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		<title>2010 Commencement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Buddhist Studies&#8217; 2010 Graduation Ceremony was held in Berkeley on May 14, 2010. Graduates included: G. Kenji Akahoshi of San Jose, David Kazuyoshi Fujimoto of Hawaii, Jon Brett Turner of Orange County, and Mutsumi Fujiwara Wondra of Orange County. Ms. Wondra is currently studying at Ryukoku University, Kyoto. Her husband, Mr. Alan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=223</link>
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		<title>How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Spring Numata Lecture was delivered by Jacob Dalton on April 30, 2010. The following episode is the audio-only version of Prof. Dalton&#8217;s talk.
The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhāraṇīs, both sūtras and stand-alone spells. In this talk I will examine the content, the colophons, and the formats of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=215</link>
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		<title>How Dhāraṇīs Were Proto-tantric: Ritual Uses of Buddhist Spells in Dunhuang and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s talk.
The Tibetan manuscripts from Dunhuang include a large number of copied dhāraṇīs, both sūtras and stand-alone spells. In this talk I will examine the content, the colophons, and the formats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=213</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part six of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part five of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=205</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part four of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part four 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&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=203</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part three of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part three 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&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=201</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part two of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part two 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&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=199</link>
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		<title>Shinran’s Phenomenology of Religious Life (part one of six)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Hirota, Professor in the Department of Shin Buddhist Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, was the Institute of Buddhist Studies&#8217; 2010 Ryukoku Lecturer.
Dr. Hirota&#8217;s topic was &#8220;Shinran&#8217;s Phenomenology of Religious Life: Toward a Rethinking of Shinjin.&#8221; The lecture was divided into three parts over the course of three separate days. The audio tracks here roughly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=194</link>
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		<title>Changing Roles of the Written Word in Theravada Buddhism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Veidlinger of the University of California, Chico, presents an engaging talk on the developing importance of the written word in early Buddhist history.]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=187</link>
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		<title>Strangers to Each Other</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER
~ Names without Faces or Stories ~
Panel Presentation that sought to connect Ministers, Chaplains, and Counselors to the names, faces, stories, and concerns of members of the LGBT Community. Through their voices we hear from all people who have experienced alienation, exclusion or exile from their faith community.
Facilitator: Demetrio Tafoya (Jesuit School [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=175</link>
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		<title>Open House Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 23, 2009, the Institute hosted an informative open house that showcased our new chaplaincy and MDiv programs. The event was also an opportunity to learn more about what the IBS has to offer, and featured discussions by Dean Richard Payne, Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, and others.
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=173</link>
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		<title>Compassionate Violence: Part Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prof. Steve Jenkins of Humboldt State University delivered a lecture at the IBS titled
Compassionate Violence, Torture and Warfare in the Bodhisattva Ideal
This is part three of a three-part series.
Buddhist allowances for compassionate torture, killing, and warfare are dissonant with with the established perception of Buddhist pacifism. While academic studies of Buddhism have accepted that Mahayana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=169</link>
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		<title>Compassionate Violence: Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prof. Steve Jenkins of Humboldt State University delivered a lecture at the IBS titled
Compassionate Violence, Torture and Warfare in the Bodhisattva Ideal
This is part two of a three-part series.
Buddhist allowances for compassionate torture, killing, and warfare are dissonant with with the established perception of Buddhist pacifism. While academic studies of Buddhism have accepted that Mahayana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=167</link>
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		<title>Compassionate Violence: Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prof. Steve Jenkins of Humboldt State University delivered a lecture at the IBS titled
Compassionate Violence, Torture and Warfare in the Bodhisattva Ideal
This is part one of a three-part series.
