The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part four of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku

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The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part three of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku

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The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part two of six – audio) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011 RyÅ«koku

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The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six-audio)

The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition (part one of six – audio only) by Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, RyÅ«koku University, Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese with live English translation. This is a six part series covering the 2011

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Shinran’s Devotional Hymn of Prince Shotoku: Kōtaishi Shōtoku hōsan (audio version)

The Fall 2010 Numata Lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Studies was delivered by Prof. Kenneth Lee of the California State University, Northridge. Prof. Lee discussed Shinran Shonin’s wasan, the Kōtaishi Shōtoku hōsan in devotion to Prince Shotoku, revered as the founder of Buddhism in Japan.

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Red Book Dialogue featuring Jack Kornfield and Dyane Sherwood (audio only)

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jung’s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with

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Red Book Dialogue between Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Richard Stein (audio version)

Enter into an exploration of C.G. Jung’s personal transformation as recorded in the Red Book and viewed from Buddhist perspectives. To learn what the Red Book may mean to us know, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, together with

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How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond

The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the full video version of Prof. Dalton’s talk. The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhāraṇīs, both sÅ«tras

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Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part six of six)

This is part six of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious

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Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part five of six)

This is part five of a six part series. Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer. Dr. Hirota’s topic was “Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious

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