Buddhist Books Podcast
An approachable, sometimes humorous, series available on YouTube or any Podcasting platform.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 219 • Cullavagga V - Part 2
It’s the one with the bloodletting and the serpent kingdoms.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 218 • Cullavagga V - Part 1
In which Lord Buddha forbids the use of those little wooden hand-shaped back-scratcher things... wait, they had those back then?
The Platform Sutra - Part 8
In which Edward finishes reading The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen/Chan Buddhism.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 217 • Cullavagga IV - Part 7
In which Edward finishes reading Cullavagga IV.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā - Part 3
In which fuel and fire are like agent and action...?
Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 22
In which Dogen tells the story of the prostitute who put on a nun's robe as a joke, resulting in her eventual enlightenment.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 216 • Cullavagga IV - Part 6
The first Buddhist Books episode recorded at the new place.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 215 • Cullavagga IV - Part 5
In which Edward becomes aware of the existence of the Gandharan Buddhist scriptures they found in Pakistan recently.
Shingon Buddhism • Part 13
The Golden Turtle & The Great Fragrant Milk Ocean
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 214 • Cullavagga IV - Part 4
On sweeping a legal question under the rug (or “covering it with grass”).
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 213 • Cullavagga IV - Part 3
In which Edward celebrates 333 episodes of Buddhist Books Podcast.
The Platform Sutra - Part 7
To be in the Form but not of the Form; to be in the Emptiness but not of the Emptiness.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 212 • Cullavagga IV - Part 2
In which it's only legal if you're actually crazy.
Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 24
In which we meet Shakyadevi the Nepalese, and finish the first of the two volumes of "The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava."
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā - Part 2
In which the emperor’s new debate-bro gish-galloping sophistry is… very nice?
Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 20
It's the one about the robe. Part one of several.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 211 • Cullavagga IV - Part 1
In which a seven-year-old monk attains enlightenment.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 210 • Cullavagga III - Part 6
In which we finish reading Cullavagga III.
Shingon Buddhism • Part 12
A ritual from back in the old days, when there were only five chakras...
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 209 • Cullavagga III - Part 5
In which The Pali Text Society should been given Manatta (discipline) three dots.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 208 • Cullavagga III - Part 4
Wrapping up Probation; Expiration of the Night
The Platform Sutra - Part 6
In Soviet Russia, Dharma Wheel turns you!
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 207 • Cullavagga III - Part 3
In which it's better to commit multiple crimes than just one
Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 23
In which we meet Kālasiddhi, of the town where wool is steeped.
Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 18
In which Zen Master Eihei Dōgen blows our minds (again).
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 206 • Cullavagga III - Part 2
well, at least the section on "intentional emission" had a happy ending
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 205 • Cullavagga III - Part 1
I which the venerable Udayin does what the venerable Udayin does.
Shingon Buddhism • Part 11
A fence to keep... Ganesh... out?
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 204 • Cullavagga II - Part 2
Just wrapping up Cullavagga II real quick.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 203 • Cullavagga II - Part 1
In which it turns out the bad monks can still massage each other, so... at least there's that.
Zen 17: The Platform Sutra 5
It turns out The Kingdom of Heaven and The Western Pure Land may have a few things in common...
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 202 • Cullavagga I - Part 6
In which we finish reading Cullavagga I (in a state of confusion).
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 201 • Cullavagga I - Part 5
In which no one is allowed to massage Homer
Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 16
In which Dogen disses the guy in that Allen Ginsberg poem.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 199 • Cullavagga I - Part 3
In which the protocols for banishment are codified
Shingon Buddhism • Part 10
Perhaps they once used these same Dharma-protecting spikes in India.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 198 • Cullavagga I - Part 2
In which we reconnect with some old friends.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 197 • Cullavagga I - Part 1
In which we begin reading Cullavagga, The Lesser Division.
Zen 15: The Platform Sutra 4
The thieves, the gates, and the different kinds of dust.
Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 196 • Mahāvagga X - Part 4
In which Edward finishes reading Mahavagga, The Great Division.
