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Bright On Buddhism
Nicholas Bright Haight
232 episodes
3 days ago
Welcome to Bright on Buddhism, a podcast where we discuss and explain topics of Buddhism in a casual, conversational, question and answer setting. My name is Nick Bright, scholar of East Asian Buddhism. I am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I am specializing in pre-modern Japanese Buddhist architecture history. I have researched topics such as Japanese Buddhist responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Buddhist Haiku poetry, and the Japanese history of science and religion. I will be joined by my friend Proven Paradox.
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Welcome to Bright on Buddhism, a podcast where we discuss and explain topics of Buddhism in a casual, conversational, question and answer setting. My name is Nick Bright, scholar of East Asian Buddhism. I am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I am specializing in pre-modern Japanese Buddhist architecture history. I have researched topics such as Japanese Buddhist responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Buddhist Haiku poetry, and the Japanese history of science and religion. I will be joined by my friend Proven Paradox.
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Bright On Buddhism
Guest Episode - Katie Nolan - Dharma Voices for Animals

Bright on Buddhism - Guest Episode - Dharma Voices for Animals

Join us as we speak with a very special guest, Katie Nolan, Communications Director for Dharma Voices for Animals, a Buddhist animal rights organization.

https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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3 days ago
39 minutes 54 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Tevijja Sutta

Bright on Buddhism - Tevijja Sutta

Join us as we read and discuss the Bhikku Sujato translation of the Tevijja Sutta in its entirety.

Resources: https://suttacentral.net/dn13/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin; chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://themindingcentre.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1.8-Tevijja-S-d13-piya.pdf; https://www.leighb.com/dn13.htm/ https://www.suttas.com/dn-13-tevijja-sutta--the-threefold-knowledge-the-way-to-brahma.html

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 week ago
1 hour 9 minutes 7 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Asian Religions Series - Shugendō

Bright on Buddhism - Asian Religions Series - Shugendō

Resources: Andrea Castiglioni, Fabio Rambelli, & Carina Roth, eds. Defining Shugendō: critical studies on Japanese mountain religion. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Faure, Bernard; Moerman, Max; Sekimori, Gaynor (2011). Shugendō: The History and Culture of a Japanese Religion. Kyoto: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, centre de Kyoto. ISBN 9782855391236.

Gill, Andrea K. (2012). "Shugendō: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion". Pursuit - the Journal of Undergraduate Research at the University of Tennessee. 3 (2): 49–65. doi:10.7290/pur32otzk. ISSN 2330-4715. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

Hitoshi, Miyake; Sekimori, Gaynor (2005). The Mandala of the Mountain: Shugendō and Folk Religion (1st ed.). Tokyo: Keio University Press. ISBN 9784766411287.

Miyake, Hitoshi (1989). "Religious Rituals in Shugendo: A Summary". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 16 (2/3): 101–116. doi:10.18874/jjrs.16.2-3.1989.101-116. JSTOR 30234003.

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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2 weeks ago
29 minutes 7 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
How do you cite sutras?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 127 - How do you cite sutras? Why does this matter? How do you read sutra citations?

Resources: Cousins, L. S. (1982), Pali oral literature. In Denwood and Piatigorski, eds.: Buddhist Studies, ancient and modern, London: Curzon Press, pp. 1–11

Davidson, Ronald M. (2003), Indian Esoteric Buddhism, New York: Indian Esoteric BuddhismColumbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-12618-2

De Jong, J.W. (1993), "The Beginnings of Buddhism", The Eastern Buddhist, 26 (2): 25

Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press

Gethin, Rupert (1992), The Buddha's Path to Awakening, Leiden: E. J. Brill

Gombrich, Richard F (2006), Theravada Buddhism (2nd ed.), London: Routledge

Jones, Lindsay (2005), Councils, Buddhist. In: Encyclopedia of religion, Detroit: Macmillan Reference

Manné, Joy (1990), "Categories of sutta in the Pali Nikayas" (PDF), Journal of the Pali Text Society, XV: 29–88, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-01

Nakamura, Hajime (1999), Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass

Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu; Warder, Anthony Kennedy (1982), Introduction to Path of Discrimination, London: Pali Text Society: Distributed by Routledge and Kegan Paul

Norman, K.R. (1983), Pali Literature, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz

Norman, K.R. (1996), Collected Papers, volume VI, Bristol: Pali Text Society

Norman, K.R. (2005). Buddhist Forum Volume V: Philological Approach to Buddhism. Routledge. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-1-135-75154-8.

