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New Books in Buddhist Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Buddhism about their New BooksSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies

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Meido Moore, "The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice" (Shambhala, 2018)

Meido Moore, "The Rinzai Zen Way: A Guide to Practice" (Shambhala, 2018)

Meido Moore Roshi is the abbot of Korinji monastery in Wisconsin. He studied under three Rinzai Zen masters: Tenzan Toyo... Read more

6 Mar 2019

54mins

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Julia Cassaniti, "Remembering the Present: Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia" (Cornell UP, 2018)

Julia Cassaniti, "Remembering the Present: Mindfulness in Buddhist Asia" (Cornell UP, 2018)

How do you understand mindfulness? Is your understanding limited by your own culture’s definition of what mindfulness is... Read more

12 Aug 2019

1hr 41mins

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Shinshu Roberts, “Being-Time: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji” (Wisdom Publications, 2018)

Shinshu Roberts, “Being-Time: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji” (Wisdom Publications, 2018)

In her new book, Being-Time: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji (Wisdom Publications, 2018), Shinshu Rober... Read more

22 Feb 2018

47mins

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Justin Thomas McDaniel, “The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand” (Columbia University Press, 2011)

Justin Thomas McDaniel, “The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand” (Columbia University Press, 2011)

When most people think of Buddhism they begin to imagine a lone monk in the forest or a serene rock garden. The world of... Read more

7 Dec 2011

1hr 12mins

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Bryan J. Cuevas, “Travels in the Netherworld: Buddhist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet” (Oxford UP, 2008)

Bryan J. Cuevas, “Travels in the Netherworld: Buddhist Popular Narratives of Death and the Afterlife in Tibet” (Oxford UP, 2008)

Today on “New Books in Buddhist Studies” we’ll be going to hell and back with Bryan Cuevas in a discussion of his new bo... Read more

23 Sep 2011

59mins

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Jeff Wilson, “Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South” (UNC Press, 2012)

Jeff Wilson, “Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South” (UNC Press, 2012)

Americanists have long employed a trope of regionalism to better understand American religions, beliefs, and practices. ... Read more

20 Jul 2012

1hr 8mins

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Radhule Weininger, “Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion” (Shambhala, 2017)

Radhule Weininger, “Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion” (Shambhala, 2017)

Dr. Radhule Weininger is a clinical psychologist and meditation teacher who integrates psychodynamic, Jungian and Gestal... Read more

11 Mar 2018

55mins

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Janet Gyatso, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (Columbia University Press, 2015)

Janet Gyatso, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (Columbia University Press, 2015)

Janet Gyatso‘s new book is a masterfully researched, compellingly written, and gorgeously illustrated history of medicin... Read more

18 Dec 2015

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Geoffrey Barstow, "Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet" (Columbia UP, 2018)

Geoffrey Barstow, "Food of Sinful Demons: Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet" (Columbia UP, 2018)

Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals... Read more

1 Oct 2019

1hr 5mins

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Charles B. Jones, "Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice" (U Hawaii Press, 2019)

Charles B. Jones, "Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice" (U Hawaii Press, 2019)

Today’s guest is Charles B. Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the Religion and Culture graduate program in the ... Read more

14 Nov 2019

1hr 14mins

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Sarah H. Jacoby, “Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro” (Columbia UP, 2014)

Sarah H. Jacoby, “Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro” (Columbia UP, 2014)

Sarah H. Jacoby‘s recent monograph, Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Ser... Read more

26 Sep 2015

3mins

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Richard Gombrich, "Buddhism and Pali" (Mud Pie Slices, 2018)

Richard Gombrich, "Buddhism and Pali" (Mud Pie Slices, 2018)

Richard Gombrich's new book, Buddhism and Pali (Mud Pie Slices, 2018), puts the richness of the Pali language on display... Read more

6 Feb 2019

1hr 11mins

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J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019)

J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019)

The things that make people academics -- as deep fascination with some arcane subject, often bordering on obsession, and... Read more

24 Oct 2019

32mins

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Stephen Batchelor, “Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World” (Yale UP, 2017)

Stephen Batchelor, “Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World” (Yale UP, 2017)

As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional ... Read more

22 Oct 2018

1hr 10mins

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Holly Gayley, “Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet” (Columbia UP, 2016)

Holly Gayley, “Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet” (Columbia UP, 2016)

Often when people think of Tibetan Buddhism they have a limited vision of that social reality, perhaps one that imagines... Read more

10 May 2018

55mins

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Reiko Ohnuma, “Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Reiko Ohnuma, “Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Reiko Ohnuma‘s Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2017) is a mast... Read more

20 Mar 2018

53mins

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Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)

Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)

Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician's purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pu... Read more

30 Mar 2020

54mins

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

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

Birth and suffering are deeply linked concepts in Buddhism, and their connection has shaped how the bodies and status of... Read more

27 Feb 2018

59mins

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Jane Iwamura, “Virtual Orientalism: Religion and Popular Culture in the U.S.” Oxford University Press, 2011

Jane Iwamura, “Virtual Orientalism: Religion and Popular Culture in the U.S.” Oxford University Press, 2011

In popular perception, a certain image arises when we imagine eastern religions. Perhaps, we envision a wise old Asian m... Read more

22 Aug 2013

1hr 15mins

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Richard Salomon, "The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhāra: An Introduction with Selected Translation" (Wisdom Publications, 2018)

Richard Salomon, "The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhāra: An Introduction with Selected Translation" (Wisdom Publications, 2018)

In this episode of New Books in Buddhist Studies, Dr. Richard Salomon speaks about his book The Buddhist Literature of A... Read more

1 Mar 2019

58mins

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