomas H. “Tenchi Seikyō: A Messianic Buddhist Cult.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 21, no. 4 (1994): 407–24. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30234142.; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/sexual-assaults-violent-rages-inside-dark-world-buddhist-teacher/; https://www.rigpa.org/independent-investigation-report; https://www.hudgellsolicitors.co.uk/news/abuse/rigpa-investigation-highlights-the-risk-of-unchallenged-ongoing-abuse-within-religious-groups/; https://thewalrus.ca/survivors-of-an-international-buddhist-cult-share-their-stories/; https://lithub.com/my-life-in-a-buddhist-cult-with-the-master/; https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-japanese-cult-leader-hrioaki-jay-aeb-b1808229.html; https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-leader-of-magical-cult-that-channels-ghost-of-trump-speaking-at-cpac; Astley, Trevor. “The Transformation of a Recent Japanese New Religion: Ōkawa Ryūhō and Kōfuku No Kagaku.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 22, no. 3/4 (1995): 343–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30234459.; Winter, Franz. “A ‘Greek God’ in a Japanese New Religion: On Hermes in Kōfuku-No-Kagaku.” Numen 60, no. 4 (2013): 420–46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24644729.; Hotaka, Tsukada. “Cultural Nationalism in Japanese Neo-New Religions: A Comparative Study of Mahikari and Kōfuku No Kagaku.” Monumenta Nipponica 67, no. 1 (2012): 133–57. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41686621.; McLaughlin, Levi. “Did Aum Change Everything? What Soka Gakkai Before, During, and After the Aum Shinrikyō Affair Tells Us About the Persistent ‘Otherness’ of New Religions in Japan.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 39, no. 1 (2012): 51–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41495889.; Cornille, Catherine. “Nationalism in New Japanese Religions.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 2, no. 2 (1999): 228–44. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.228.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 30 - How does one get started learning about Buddhism? How can you tell if the sources you are looking at are unreliable? How does one become a Buddhist?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008.; https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/The-Dhammacakkappavattana-Sutta---The-First-Sermon-e1a97s3

Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta Translations:

First Sermon Bhikku Bodhi Translation: https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/bodhi; First Sermon Ñanamoli Thera Translation:https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.harv.html; First Sermon Piyadassi Thera Translation: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.nymo.html; First Sermon Thanissaro Bhikkhu Translation: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html; First Sermon Peter Harvey Translation: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html

Books by Thich Nhat Hanh:

Being Peace, Parallax Press, 1987, ISBN 0-938077-00-7; Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment, Parallax Press, 2007, ISBN 1-888375-75-2; Cultivating The Mind Of Love, Full Circle, 1996, ISBN 81-216-0676-4; The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now, HarperOne, 2017, ISBN 978-0062434661; The Art of Power, HarperOne, 2007, ISBN 0-06-124234-9; The Blooming of a Lotus, Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 9780807012383; Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice, Harmony, 1994, ISBN 978-0-385-47561-7; The Miracle of Mindfulness, Rider Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0-7126-4787-8

Books by DT Suzuki:

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, Kyoto: Eastern Buddhist Soc. 1934. Republished with foreword by C.G. Jung, London: Rider & Company, 1948.; The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk, Kyoto: Eastern Buddhist Soc. 1934. New York: University Books, 1959. This work covers a "description of the Meditation Hall and its life".; Manual of Zen Buddhism, Kyoto: Eastern Buddhist Soc. 1935. London: Rider & Company, 1950, 1956. New York: Random House, 1960 and subsequent editions.; The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind, London: Rider & Company, 1949. York Beach, Maine: Red Wheel/Weiser 1972, ISBN 0-87728-182-3.; Living by Zen. London: Rider & Company, 1949.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 29 - What does "poa" actually mean? Why is it important? How has the understanding of this term changed over time?