Pali Canon Online Database, Bodhgaya News, retrieved 2012-10-14

Samuel, Geoffrey (2012), Introducing Tibetan Buddhism, New York: Routledge

Schopen, Gregory (1997), Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press

Wynne, Alexander (2003), How old is the Suttapiṭaka? The relative value of textual and epigraphical sources for the study of early Indian Buddhism (PDF), St John's College, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-09

Wynne, Alexander (2004). "The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 27 (1): 97–128.

Wynne, Alexander (2007), The origin of Buddhist meditation, New York: Routledge

https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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3 weeks ago
21 minutes 31 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Who is Xuanzang?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 126 - Who is Xuanzang? What were some of his views and written works? How did they affect Buddhism in East Asia?

Resources: Beal, Samuel, trans. (1911). The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang. Translated from the Chinese of Shaman (monk) Hwui Li. London. 1911. Reprint Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. 1973. (a dated, abridged translation)

Bernstein, Richard (2001). Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk (Xuanzang) who crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-375-40009-5.

Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham, Middlesex: Hamlyn Publishing. ISBN 0600006379.

Gordon, Stewart. When Asia was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks who created the "Riches of the East" Da Capo Press, Perseus Books, 2008. ISBN 0-306-81556-7.

Julien, Stanislas (1853). Histoire de la vie de Hiouen-Thsang, par Hui Li et Yen-Tsung, Paris.

Yung-hsi, Li (1959). The Life of Hsuan Tsang by Huili (Translated). Chinese Buddhist Association, Beijing. (a more recent, abridged translation)

Li, Rongxi, trans. (1995). A Biography of the Tripiṭaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. Berkeley, California. ISBN 1-886439-00-1 (a recent, full translation)

Nattier, Jan. "The Heart Sutra: A Chinese Apocryphal Text?". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies Vol. 15 (2), p. 153-223. (1992) PDF Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Saran, Mishi (2005). Chasing the Monk's Shadow: A Journey in the Footsteps of Xuanzang. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-306439-8

Sun Shuyun (2003). Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud (retracing Xuanzang's journeys). Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-00-712974-2

Waley, Arthur (1952). The Real Tripitaka, and Other Pieces. London: G. Allen and Unwin.

Watters, Thomas (1904–05). On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India. London, Royal Asiatic Society. Reprint, Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1973.

Wriggins, Sally Hovey. Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road. Westview Press, 1996. Revised and updated as The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang. Westview Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8133-6599-6.

Wriggins, Sally Hovey (2004). The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-6599-6.

Xuanzang (1996). The great Tang dynasty record of the western regions. Translated by Li, Rongxi. Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. ISBN 978-1-886439-02-3.

Yu, Anthony C. (ed. and trans.) (1980 [1977]). The Journey to the West. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-97150-6 (fiction)

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 month ago
18 minutes 23 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Guest Episode - Marta Gyoergy-Kessler

Bright on Buddhism - Guest Episode - Marta Gyoergy-Kessler

Join us as we speak with a very special guest, Marta Gyoergy-Kessler, director and producer of the documentary Meeting The Buddha. Please also consider going to a screening of the film at the Awareness Film Festival on October 26, 2025, in Santa Monica, CA, USA.


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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 month ago
54 minutes 14 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 3

Bright on Buddhism - Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 3


Join me as I drop an episode of my forthcoming 2nd podcast, Nihonshi, a Japanese History Podcast. On this show, we will be discussing topics in Japanese history and diving deep into their circumstances, their context, and their significance. We will talk about who the major players were, what their agendas were, and why they did what they did. Hopefully, by the end of each episode, you will have a better understanding and appreciation of Japanese history, but also East Asian history in general. I hope you enjoy.


https://linktr.ee/nihonshipodcast

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 month ago
48 minutes 44 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 2

Bright on Buddhism - Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 2


Join me as I drop an episode of my forthcoming 2nd podcast, Nihonshi, a Japanese History Podcast. On this show, we will be discussing topics in Japanese history and diving deep into their circumstances, their context, and their significance. We will talk about who the major players were, what their agendas were, and why they did what they did. Hopefully, by the end of each episode, you will have a better understanding and appreciation of Japanese history, but also East Asian history in general. I hope you enjoy.


https://linktr.ee/nihonshipodcast

https://wck.org/relief/chefs-for-gaza

Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 month ago
38 minutes 26 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast

Bright on Buddhism - Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 1


Join me as I drop an episode of my forthcoming 2nd podcast, Nihonshi, a Japanese History Podcast. On this show, we will be discussing topics in Japanese history and diving deep into their circumstances, their context, and their significance. We will talk about who the major players were, what their agendas were, and why they did what they did. Hopefully, by the end of each episode, you will have a better understanding and appreciation of Japanese history, but also East Asian history in general. I hope you enjoy.


https://linktr.ee/nihonshipodcast

https://wck.org/relief/chefs-for-gaza

Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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1 month ago
47 minutes 23 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
What is the second moral precept of Buddhism?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 124 - What is the second moral precept of Buddhism? What is its significance? How have interpretations of it changed over time?

