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Bright On Buddhism, 280 episodes. Page 2 of 3.

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Who is Vasubandhu?

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Kōan Series - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls"

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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 3

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3 Very Short Sutras

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What is satori in Buddhism?

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How ought we understand suicide in Buddhism?

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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 2

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Research Project Series - The Icchantika Problem in Buddhism

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Buddhish 17 - Questions/Assumptions I Get As a Buddhist Studies Scholar

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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 2 Part 1

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Buddhish 16 - The Matrix as Buddhist

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Do Buddhists reject the world?

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How ought we understand sex in Buddhism?

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Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra - Chapter 1

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Asian Religions Series - Daoism Part 1

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What is Risshō Kōsei Kai?

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Kōan Series - Hyakujō and The Fox

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Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sutra - Part 1

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What is suchness?

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What is Buddhist pilgrimage?

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Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 2

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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapter 7

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Rhinoceros Sutra

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What is the difference between exoteric and esoteric Buddhist teachings?

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part Two

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How does rebirth really work in Buddhism?

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What is Korean Seon Buddhism?

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Three Part One

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Kōan Series - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of Flax

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part Two

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Why does Pure Land seem so similar to Christianity?

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What is "un-knowing" in Buddhism?

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Youtube and Patreon Announcement!

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What are omamori?

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Avatamsaka Sutra Book 30 - The Incalculable

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Guest Appearance - Cristian Castellanos

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What is self-immolation?

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle Two Part One

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Who is Akshobhya?

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What is non-attachment in Buddhism?

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Research Project Series - Chōgen’s Tōdaiji Campaign: Reconstruction and Reimagination

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One Part Two

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What are the paramitas in Buddhism?

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Buddhish Episode 14 - Vairocana and Cosmic-ness

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What is "the great doubt" in Buddhism?

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Asian Religions Series - Shintō Part 1

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Lotus Sutra Chapters 15-16 - Emerging from the Earth and The Life Span of The Thus Come One

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Vajrasekhara Sutra - Fascicle One - Part One

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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Japan?

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2023 Wrap-Up and 2024 Preview

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How ought we evaluate the agenda of secular Buddhism and other sources in English about Buddhism?

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Buddhish Episode 13 - Israel-Palestine and Us

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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into Korea?

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What is Secular Buddhism?

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What is the story of Buddhism's arrival into China?

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Does Buddhism regard human nature as inherently good or bad?

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Metta Sutta

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Who is Ananda?

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What is possession in Buddhism?

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What is samādhi in Buddhism?

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Buddhish Episode 12 - Guest Appearance - Ambrose Darling

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Sāmaññaphala Sutta

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What are hell-dwellers in Buddhism?

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What are pretas in Buddhism?

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Kōan Series - A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi

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What are Asuras in Buddhism?

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What are devas in Buddhism?

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Buddhish Episode 11 - State of The Show

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Asian Religions Series - Confucianism Part 1

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What are the Pratyekabuddhas?

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What is Sōka Gakkai?

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Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 2

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Kōan Series - The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform

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Lotus Sutra Chapters 11-12 - Emergence of the Treasure Tower and Devadatta

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What are sacred spaces in Buddhism?

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What are the 5 hindrances?

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Revisit - What is Buddhism?

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If killing is bad in Buddhism, what is the status of carnivorous animals?

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Asian Religions Series - Hinduism Part 1

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Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra - Chapters 8-9

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Kōan Series - No Mind, No Buddha

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Who is Nichiren?

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Who is Rahula?

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What is the relationship between Buddhism and social revolution?

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What is the 3 bodies (trikaya) doctrine in Buddhism?

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What is violence in Buddhism?

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Who is Subhuti?

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Buddhish Episode 10 - The Dalai Lama Names a Successor

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Why do some say that Buddhism is not a religion?

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Lotus Sutra Chapter 5 - Medicinal Herbs

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What is evil in Buddhism?

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Kōan Series - Mind is Buddha

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What is the Buddhist perspective of the family?

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Who is Mahakasyapa?

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What is the Eightfold Path?

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Who is Maudgalyayana?

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What are the tantras?

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How does Buddhist doctrine view food?

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Tathagatagarbha Sutra

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What are the 4 Noble Truths?