Resources :Bayer, Achim. “From Transference to Transformation: Levels of Understanding in Tibetan ‘Ars Moriendi.’” The Eastern Buddhist 44, no. 1 (2013): 77–96. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44362527.; Halkias, Georgios T. “Tantric Transfer in Sukhāvatī.” In Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet, 139–63. University of Hawai’i Press, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wqg95.13.; Halkias, Georgios T. “Visions of the Pure Land from the Mind Treasury of Namchö Migyur Dorje.” In Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology, edited by Georgios T. Halkias and Richard K. Payne, 139–54. University of Hawai’i Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv7r42sn.10.; Halkias, Georgios T. Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet. University of Hawai’i Press, 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wqg95.; Inoue, Nobutaka. “Modern New Religions’ Responses to Globalization in a Post-Modern World.” In Globalizing Asian Religions: Management and Marketing, edited by Wendy Smith, Hirochika Nakamaki, Louella Matsunaga, and Tamasin Ramsay, 357–68. Amsterdam University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvdmwxmr.20.; Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhisml; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 4 - Hello and welcome to a new kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are talking about the growing wave of hate-driven laws in the US. Bright on Buddhism has pledged to match up to $500 in donations to activism groups which are pro-LGBTQ, pro-women, and pro-human rights and seek to stop these laws from being passed at all levels of government. 

Resources:

The original tweet 

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 28 - Who is Samantabhadra/Puxian/Fugen? What are some stories about Samantabhadra/Puxian/Fugen? What sort of devotional texts/rituals are there for Samantabhadra/Puxian/Fugen?

Resources: https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/fugen.shtml; Kato, Bunno (1993). The Threefold Lotus Sutra. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Company. p. 348. ISBN 4333002087.Archive index at the Wayback Machine; Niwano, Nikkyo (1976), Buddhism For Today: A Modern Interpretation of the Threefold Lotus Sutra, Tōkyō: Kōsei Publishing Co., ISBN 4-333-00270-2, archived from the original on July 22, 2013; The Lotus sutra : and its opening and closing sutras. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai. 2009. ISBN 978-4-412-01409-1. OCLC 430950778.; https://archive.org/details/SamantabhadraInternetResourcesOnTheBodhisattvaUniversalWorthy; http://www.lankalibrary.com/; Lopez, Donald S. The Lotus Sūtra: A Biography. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016; Teiser, Stephen F., and Jacqueline I. Stone, eds. Readings of the Lotus Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.; Lopez, Donald S., and Jacqueline I. Stone. Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra. Princeton University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvfjczvz.; Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.

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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 90 - What is the difference between exoteric and esoteric teachings? Where does this classification come from and why? How ought we understand this division?

Resources: Davidson, Ronald M. (2002). Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement. Columbia University Press; Duckworth, Douglas (2015). "Tibetan Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna". In Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.). A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-14466-3.; Bowring, Richard (2008). The Religious Traditions of Japan: 500–1600. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.; BDK (2015), Esoteric Texts, Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai America Incorporated.; Hakeda, Yoshito S., transl. (1972). Kukai: Major Works, Translated, With an Account of His Life and a Study of His Thought, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-03627-2.; Matsunaga, Daigan; and Matsunaga, Alicia (1974). Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. I and II: The Aristocratic Age. Buddhist Books International, Los Angeles und Tokio. ISBN 0-914910-25-6.; Kiyota, Minoru (1978). Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice. Los Angeles/Tokyo: Buddhist Books International; Orzech, Charles D; Sorensen, Henrik Hjort; Payne, Richard Karl (2011). Esoteric Buddhism and the tantras in East Asia. Leiden; Boston: Brill. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004184916.i-1200. ISBN 978-90-04-20401-0. OCLC 731667667.; Yamasaki, Taiko (1988). Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Boston/London: Shambala Publications.

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Bright On Buddhism - Buddhish Episode 3 Hello and welcome to a new kind of episode of Bright on Buddhism called "Buddhish"! These episodes are unscripted, untimed, and unedited. Note that we're speaking less formally here and explicit language used. Listener discretion advised!

Today, we are talking about the growing wave of hate-driven anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ laws in the US. Bright on Buddhism has pledged to match up to $500 in donations to activism groups which are pro-LGBTQ and seek to stop these laws from being passed at all levels of government. LGBTQ rights are human rights! 

Resources:

The original tweet 

Freedom for All Americans - track anti LGBTQ+ legislation

LGBTQ+ Organizations you need to know

The Equity Alliance 

Southerners on New Ground

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The Contemplation Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss the Contemplation Sutra

