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Bright On Buddhism — 274 episodes
Mūlapariyāya Sutta
Who was Thich Quang Duc?
What is shinjin 信心?
What is the Buddhist perspective on neurodiversity?
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - The Assassination of Abe Shinzō
Who was Saichō?
Who was Kūkai?
Buddhish 28 - Ordination of Robot Monks - Part 2
Buddhish 27 - Ordination of Robot Monks - Part 1
Kōan Series - Unmon's Kanshiketsu
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra - Part 3 - Chapters 11-15
What was the haibutsu kishaku 廃仏毀釈 movement in Meiji Japan?
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - 3/11 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
What are mandalas?
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra - Part 2 - Chapters 6-10
Who is Bodhidharma?
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - The History of Haiku
What is the fourth moral precept of Buddhism?
What are the 3 mysteries in Shingon Buddhism?
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra - Part 1 - Chapters 1-5
Sokushin Jōbutsu-gi - Attainment of Buddhahood in This Very Existence
Who is Bhaisajyaguru?
What is Gelug Buddhism?
What is Hawaiian Buddhism?
Kōans with Dox
Revisit - What are the fundamental beliefs of Buddhism?
Research Project Series - Yōkai
Who was Daosheng?
Avatamsaka Sutra Book 8 - The Four Holy Truths
How do you balance romantic desire and the desire for companionship with non-attachment?
What is the third moral precept of Buddhism?
Research Project Series - Nishida Kitarō
Buddhish 26 - Walk for Peace
Who is Budai?
Who is Tārā?
Kālāma Sutta
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 6
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 5
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 4
2025 Wrap Up
What is Tibetan Buddhism?
Buddhish 24 - TTRPGs
Guest Episode - Katie Nolan - Dharma Voices for Animals
Tevijja Sutta
Asian Religions Series - Shugendō
How do you cite sutras?
Who is Xuanzang?
Guest Episode - Marta Gyoergy-Kessler
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 3
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast - Genpei War: Part 2
Feed Drop - Nihonshi, A Japanese History Podcast
What is the second moral precept of Buddhism?
Dōgen - Passages from Shōbōgenzō
What was the Saffron Revolution of 2007?
Kōan Series - Banzan's "3 Worlds, No Dharma"
Who were some early Western scholars who shaped Western ideas about Buddhism?
Buddhish 23 - Music
What were the nikaya schools?
Who is Vairocana?
What is the role of music in Buddhism?
Buddhish - The Saturday Edition
Lotus Sutra Chapter 2 - Skillful Means
What is the relationship between Japanese imperialism and Japanese Buddhism?
The Difference Between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings - Benkenmitsunikyōron - 偏顕密二教論
What is the difference between a lay-person and a monastic in Buddhism?
What are some characteristics of Shingon Buddhist sacred spaces?
Who is Kumarajiva?
What is the role of visions and dreams in Buddhism?
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 3
Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta
How does Buddhism argue that one must respond when they have been wronged?
What is the first moral precept of Buddhism?
Buddhish 21 - Post-pilgrimage
Nick on Pilgrimage
Revisiting the First Sermon
What is a Sutra?
Where can I read and learn about Buddhist history?
How do I start as a practitioner?
What are some Brahmanical perspectives on Buddhism from the Buddha's lifetime or thereabouts?
Shōji Jissō Gi
How ought we understand anger and rage in Buddhism?
Research Project Series - Aikidō
Who is Amitābha?
Buddhish 19 - Way of The Passive Fist
What is the relationship between Buddhism and martial arts?
What is a Dalai Lama?
What is bodhicitta in Buddhism?
Asian Religions Series - Daoism Part 2
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 4
Buddhish 18 - 2024 Wrap Up
What is the history of the swastika in Buddhism?
Revisit - Who is the Buddha?
Research Project Series - Noh Theater and Japanese Buddhism
What is the history of anti-Buddhist thought in Japan?
Who is Vasubandhu?
Kōan Series - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls"
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 3
3 Very Short Sutras
What is satori in Buddhism?
How ought we understand suicide in Buddhism?
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 2
Research Project Series - The Icchantika Problem in Buddhism
Buddhish 17 - Questions/Assumptions I Get As a Buddhist Studies Scholar
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 1
Buddhish 16 - The Matrix as Buddhist
Do Buddhists reject the world?
How ought we understand sex in Buddhism?
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 1
Asian Religions Series - Daoism Part 1
What is Risshō Kōsei Kai?
Kōan Series - Hyakujō and The Fox
Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sutra - Part 1
What is suchness?
What is Buddhist pilgrimage?
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 2
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapter 7
Rhinoceros Sutra
What is the difference between exoteric and esoteric Buddhist teachings?
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part Two
How does rebirth really work in Buddhism?
What is Korean Seon Buddhism?
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part One
Kōan Series - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of Flax
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part Two
Why does Pure Land seem so similar to Christianity?
What is "un-knowing" in Buddhism?
Youtube and Patreon Announcement!
What are omamori?
Avatamsaka Sutra Book 30 - The Incalculable
Guest Appearance - Cristian Castellanos
What is self-immolation?
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part One
Who is Akshobhya?
What is non-attachment in Buddhism?
Research Project Series - Chōgen’s Tōdaiji Campaign: Reconstruction and Reimagination
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One Part Two
What are the paramitas in Buddhism?
Buddhish Episode 14 - Vairocana and Cosmic-ness
What is "the great doubt" in Buddhism?
Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 1
Lotus Sutra Chapters 15-16 - Emerging from the Earth and The Life Span of The Thus Come One
Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One - Part One
What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Japan?
2023 Wrap-Up and 2024 Preview
How ought we evaluate the agenda of secular Buddhism and other sources in English about Buddhism?
Buddhish Episode 13 - Israel-Palestine and Us
What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Korea?
What is Secular Buddhism?
What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into China?
Does Buddhism regard human nature as inherently good or bad?
Metta Sutta
Who is Ananda?
What is possession in Buddhism?
What is samādhi in Buddhism?
Buddhish Episode 12 - Guest Appearance - Ambrose Darling
Sāmaññaphala Sutta
What are hell-dwellers in Buddhism?
What are pretas in Buddhism?
Kōan Series - A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi
What are Asuras in Buddhism?
What are devas in Buddhism?
Buddhish Episode 11 - State of The Show
Asian Religions Series - Confucianism Part 1
What are the Pratyekabuddhas?
What is Sōka Gakkai?
Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 2
Kōan Series - The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform
Lotus Sutra Chapters 11-12 - Emergence of the Treasure Tower and Devadatta
What are sacred spaces in Buddhism?
What are the 5 hindrances?
Revisit - What is Buddhism?
If killing is bad in Buddhism, what is the status of carnivorous animals?
Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 1
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapters 8-9
Kōan Series - No Mind, No Buddha
Who is Nichiren?
Who is Rahula?
What is the relationship between Buddhism and social revolution?
What is the 3 bodies (trikaya) doctrine in Buddhism?
What is violence in Buddhism?
Who is Subhuti?
Buddhish Episode 10 - The Dalai Lama Names a Successor
Why do some say that Buddhism is not a religion?
Lotus Sutra Chapter 5 - Medicinal Herbs
What is evil in Buddhism?
Kōan Series - Mind is Buddha
What is the Buddhist perspective of the family?
Who is Mahakasyapa?
What is the Eightfold Path?
Who is Maudgalyayana?
What are the tantras?
How does Buddhist doctrine view food?
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
What are the 4 Noble Truths?
Kōan Series - Gutei's One Finger
2023 Preview
What is the Tripitaka?
What are dharani?
How does one actually maintain social relationships while also avoiding "idle chatter"?
If there is no soul in Buddhism, how do we account for spirits and ghosts?
Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 3 - Chapters 5 and 6
Research Series Episode 2 - Philosophy and Ecology in "The World of Living Things" by Imanishi Kinji 今西錦司
Buddhish Episode 9 - Tabletop Gaming
What is Buddha-nature?
Who is Sariputra?
What were the 4 major persecutions of Buddhism in Chinese history?
What are the 8 jhanas in Buddhism?
Kōan Series - Show me your original face
What is dependent origination?
What is Buddhist psychology?
Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 2 - Chapters 3 and 4
What is upaya?
Buddhish Episode 8 - 1 Year Anniversary of Bright on Buddhism!
Buddhish Episode 7 - AI and Buddhism
Research Series episode 1 - Killing Mosquitoes: Kobayashi Issa’s Buddhist Literary Practice
What is Pure Land Buddhism?
Kōan Series - What is the sound of one hand clapping?
What are the 5 aggregates?
The Heart Sutra
Who is Maitreya/Mile/Miroku?
Kōan Series - Does a dog have Buddha-nature?
Buddhish Episode 6 - Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe is Assassinated
Guest Appearance - Rebecca Stover
What is Buddhist cosmology?
Buddhish Episode 5 - Roe vs. Wade is overturned in the US
Mahaparinibbana Sutta Part 1 - Chapters 1 and 2
Who is King Yama?
What is emptiness?
What are kōans?
What are some notable Buddhist cults?
How does one get started learning about Buddhism?
What does "poa" actually mean?
Buddhish Episode 4 - Continuing the fight against Anti-Trans, Anti-women, and Anti-LGBTQ Legislature in the US
Who is Samantabhadra/Puxian/Fugen?
Buddhish Episode 3 - Raising Funds to Combat Anti-Trans and Anti-LGBTQ Legislature in the US
The Contemplation Sutra
How does Buddhism perceive friendships and romantic relationships?
How does one remember their past lives in Buddhism?
What are mantra in Buddhism?
How does Buddhism deal with the issue of destiny and fate?
What are the different realms of Samsara?
What is common Buddhist temple etiquette?
The Diamond Sutra
Guest Appearance - Ji Hye Robinson
Does Buddhism (or different Buddhisms) have an opinion on transgender or nonbinary identities, historically or in the present?
Nirvana Day
Guest Appearance - Turner Rives
What is Yogacara/Faxiang/Hosso Buddhism?
Chinese New Year
What is the Buddhist philosophy of speech, language, and words?
Who is Avalokitesvara?
How does Buddhism deal with death?
Bodhi Day
Lotus Sutra Chapter 3 - Parable of The Burning House
2022 Preview
Buddhish Episode 1
What is Tiantai/Tendai?
What is the relationship between Buddhism and science?
What is the Buddhist perspective on mental health?
What is a Bodhisattva?
What about gender in Buddhism?
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The First Sermon
Mahasatipatthana Sutta
What is Zen Buddhism?
What is Dharma?
What is Buddhist Modernism?
What is Buddhahood?
What are the major schools of Buddhism in East Asia and how do they differ?
What is non-attachment and the Middle Way?
What is karma?
What are the fundamental beliefs of Buddhism?
Who is the Buddha?
What is Buddhism?
Introductions