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Temple Tales Newsletter and Podcast

James Baquet AKA The Temple Guy

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Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 25

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

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09/06/2026
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08/06/2026
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🇫🇷 France - Buddhism
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Ep. 100: The Temple of the Sleeping Dragon (8:05 min)

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 • Duration

In the splendor that is Xi'an, Wolong Temple barely registers on most itineraries. Yet, it's called "the oldest temple in Shaanxi Province"! Let's take a look in this landmark 100th episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-100-temple-of-sleeping-dragon-805-min.html#more

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Ep. 099: The Temple of the Warring Monks (11:47 min)

Friday, October 16, 2020 • Duration

Let's look at a place that was once headquarters for an army of warring monks, Mii-dera on the shores of Lake Biwa and--more significantly--at the base of Mount Hiei, in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-099-temple-of-warring-monks-1147-min.html#more

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Ep. 098: A Touch of Tibet in Old Chang'an (14:45)

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 • Duration

Four days after returning from the first leg of my "Chinese Pilgrimage," I was standing in front of the Terracotta Army, one of China's highest-rated tourist destinations. In just three days we would visit this as well as four temples from my list. Come visit the first one in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-098-touch-of-tibet-in-old-changan.html#more

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Ep. 097: Stone Mountain Temple (9:51 min)

Friday, October 9, 2020 • Duration

I have been twice to beautiful Ishiyama-dera, Shiga Prefecture's "Stone Mountain Temple." Learn about both visits in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-097-stone-mountain-temple-951-min.html#more

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Ep. 096: The Temple of the Jade Buddha (5:38 min)

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 • Duration

Jade Buddha Temple, the last temple I saw in Shanghai, is the home of several magnificent (you guessed it) jade Buddhas. Let's visit them in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-096-temple-of-jade-buddha.html#more

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Ep. 095: The Temple among the Rocks (7:58 min)

Friday, October 2, 2020 • Duration

Another temple, another mountain. Iwama-dera (also called Shoho-ji, meaning "Correct Dharma Temple") is located at an altitude of 1280 feet, which accounts for the misty atmosphere on the January day in 2001 when I visited. Come and see in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/10/ep-095-temple-among-rocks.html#more

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Ep. 094: Shanghai's Temple of Tranquility and Peace (8:56 min)

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 • Duration

Check out the changes wrought at Shanghai's Jing'an Temple--the Temple of Tranquility and Peace--in the two-and-a-half short years between my visits in August of 2009 and again in January of 2012, in this episode of--

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FULL Show Notes at Substack https://newsletter.thetempleguy.org/2020/09/ep-094-shanghais-temple-of-tranquility.html#more

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Ep. 093: The Upper Ghee Temple (11:38 min)

Friday, September 25, 2020 • Duration

When you visit Daigo-ji in Kyoto, you get two--or even three--temples for the effort of one. Find out what I'm talking about in this episode of--

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Ep. 092: Yuanming Lecture Hall (7:43 min)

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 • Duration

When is a temple not a temple? When it's an office building in the parking lot of a hotel! You'll see what I mean when we visit the Yuanming Lecture Hall in this episode of--

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Ep. 091: Uji's Mimuroto-ji and Byodo-in (8:20 min)

Friday, September 18, 2020 • Duration

Sometimes a pretty little temple leaves the visitor with pretty little to say. Nevertheless, for the sake of completeness, let's pay a quick visit to Mimuroto-ji in Uji--and one of its much more famous neighbors--in this episode of--
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