Resources: Five Precepts: Collected Essays by Paul Dahlke (BPS Wheel Publication No. 55)

Going for Refuge; Taking the Precepts by Bhikkhu Bodhi (BPS Wheel Publication No. 282 / 284)

For a Future to Be Possible: classic work about the five precepts, by Thich Nhat Hanh and several other authors

The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics: by Robert Aitken, about the precepts in Zen Buddhism

Excerpt from the Pāli Canon about the precepts, on website Access to Insight, archived from original on 7 May 2005

Dissertation about the role of the precepts in modern society, and the aspect of heedfulness (apamada)

Article with overview of the role of the precepts in Buddhist teachings, by scholar of religion Donald Swearer (registration required)

The Buddha's Guidelines for Simplifying Life: The Precepts Buddhism for Beginners

Gwynne, Paul (2017), World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-1-118-97227-4

Cozort, Daniel (2015), "Ethics", in Powers, John (ed.), The Buddhist World, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-317-42016-3

Wai, Maurice Nyunt (2002), Pañcasila and Catholic Moral Teaching: Moral Principles as Expression of Spiritual Experience in Theravada Buddhism and Christianity, Gregorian Biblical BookShop, ISBN 9788876529207

Harvey, Peter (2000), An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (PDF), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-511-07584-1, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019, retrieved 24 August 2018

https://wck.org/relief/chefs-for-gaza

Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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2 months ago
22 minutes 42 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Dōgen - Passages from Shōbōgenzō

Bright on Buddhism - Dōgen - Passages from Shōbōgenzō

Join us as we read the Kazuaki Tanahashi translation of "Actualizing the Fundamental Point," "Being-Time," and "Body-and-Mind Study of The Way."

Resources: Dogen, Trans. Thomas Cleary; Shobogenzo: Zen Essays By Dogen; U. of Hawaii Press, Honolulu; ISBN 0-8248-1014-7 (1st edition, hardback, 1986).; Dogen, Trans. Norman Waddell and Masao Abe; The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo; SUNY Press, Albany; ISBN 0-7914-5242-5 (1st edition, hardback, 2002).; Dogen, Trans. Thomas Cleary; Rational Zen: The Mind of Dogen Zenji; Shambhala, Boston; ISBN 0-87773-689-8 (1st edition, hardback, 1992).; Dogen, Trans. Gudo Wafu Nishijima & Chodo Cross; Master Dogen's Shobogenzo; Windbell Publications, London; ISBN 0-9523002-1-4 (four volumes, paperback, 1994).; Dogen, Ed. Kazuaki Tanahashi; Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen; North Point Press, San Francisco; ISBN 0-86547-185-1 (hardback, 1985).; Yuho Yokoi; Zen Master Dogen; Weatherhill Inc., New York; ISBN 0-8348-0116-7 (6th edition, paperback, 1990); Steven Heine; Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts; SUNY Press, Albany; ISBN 0-7914-1773-5 (1st edition, hardback, 1994); Carl Bielefeldt; Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation; University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London; ISBN 0-520-06835-1 (paperback, 1988?); Dogen, Trans. Shohaku Okumura and Taigen Daniel Leighton, with commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi: The Wholehearted Way; Tuttle Publishing; ISBN 0-8048-3105-X (first edition, paperback, 1997).; Roshi P. T. N. Houn Jiyu-Kennett; Zen is Eternal Life; Shasta Abbey Press; ISBN 0-930066-06-5 (third edition, paperback, 1987).; Shobogenzo, or The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teachings by Great Master Dogen, VOLUME 1 - Translator, Rev. Hubert Nearman, F.O.B.C.; Editor & Consultant, Rev. Daizui MacPhillamy, M.O.B.C.; Shasta Abbey Press; ISBN 0-930066-17-0 (1996); Dogen, Trans. Eido Shimano Roshi & Charles Vacher; Shobogenzo Uji; ISBN 2-909422-24-0 (1997); and Shobogenzo Yui Butsu Yo Butsu and Shoji; ISBN 2-909422-37-2 (1999).