Buddhist allowances for compassionate torture, killing, and warfare are dissonant with with the established perception of Buddhist pacifism. While academic studies of Buddhism have accepted that Mahayana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=165</link>
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		<title>Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Part Four</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GTU-UCB Working Group on Religion and Cognitive Science hosted a panel discussion of Mark Graves’ new work Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in March 2009. Aimed at both theorists and practitioners working at the intersection of religion, theology, and science, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=160</link>
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		<title>Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Part Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GTU-UCB Working Group on Religion and Cognitive Science hosted a panel discussion of Mark Graves’ new work Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in March 2009. Aimed at both theorists and practitioners working at the intersection of religion, theology, and science, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=158</link>
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		<title>Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GTU-UCB Working Group on Religion and Cognitive Science hosted a panel discussion of Mark Graves’ new work Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in March 2009. Aimed at both theorists and practitioners working at the intersection of religion, theology, and science, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=156</link>
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		<title>Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GTU-UCB Working Group on Religion and Cognitive Science hosted a panel discussion of Mark Graves&#8217; new work Mind, Brain, and the Elusive Soul: Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in March 2009. Aimed at both theorists and practitioners working at the intersection of religion, theology, and science, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=152</link>
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		<title>Shin Buddhism and Jazz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the 2009 IBS Winter Symposium
The Great Sound of Enlightenment: Shin Buddhist Music Throughout the Ages
held at the BCA National Council Meeting, February 26, 2009
In part four of this four-part series, Peter Hata discusses youth jazz bands at the West Covina Buddhist Temple.
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=148</link>
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		<title>Non-representational Buddhist Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the 2009 IBS Winter Symposium
The Great Sound of Enlightenment: Shin Buddhist Music Throughout the Ages
held at the BCA National Council Meeting, February 26, 2009
In part three of this four-part series, Rev. Harry Bridge of the Buddhist Church of Oakland discusses non-representational Buddhist music.
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=146</link>
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		<title>The Historical Development of American Shin Buddhist Gathas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the 2009 IBS Winter Symposium
The Great Sound of Enlightenment: Shin Buddhist Music Throughout the Ages
held at the BCA National Council Meeting, February 26, 2009
In part two of this four-part series, Dr. Scott A. Mitchell of the Institute of Buddhist Studies reflects on the historical development of Shin Buddhist gathas in the United States. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=144</link>
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		<title>Horaku: the history and development of Buddhist music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the 2009 IBS Winter Symposium
The Great Sound of Enlightenment: Shin Buddhist Music Throughout the Ages
held at the BCA National Council Meeting, February 26, 2009
In part one of this four-part series, Rev. Kodani of Senshin Buddhist Temple gives a presentation of the long history of Buddhist music and important place within the Shin tradition.
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=141</link>
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		<title>As Long As Space Endures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the recent publication of As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama, David Gray of Santa Clara University delivered a lecture on this important work and the Kalacakra Tranta.
The Kalacakra Tantra—Kalacakra means &#8220;wheel of time&#8221;—is a tradition of Buddhist theory and practice whose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=91</link>
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		<title>Being Female, Being Buddhist: Obstacle or Inspiration?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2008, the Institute of Buddhist Studies, in conjunction with the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple, hosted a conference on Women in American Buddhism: Blending Tradition, Community, and Family. Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown of Naropa University delivered the keynote address.
In her Keynote Address, Dr. Simmer-Brown discusses the obstacles and opportunities women have as women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=67</link>
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		<title>The Mountains and Waters Sutra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Prof. Carl Bielefeld
Zen is famous for its celebration of nature, but there are few premodern texts that explicitly address the Zen view of the natural world. This talk will look at one such text, by the famed thirteenth-century Zen master Dogen, and explore the several ways in which nature and culture are woven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=65</link>
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		<title>The Wholly Other of Jacques Derrida: through the lens of Other Power in Shin Buddhism (And vice-versa)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the final presentation from our 2008 IBS Winter Symposium, Dr. David Matsumoto analyzes the thinking of philosopher Jacques Derrida through Shinshu philosophy — and Shin philosophy through Derrida!
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; 2008 David Matsumoto
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=61</link>
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		<title>A Modern Take on the Theodicy Conundrum: Comparing Kiyozawa Manshi and Søren Kierkegaard on Akunin Shōki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next in our continuing series of presentation from the 2008 IBS Winter Symposium, Rev. Mark Blum gives a spirited paper on the &#8220;problem of evil&#8221; from a Buddhist/Western philosophical perspective. His argument is based in part on an interpretation of akunin shoki, or &#8220;evil persons&#8221; in Shinshu thought.