Resources: Inagaki, Hisao, trans.  The Sutra on the Visualization of the Buddha of Infinite Life Delivered by Sakyamuni Buddha.  BDK English Tripitaka Series.   (Berkeley:  Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2004), pp. 63-87.; The Three Pure Land Sutras, translated by Inagaki Hisao, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2003.; Fujita, Kotatsu. “The Textual Origins of the Kuan wu-liang-shou fo ching.” In Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha, edited by Robert Buswell, Jr., 149-173. Honolulu:  University of Hawaii Press, 1990.  "Discourse on the Pure Land (浄土論)." (Vasubandhu's Commentary on the Pure Land from the extant Chinese text)  Trans. by David Matsumoto, Pacific World Journal, Third Series, 17 (2015) 23–42.; Pas, Julian.  Visions of Sukhavati: Shandao's commentary on the Kuan Wuliangshou-fo ching. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.  Payne, Richard. “The Five Contemplative Gates of Vasubandhu’s Rebirth Treatise as a Ritualized Visualization Practice,” in The Pure Land: History and Development, eds. James Foard, Michael Solomon, and Richard Payne (Berkeley: Regents of the University of California, 1996), 233–266. Tanaka, Kenneth K. The Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan’s Commentary on the “Visualization Sutra.” Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990.  Yamabe, Nobuyoshi. “The Sūtra on the Ocean-Like Samādhi of the Visualization of the Buddha: The Interfusion of the Chinese and Indian Cultures in Central Asia as Reflected in a Fifth Century Apocryphal Sūtra.” PhD diss., Yale University, 1999.; Paul Williams, “Trust, Self-Abandonment, and Devotion: the cults of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,” in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Doctrinal Foundations (Routledge, 2008), pp. 209-218. ; Fujita, Kōtatsu. “Pure Land Buddhism in India.” In The Pure Land Tradition: History and Development. Translated by Taitetsu Unno. Edited by James Foard,  Michael Solomon, and Richard K. Payne, 1–36. Berkeley: Regents of the University of California, 1996.; “Recollection of the Buddha,” in Chapter Seven of the Visuddhimagga: The Path of  Purification. Trans.  Bhikkhu Ñanamoli. (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 2010), pp. 186-209.; Harrison, Paul. “Buddhānusmriti in the Pratyutpanna-buddha sammukhāvasthita-samādhi sutra.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 6 (1978): 35-57.; Harrison, Paul; McRae, John, trans. The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sutra, Berkeley, Calif.: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1998.  Banzhou sanmei jing (佛說般舟三昧經): Earliest Chinese Translation of the Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhâvasthita-samādhi-sūtra, CBETA.; Harrison, Paul. 1998. “Women in the Pure Land: Some Reflections on the Textual Sources.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 26 (6): 553-572.; James, Dobbins, “Women, Sexuality, and Pure Land Buddhism,” in Letters of Eshnni:  Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan, (Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2004), pp. 74-106.; Starling, Jessica. “Neither Nun nor Laywoman: The Good Wives and Wise Mothers of Jōdo Shinshū Temples.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 40, no. 2 (2013): 277–301.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 26 - How does Buddhism perceive friendships and romantic relationships? How does this relate to non-attachment? How does one maintain these relationships and follow the precepts?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; Rick Hanson: Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. New Harbinger Publications (2009); Stephen Batchelor: After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. Yale University Press (2017); 

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 25 - What does the canon say about people who claim to remember their past lives or parts of them? How does one come to remember past lives? What does Buddhism say about groups of people whose karma is so intertwined they continue to find each other across multiple reincarnations?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika) ; Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973. ; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; Polak, Grzegorz (2011). Reexamining Jhana: Towards a Critical Reconstruction of Early Buddhist Soteriology. UMCS.; Sharf, Robert (2014). "Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan" (PDF). Philosophy East and West. 64 (4): 933–964. doi:10.1353/pew.2014.0074. ISSN 0031-8221. S2CID 144208166; Williams, Paul; Tribe, Anthony (2000). Buddhist Thought: a Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-20700-2.; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1993), The Two Traditions Of Meditation In Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.; Bhikkhu Anālayo (2018). Rebirth in early Buddhism & current research: With forewords by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bhante Gunaratna. Somerville, MA, USA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429446-7.; Anderson, Carol (1999). Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-81332-0.; Davidson, Ronald M. (2003), Indian Esoteric Buddhism, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-12618-2; Gombrich, Richard F (1997). How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-19639-5.; Harvey, Graham (2016), Religions in Focus: New Approaches to Tradition and Contemporary Practices, Routledge; Kalupahana, David J. (1992), A history of Buddhist philosophy, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited; Ruseva, Gergana, On The Notions of Memory in Buddhism.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 24 - What is the meaning of the word mantra? What are the different understandings of this word in Buddhism? What are some of the most famous mantras and their function?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; Abe, Ryūichi (1999), The weaving of mantra: Kukai and the construction of esoteric Buddhist discourse, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 978-0231112864; Conze, Edward (2003), Buddhism: Its Essence and Development, Dover Publications, ISBN 978-0486430959; Durgananda, Swami. Meditation Revolution. (Agama Press, 1997). ISBN 0-9654096-0-0; Vishnu-Devananda, Swami (1981), Meditation and Mantras, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN 81-208-1615-3