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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2 months ago
1 hour 47 minutes 55 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
What was the Saffron Revolution of 2007?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 123 - What was the Saffron Revolution of 2007? What were the circumstances that caused it? What is its legacy?

Resources:

  • The Group Protesting the Murder of Mr. Nagai by the Army of Myanmar

  • Burma-Myanmar Genocide 2007, aggregating news about current ongoing events, providing translations into English from Burmese blogs from within the country

  • Burma News International

  • Burma Archive[usurped]: an aggregation effort by SOAS academics, UK.

  • Mae Tao Clinic (Dr Cynthia's Clinic) The Mae Tao Clinic provides medical care in a Burmese refuge camp across the border in Thailand to 150,000 refugees, it trains medics to return to Burma to provide health care and it treats injured or sick Burmese refugees searching for health care.

  • Myanmar and the World from On Point

  • U.S. Campaign for Burma Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine

  • Myanmar, Minorities, and the Military[usurped] David I. Steinberg, Foreign Policy in Focus, 10 October 2007

  • MyanmaThadin Myanmar (Burma) News & Community Hub

  • In pictures: Burma protests (BBC)

  • Free Burma Australian Campaign Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Pictures and news from Protests in Australia.

  • Protests, 26 September (video)[usurped] (WMV) Mizzima News

  • Aljazeera: Deserters leave Myanmar army (video) on YouTube

  • Aljazeera: On the ground in Yangon, 28 September (video) on YouTube

  • FREE BURMA – International Bloggers' Day 4–10–07 (video) on YouTube

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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2 months ago
19 minutes 6 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Kōan Series - Banzan's "3 Worlds, No Dharma"

Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 12 - Banzan's "3 Worlds, No Dharma"

Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Kōan Series. In this series, we will read and discuss real Buddhist kōans to try and better understand them. We hope you enjoy.

Resources: Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-Zen-Buddhism-e1a2sm2

Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9

Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5scl

Episode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31i

Hori, Victor Sogen (1999). "Translating the Zen Phrase Book" (PDF). Nanzan Bulletin (23).; Hori, Victor Sogen (2000), Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Heine, Steven (2008), Zen Skin, Zen Marrow; Bielefeldt, Carl (2009), "Expedient Devices, the One Vehicle, and the Life Span of the Buddha", in Teiser, Stephen F.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (eds.), Readings of the Lotus Sutra, New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231142885; Kotatsu, Fujita; Hurvitz, Leon (1975), "One Vehicle or Three", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 (1/2): 79–166; Lopez, Donald (2016), The Lotus Sutra: A Biography (Kindle ed.), Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691152202; Lopez, Donald S.; Stone, Jacqueline I. (2019), Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra, Princeton University Press; Pye, Michael (2003), Skilful Means – A concept in Mahayana Buddhism, Routledge, ISBN 0203503791; Watson, Burton (tr.) (1993), The Lotus Sutra, Columbia University Press, ISBN 023108160X; Patrick Olivelle, trans. Life of the Buddha. Clay Sanskrit Library, 2008. 1 vols. (Cantos 1-14 in Sanskrit and English with summary of the Chinese cantos not available in the Sanskrit); Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse (2003), "Original enlightenment and the transformation of medieval Japanese Buddhism" (PDF), Studies in East Asian Buddhism, University of Hawaii Press (12), ISBN 978-0-8248-2771-7, archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967), Awakening of Faith—Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08336-X; Jorgensen, John; Lusthaus, Dan; Makeham, John; Strange, Mark, trans. (2019), Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190297718

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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2 months ago
26 minutes 7 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Who were some early Western scholars who shaped Western ideas about Buddhism?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 122 - Who were some early Western scholars who shaped Western ideas about Buddhism? What were their perspectives and arguments? Where does scholarly consensus stand on those conversations and encounters today?

Resources: Abelson, Peter (1993). "Schopenhauer and Buddhism". Philosophy East and West. 43 (2): 255–78. doi:10.2307/1399616. JSTOR 1399616. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2007.

Washington, Peter (1993). Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: Theosophy and the Emergence of the Western Guru. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 978-0-436-56418-5.