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; 2008 Mark Blum
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=59</link>
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		<title>Basing our Inter-Subjective Identity on the Primal Vow without Illusions of a Soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next in our continuing series of presentation from the 2008 IBS Winter Symposium, Rev. Gregory Gibbs of the Oregon Buddhist Temple in Portland discusses the important Buddhist doctrine of anantman as &#8220;no soul&#8221; as very different from &#8220;no self.&#8221; His discussion is rooted within the Shinshu tradition.
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; 2008 Gregory Gibbs
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=57</link>
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		<title>Self as a perpetual work in progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next in our continuing series of presentation from the 2008 IBS Winter Symposium, the former president of the Buddhist Churches of America, Dr. Gordon Bermant, gives an inspirational talk on understanding the self in the context of both Buddhist and Western philosophy.
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; 2008 Gordon Bermant
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Other Power: Shin Buddhism, Levinas, Lear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our second release from the 2008 IBS Winter Symposium was Dr. Steven Shankman of the University of Oregon, Eugene, who presented an illuminating talk on the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and Shin Buddhism as related to Shakespeare&#8217;s King Lear.
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; 2008 Steven Shankman
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=49</link>
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		<title>Embodying Life and Death: Shin Buddhism and Comparative Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to host an annual Winter Symposium during the BCA National Council Meeting. The theme of the 2008 Winter Symposium was the intersection of Shin Buddhist and Western philosophy.
Our first speaker was Dr. Mark Unno who delivered a moving discussion of embodied Shin Buddhist philosophy.
Originally recorded February 28, 2008
&#169; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=47</link>
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		<title>Metaphors in Shinran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Takanori Sugioka 
Professor Takanori Sugioka discusses Shinran&#8217;s use of various metaphors by Shinran Shonin in his expression of Shin Buddhist faith.
Originally recorded June 7, 2007
&#169; 2007 Takanori Sugioka
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=44</link>
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		<title>Dogen and the Lotus Sutra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Taigen Daniel Leighton
Audio Version
Taigen Leighton of the Institute of Buddhist studies and the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate meditation group in Chicago, IL, discusses the ways in which Dogen referenced the Lotus Sutra.
Originally recorded May 19, 2007
&#169; 2007, Taigen Daniel Leighton
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=37</link>
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		<title>Transcendence of the Body in Kukai&#8217;s Shingon Buddhism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by David Gardiner
Dr. Gardiner, of Colorado College, discusses Kukai&#8217;s Shingon philosophy.
Originally recorded May 8, 2007
© 2007, David Gardiner
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=35</link>
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		<title>The Importance of &#8216;Self&#8217; in Buddhism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Leslie Kawamura
Video Version
Dr. Kawamura begins his lecture by reiterating the usual understanding of anatman (no-self) — that a &#8220;self&#8221; does not exist. But if a self does not exist, then there would be little or no need to be concerned or involved in the Buddha-Dharma (teachings of the Buddha). What does it mean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=33</link>
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		<title>The Importance of &#8216;Self&#8217; in Buddhism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Leslie Kawamura
Audio Version
Dr. Kawamura begins his lecture by reiterating the usual understanding of anatman (no-self) — that a &#8220;self&#8221; does not exist. But if a self does not exist, then there would be little or no need to be concerned or involved in the Buddha-Dharma (teachings of the Buddha). What does it mean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=134</link>
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		<title>Dogen and the Lotus Sutra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Taigen Daniel Leighton
Video Version
Taigen Leighton of the Institute of Buddhist studies and the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate meditation group in Chicago, IL, discusses the ways in which Dogen referenced the Lotus Sutra.
Originally recorded May 19, 2007
&#169; 2007, Taigen Daniel Leighton
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=131</link>
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		<title>Rethinking Amida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Dr. Kenneth Tanaka
Visiting from Tokyo, the former Dean of the Institute shares his thoughts on the meaning of Amida Buddha in Shin Buddhism.
Originally recorded 14 February 2007
&#169; 2007, Kenneth Tanaka
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		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=26</link>
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		<title>Esoteric Buddhism During the Song Dynasty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecture by Charles D. Orzech
In this talk Prof. Orzech examines three important developments of Song Esoteric Buddhism. First he examines the renewed translation efforts by the first two Northern Song Emperors and their establishment of the Institute for the Translation of Scriptures (Yijing yuan). Second, he explores evidence for the circulation and use of Esoteric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://podcast.shin-ibs.edu/?p=20</link>
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