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 23 - How does Buddhism deal with the issue of destiny and fate? How much control does one have over destiny and fate? How does karma affect how much agency we have in our lives?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1998), "Did the Buddha Believe in Karma and Rebirth?", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 21 (1): 1–20; Burke, Erin (2003), "Karmic Calculations: The Social Implications of Karmic Causality in Tibet", Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research at the College of Charleston, Volume 2, 2003; Dowling, Thomas L. (2006), "Karma Doctrine and Sectarian Development", in Narain, A.K. (ed.), Studies in Pali and Buddhism: A Memorial Volume in Honour of Bhikku Jagdish Kashyap, B.R. Publishing Corporation; Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press; Goodman, Steven D. (1992), "Situational Patterning: Pratītyasamutpāda", in Tarthang Tulku (ed.), Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments, Crystal Mirror Series I-III, Dharma Publishing; arvey, Brian Peter (2000), An Introduction to Buddhist ethics: Foundations, Values, and Issues, Routledge, ISBN 0-521-55640-6; Kalupahana, David (1975), Causality: The Central Philosophy of Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press; Kalupahana, David J. (1992), The Principles of Buddhist Psychology, Delhi: ri Satguru Publications; Kalupahana, David (1995), Ethics in Early Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press; Keown, Damien (2000), Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Kindle Editiom; Klostermaier, Klaus K. (1986), "Contemporary Conceptions of Karma and Rebirth Among North Indian Vaisnavas", in Neufeldt, Ronald W. (ed.), Karma and Rebirth: Post-classical Developments, Sri Satguru Publications; Kopf, Gereon (2001), Beyond Personal Identity: Dōgen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-self, Psychology Press; Kragh, Ulrich Timme (2006), Early Buddhist Theories of Action and Result: A Study of Karmaphalasambandha, Candrakirti's Prasannapada, verses 17.1-20, Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, ISBN 3-902501-03-0; Lamotte, Etienne (1987), Karmasiddhi Prakarana: The Treatise on Action by Vasubandhu, Asian Humanities Press; Lusthaus, Dan (2002), Buddhist Phenomenology: A philosophical Investigation of Yogācāra Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih lun, RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 0-415-40610-2; Macy, Joanna (1991), Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems, SUNY

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 22 - What are the different realms of Samsara? What are their native inhabitants like? What happens when they die?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1998), "Did the Buddha Believe in Karma and Rebirth?", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 21 (1): 1–20; Burke, Erin (2003), "Karmic Calculations: The Social Implications of Karmic Causality in Tibet", Chrestomathy: Annual Review of Undergraduate Research at the College of Charleston, Volume 2, 2003; Dowling, Thomas L. (2006), "Karma Doctrine and Sectarian Development", in Narain, A.K. (ed.), Studies in Pali and Buddhism: A Memorial Volume in Honour of Bhikku Jagdish Kashyap, B.R. Publishing Corporation; Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press; Goodman, Steven D. (1992), "Situational Patterning: Pratītyasamutpāda", in Tarthang Tulku (ed.), Karma and Rebirth: Post Classical Developments, Crystal Mirror Series I-III, Dharma Publishing; Harvey, Brian Peter (2000), An Introduction to Buddhist ethics: Foundations, Values, and Issues, Routledge, ISBN 0-521-55640-6; Kalupahana, David (1975), Causality: The Central Philosophy of Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press; Kalupahana, David J. (1992), The Principles of Buddhist Psychology, Delhi: ri Satguru Publications; Kalupahana, David (1995), Ethics in Early Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press; Keown, Damien (2000), Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Kindle Edition; Klostermaier, Klaus K. (1986), "Contemporary Conceptions of Karma and Rebirth Among North Indian Vaisnavas", in Neufeldt, Ronald W. (ed.), Karma and Rebirth: Post-classical Developments, Sri Satguru Publications; Kopf, Gereon (2001), Beyond Personal Identity: Dōgen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-self, Psychology Press; Kragh, Ulrich Timme (2006), Early Buddhist Theories of Action and Result: A Study of Karmaphalasambandha, Candrakirti's Prasannapada, verses 17.1-20, Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, ISBN 3-902501-03-0; Lamotte, Etienne (1987), Karmasiddhi Prakarana: The Treatise on Action by Vasubandhu, Asian Humanities Press; Lusthaus, Dan (2002), Buddhist Phenomenology: A philosophical Investigation of Yogācāra Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih lun, RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 0-415-40610-2; Macy, Joanna (1991), Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems, SUNY

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 21 - What is common Buddhist temple etiquette? What is the doctrinal foundation for this etiquette? How is this etiquette different between different schools of Buddhism?