Caldwell, Daniel H. (ed) The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky: Insights Into the Life of a Modern Sphinx, Quest Books, 2000. ISBN 0-8356-0794-1, ISBN 978-0-8356-0794-0.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The History of Spiritualism. New York: G.H. Doran, Co. Volume 1: 1926 Volume 2: 1926

Prothero, Stephen R.: The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott; Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1996; ISBN 0-253-33014-9

Prothero, Stephen R.. "Henry Steel Olcott and 'Protestant Buddhism.'" Journal of the American Academy of Religion 63: 281–302.

Cate, Curtis (2005). Friedrich Nietzsche. Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press.

Clark, Maudemarie (2015). Nietzsche on Ethics and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199371846.

Deleuze, Gilles (2006) [1983]. Nietzsche and Philosophy. Translated by Tomlinson, Hugh. Athlone Press. ISBN 978-0485112337.

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Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

Credits:

Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host


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3 months ago
27 minutes 17 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Buddhish 23 - Music

Buddhish - Episode 23 - Music

Join us as we nerd out about music together.

Music list: Nick –

Leo Leo - https://www.youtube.com/@leoleotheband

Makoto Matsushita - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCprewYlxsT-7hK6_nM7jCQ

Masayoshi Takanaka - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2rvH6MGKYC-UHjTA1-eIQ

Mariya Takeuchi - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCHKsT1ZY2aLUAbWW1lJGA

Kingo Hamada - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88aaTutGlV2KYugZ6LbZpA

Ryusenkei - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ryusenkei

Buddy Guy - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=buddy+guy

B B King - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bb+king

Stevie Ray Vaughan - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxPlXqVP-0GvvGG-WrE_6Iw

Jimi Hendrix - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqrtYLjy1o4hvaUI0J530w

John Mayer - https://www.youtube.com/@johnmayer

Vulfpeck - https://www.youtube.com/@Vulf

The Fearless Flyers - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fearless+flyers

Cory Wong - https://www.youtube.com/@CoryWongMusic

Hozier - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwAam3W_VLfb6mEKPW2nDFg

Calculated Error


Dox –

King Buffalo - https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/music

Elder - https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/music

Chrono Cross OST - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNWsysQ4t2gL2Ypx2MhL9I10a_JMfDw3b

Bastion (and Supergiant Games in general) - https://supergiantgames.bandcamp.com/album/bastion-original-soundtrack

Overclocked Remix - https://ocremix.org/

Chronology: A Jazz Tribute to Chrono Trigger - https://ocremix.org/album/76/chronology-a-jazz-tribute-to-chrono-trigger

7 Songs for 7th Saga - https://ocremix.org/album/63/seven-songs-for-seventh-saga

Florence and the Machine - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5MujsH-hrVWHBBfSSmv18A

My Sleeping Karma - https://mysleepingkarma.bandcamp.com/music

Nujabes/Cise Starr, Highs 2 Lows - https://youtu.be/usddRAOaOzY

2 Mello - https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/music

I also mentioned Tool, Incubus. You probably already know where to find these.


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37 minutes 17 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
What were the nikaya schools?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 121 - What were the nikaya schools? What did they believe? What happened to them?

Resources: Baruah, Bibhuti (2000). Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 978-81-7625-152-5.; Nakamura, Hajime (1987). Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0272-8.; Nattier, Jan (2003). A Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path According to the Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparipṛcchā): a Study and Translation. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2607-9.; Padma, Sree (2008). Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7814-1.; Ray, Reginald (2002). Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism. Shambhala. ISBN 978-0-8348-2438-6.; Walser, Joseph (2012). Nagarjuna in Context: Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50623-6.; Williams, Paul (2008). Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-25056-1.; Xing, Guang (2005). The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikāya Theory. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-33344-3.

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3 months ago
21 minutes 58 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Who is Vairocana?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 120 - Who is Vairocana? What is his history? How ought we understand him?

Resources: Birmingham, Vessantara (2003). Meeting The Buddhas, Windhorse Publications, ISBN 0-904766-53-5.; Cook, Francis H. (1977). Hua-Yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra, Pennsylvania State University Press.; Cook, Francis H. (1972). 'The meaning of Vairocana in Hua-Yen Buddhism, Philosophy East and West 22 (4), 403-415; Park, Kwangsoo (2003). A Comparative Study of the Concept of Dharmakaya Buddha: Vairocana in Hua-yen and Mahavairocana in Shingon Buddhism, International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture 2, 305-331; Reeves, Gene (2008). The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-0-86171-571-8.

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3 months ago
19 minutes 56 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
What is the role of music in Buddhism?

