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Buddhist Books Podcast

by Edward Reib

An approachable, sometimes humorous, series available on YouTube or any Podcasting platform.

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Episodes

  1. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 217 • Cullavagga IV - Part 7

    In which Edward finishes reading Cullavagga IV.

  2. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā - Part 3

    In which fuel and fire are like agent and action...?

  3. 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.

  4. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 216 • Cullavagga IV - Part 6

    The first Buddhist Books episode recorded at the new place.

  5. 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.

  6. Shingon Buddhism • Part 13

    The Golden Turtle & The Great Fragrant Milk Ocean

  7. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 214 • Cullavagga IV - Part 4

    On sweeping a legal question under the rug (or “covering it with grass”).

  8. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 213 • Cullavagga IV - Part 3

    In which Edward celebrates 333 episodes of Buddhist Books Podcast.

  9. 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.

  10. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 212 • Cullavagga IV - Part 2

    In which it's only legal if you're actually crazy.

  11. 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."

  12. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā - Part 2

    In which the emperor’s new debate-bro gish-galloping sophistry is… very nice?

  13. Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 20

    It's the one about the robe. Part one of several.

  14. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 211 • Cullavagga IV - Part 1

    In which a seven-year-old monk attains enlightenment.

  15. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 210 • Cullavagga III - Part 6

    In which we finish reading Cullavagga III.

  16. Shingon Buddhism • Part 12

    A ritual from back in the old days, when there were only five chakras...

  17. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 209 • Cullavagga III - Part 5

    In which The Pali Text Society should be given Manatta (discipline) three dots.

  18. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 208 • Cullavagga III - Part 4

    Wrapping up Probation; Expiration of the Night

  19. The Platform Sutra - Part 6

    In Soviet Russia, Dharma Wheel turns you!

  20. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 207 • Cullavagga III - Part 3

    In which it's better to commit multiple crimes than just one

  21. Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 23

    In which we meet Kālasiddhi, of the town where wool is steeped.

  22. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā - Part 1

    In which it all starts making sense

  23. Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 18

    In which Zen Master Eihei Dōgen blows our minds (again).

  24. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 206 • Cullavagga III - Part 2

    well, at least the section on "intentional emission" had a happy ending

  25. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 205 • Cullavagga III - Part 1

    I which the venerable Udayin does what the venerable Udayin does.

  26. Shingon Buddhism • Part 11

    A fence to keep... Ganesh... out?

  27. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 204 • Cullavagga II - Part 2

    Just wrapping up Cullavagga II real quick.

  28. 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.

  29. 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...

  30. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 202 • Cullavagga I - Part 6

    In which we finish reading Cullavagga I (in a state of confusion).

  31. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 201 • Cullavagga I - Part 5

    In which no one is allowed to massage Homer

  32. Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 16

    In which Dogen disses the guy in that Allen Ginsberg poem.

  33. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 199 • Cullavagga I - Part 3

    In which the protocols for banishment are codified

  34. Shingon Buddhism • Part 10

    Perhaps they once used these same Dharma-protecting spikes in India.

  35. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 198 • Cullavagga I - Part 2

    In which we reconnect with some old friends.

  36. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 197 • Cullavagga I - Part 1

    In which we begin reading Cullavagga, The Lesser Division.

  37. Zen 15: The Platform Sutra 4

    The thieves, the gates, and the different kinds of dust.

  38. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 196 • Mahāvagga X - Part 4

    In which Edward finishes reading Mahavagga, The Great Division.

  39. Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 21

    In which a princess in ancient Bihar, India, weeps for her father, the king.

  40. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 195 • Mahāvagga X - Part 3

    With apologies to The Venerable Kaccāna The Great for the oversight

  41. Buddhist Books: Zen Buddhism - Part 14

    How to hear the Sutras in the sounds of a passing river.

  42. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 194 • Mahāvagga X - Part 2

    In which Lord Buddha shares an inspiring story that doesn't help.

  43. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 193 • Mahāvagga X - Part 1

    In which you might be schismatic (and not know it)

  44. Shingon Buddhism • Part 9

    How to use Vajra spikes to establish the boundaries of your Dojo (optional)

  45. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 192 • Mahāvagga IX - Part 5

    In which they do it right! (Floundering Pascal Frang-doodle Abraham Lincoln Ladder)

  46. Zen 13: The Platform Sutra 3

    This is part 13 of the “Zen Buddhism” series on Buddhist Books Podcast. In this episode, we’ll begin reading "The Platform Sutra" of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen (Chan) Buddhism, thought to have been composed around 780 CE.

  47. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 190 • Mahāvagga IX - Part 3

    This is Part 190 of my recital of the "Tipiṭaka," the "Three Baskets" of pre-sectarian Buddhism, as translated into English from the original Pali Language. In this episode, we'll continue reading "Mahāvagga IX," from the "Vinaya Piṭaka," the first of the three "Piṭaka," or "Baskets." "Mahāvagga"...

  48. Buddhist Books: Padmasambhava - Part 20

    This is Part 20 of my recital of the "The Life & Liberation of Padmasambhava," a translation of "Padma Thang-yig," by Yeshe Tsogyal. In this episode, we'll read Cantos 40 & 41.

  49. Buddhist Books: TIPIṬAKA 189 • Mahāvagga IX - Part 2

    This is Part 189 of my recital of the "Tipiṭaka," the "Three Baskets" of pre-sectarian Buddhism, as translated into English from the original Pali Language. In this episode, we'll continue reading "Mahāvagga IX," from the "Vinaya Piṭaka," the first of the three "Piṭaka," or "Baskets." "Mahāvagga"...

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An approachable, sometimes humorous, series available on YouTube or any Podcasting platform.

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Edward Reib

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