Resources Yun, Venerable Master Hsing. "Visiting a Buddhist Temple." (2015): 30.; https://www.travelpulse.com/opinions/blog/9-things-you-need-to-know-before-visiting-buddhist-temples.html; https://www.buddhistchurch.org/easy-guide-temple-etiquette; https://mbtchicago.org/about-the-temple/temple-etiquette/; Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; Streng, Frederick. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning.

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The Diamond Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss the Diamond Sutra

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Watson, Burton. “The Diamond Sutra.” The Eastern Buddhist, vol. 41, no. 1, Eastern Buddhist Society, 2010, pp. 67–100, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26289589.; https://web.archive.org/web/20140520233206/http://www.buddhisttexts.org/uploads/6/3/3/1/6331706/_vajra_prajna_paramita_sutra.pdf; https://archive.org/details/cu31924022914588/mode/2up?view=theater

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Bright on Buddhism - Guest Appearance - Ji Hye Robinson

This week, Bright on Buddhism welcomes our second special guest, Ji Hye Robinson! Ji Hye is an MA student in the UIUC Religion department, and she specializes in Korean Buddhism and shamanism! In today's conversation, we talk in detail about Korean Buddhism, modern understandings of Buddhism, and everyday spirituality! We hope you enjoy.

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Bright on Buddhism - Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three - Part Two

Resources: https://www.bdkamerica.org/product/two-esoteric-sutras/; Bentor, Yael, and Meir Shahar, eds. Chinese and Tibetan esoteric Buddhism. Leiden ; Brill, 2017.; Orzech, Charles D., Henrik Hjort. Sorensen, and Richard Karl. Payne. Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia. Leiden ; Brill, 2011.; Goble, Geoffrey C. Chinese Esoteric Buddhism : Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2019.; Yamasaki, Taikō, Yasuyoshi. Morimoto, David Kidd, and Taikō Yamasaki. Shingon : Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1988.; Xie, Shiwei. Dao mi fa yuan : Dao jiao yu mi jiao zhi wen hua yan jiu = Syncretic traditions of Daoism and Esoteric Buddhism : a study on Daoist and Esoteric Buddhist cultures. Chu ban. Taibei Shi: Xin wen feng chu ban gu fen you xian gong si, 2018.; Sawa, Ryūken. Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. [1st English ed.]. Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1972.; Proffitt, Aaron P., and Dōhan. Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2023.; Takata, Osamu, Terukazu Akiyama, and Taka Yanagisawa. Takao Mandara : Bijutsu Kenkyūjo hōkoku = Report of the Institute of Art Research ... The oldest Mandala paintings of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1967.; Rambelli, Fabio. A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics : Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. London ; Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2013.; Chen, Jinhua. Legend and Legitimation : The Formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan. Bruxelles: Institut belge des hautes études chinoises, 2009.

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Bright on Buddhism Episode 20 - Does Buddhism (or different Buddhisms) have an opinion on transgender or nonbinary identities, historically or in the present? How is gender identity thought to interact with reincarnation, if at all? How is this issue dealt with in the modern era?

Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Women; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; Streng, Frederick. Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1967.; Cabezón, José Ignacio, ed. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.; Gross, Rita M. Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993.; Kajiyama, Yuichi. “Women in Buddhism.” Eastern Buddhist n.s. 15.2 (1982): 53–70.; Paul, Diana Y. Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in Mahāyāna Tradition. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1979.

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Bright on Buddhism - Nirvana Day

Happy Nirvana Day! Welcome to a special holiday episode about the Nirvana Day celebrated this year on February 15, 2022.

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Bright on Buddhism - Guest Appearance - Turner Rives

This week, Bright on Buddhism welcomes our first special guest, Turner Rives! Turner is an MA student in the UIUC Religion department, and he specializes in Chinese Yogacara Buddhism! In today's conversation, we talk in detail about the origins and the central doctrines of Yogacara in China! We hope you enjoy. 

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