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 119 - What is the role of music in Buddhism? What are some instruments that are commonly used in ritual? How ought we understand music in Buddhism?

Resources: https://buddhiststudies.stanford.edu/resources/resource-guide-public/buddhist-music-and-chanting

Chen, Pi-Yen (2010). Chinese Buddhist monastic chants. Middleton, Wis.: A-R Editions. ISBN 9780895796721.

Chen, Pi-yen (2002). "The contemporary practice of the Chinese Buddhist daily service: Two case studies of the traditional in the post-traditional world". Ethnomusicology. 46 (2): 226–249. doi:10.2307/852780. JSTOR 852780.

Gelongma Karma Khechong Palmo. Mantras on the Prayer Flag. Kailash: A Journal of Himalayan Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, 1973. (pp. 168–169).

The Rider Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and religion. (London : Rider, 1986).

Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2001). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 1561592390.

Millward, James A. (June 2012). "Chordophone Culture in Two Early Modern Societies: "A Pipa-Vihuela" Duet". Journal of World History. 23 (2): 237–278. doi:10.1353/jwh.2012.0034. JSTOR 23320149. S2CID 145544440.

Myers, John (1992). The way of the pipa: structure and imagery in Chinese lute music. Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873384551.

Picken, Laurence (March 1955). "The Origin of the Short Lute". The Galpin Society Journal. 8: 32–42. doi:10.2307/842155. JSTOR 842155.

Erhu Info:

Stephen Jones (1995). Folk Music of China. Oxford: Clarendon Press OUP.

Terence Michael Liu (1988). "Development of the Chinese Two-stringed Bowed Lute Erhu Following the New Culture Movement (c. 1915–1985)". Ph.D. dissertation. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University.

Jonathan Stock. "A Historical Account of the Chinese Two-Stringed Fiddle Erhu". Galpin Society Journal, v. 46 (March 1993), pp. 83–113.

Jonathan Stock (1996). Musical Creativity in Twentieth-Century China: Abing, His Music, and Its Changing Meanings. Eastman Studies in Music. Rochester, New York: Rochester University Press.

Yongde Wang (1995). Qing shao nian xue er hu (Young person's erhu study). Shanghai Music Publishing House.

Shamisen info:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101213141302/http://brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=28179

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20 minutes 25 seconds

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Buddhish - The Saturday Edition

Bright on Buddhism - Buddhish 22 - The Saturday Edition

Join us as we begrudgingly discuss the end of our streak of never missing uploads!

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8 minutes 3 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Lotus Sutra Chapter 2 - Skillful Means

Chapter 2 of the Lotus Sutra - Join us as we read and discuss Chapter 2 of the Burton Watson translation of the Lotus Sutra!

Resources: Hurvitz, Leon. 1976. Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Kato, Bunno. 1971. The Threefold Lotus Sutra: Innumerable Meanings, The Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, and Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. Tokyo:  Kosei Publishing Company.; Kern, H. 1884. 1963. Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka or The Lotus of the True Law. London:  New York:  Clarendon Press. Dover Publications. The Sacred Books of the East, Volume XXI; Kubo, Tsugunari and Akira Yuyama. 1993. The Lotus Sutra: The White Lotus of the Marvelous Law. Tokyo and Berkeley:  Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.; Murano, Senchū. 1974. 1991. The Lotus Sutra: The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma. Tokyo:  Nichiren Shu Shimbun.; Reeves, Gene. 2008. The Lotus Sutra. Boston:  Wisdom Publications.; Soothill, W.E. 1930. The Lotus of the Wonderful Law or The Lotus Gospel: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra, Miao-fa Lien Hua Ching. Oxford:  Clarendon Press.; Watson, Burton. 1993. The Lotus Sutra. New York:  Columbia University Press.; Lopez, Donald S. The Lotus Sūtra: A Biography. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016; Teiser, Stephen F., and Jacqueline I. Stone, eds. Readings of the Lotus Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.; Lopez, Donald S., and Jacqueline I. Stone. Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra. Princeton University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvfjczvz.Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.

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1 hour 6 minutes 3 seconds

Bright On Buddhism
Welcome to Bright on Buddhism, a podcast where we discuss and explain topics of Buddhism in a casual, conversational, question and answer setting. My name is Nick Bright, scholar of East Asian Buddhism. I am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I am specializing in pre-modern Japanese Buddhist architecture history. I have researched topics such as Japanese Buddhist responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Buddhist Haiku poetry, and the Japanese history of science and religion. I will be joined by my friend Proven Paradox.