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Books (8)

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The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd (2000) – Mary Rose O'Reilley
Buddhist Romanticism (2015) – Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissaro
Global Civilization: A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue (2003) – Daisaku Ikeda and Majid Tehranian
No One Belongs Here More than You (2007) – Miranda July
Piranesi: A Novel (2020) – Susanna Clarke

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Canonical Works (6)

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Ud 6.4 Paṭhamanānātitthiya Sutta: Various Sectarians (1) (2008)
AN 3.61 Titthāyatana Sutta: Sectarian Tenets (2012)
MN 30 Cūḷasāropama Sutta: The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood (1977)
AN 5.80 Catuttha Anāgata Bhaya Sutta: The Fourth Discourse on Future Perils (1993)
AN 3.78 Sīlabbata Sutta: Precepts and Observances (2018)

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Readings (23)

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Discourses of the Reappearing: The Reenactment of the “Cloth-Bridge Consecration Rite” at Mt. Tateyama (2011) – Irit Averbuch
Thinking Through Shingon Ritual (2003) – Robert H. Sharf
Why don’t We Translate Spells in the Scriptures?: Medieval Chinese Exegesis on the Meaning and Function of Dhāraṇī Language (2019) – Ryan Richard Overbey
Cosmology, Prophets, and Rebellion Among the Buddhist Karen in Burma and Thailand (2001) – Mikael Gravers
Language Theory, Phonology and Etymology in Buddhism and Their Relationship to Brahmanism (2017) – Bryan Levman
The Mystique of the Abhidhamma (2010) – Bhante Sujato
The Aura of Buddhist Material Objects in the Age of Mass-Production (2019) – Trine Brox
The Sherpa Temple as a Model of the Psyche (1976) – Robert H. Paul
The Spirituality of Buddhist Teens: Religious/Spiritual Experiences and Their Associated Triggers, Attributes and Attitudes (2015) – Phra Nicholas Thanissaro
Modernization and Traditionalism in Buddhist Almsgiving: The Case of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-chi Association in Taiwan (2009) – Charles B. Jones
In crisis, we pray: Religiosity and the COVID-19 pandemic (2021) – Jeanet Sinding Bentzen
Latina/o Conversion and Miracle-Seeking at a Buddhist Temple (2018) – Stephen M. Cherry, Kemal Budak, and Aida Ramos
Local Traditions and World Religions (2017) – Michel Picard
The Buddha and the Numen: Postmodern Spirituality and the Problem of Transcendence in Buddhism (2016) – Dan Lee
For Syncretism: The position of Buddhism in Nepal and Japan compared (1997) – David Gellner
On Science Religion and Culture (2013) – Bhante Yuttadhammo
On the Paṭisambhidās: why Theravadins get so mixed up about words (2018) – Bhante Sujato
Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Bad: The Role of Karma and Afterlife Beliefs in Shaping Moral Norms (2020) – Aiyana K. Willard, Adam Baimel, Hugh Turpin, Jonathan Jong, and Harvey Whitehouse
Segregation in Religion Networks (2019) – Jiantao Hu, Qian-Ming Zhang, and Tao Zhou
Religious Affiliation Among Older Age Groups Worldwide: Estimates for 2010 and Projections Until 2050 (2016) – Vegard Skirbekk, Michaela Potančoková, Conrad Hackett, and Marcin Stonawski

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Audio/Video (13)

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  • Against Despair (2024) – Christian Wiman

    For people who say they have no religious impulse whatsoever… really? You have never felt overwhelmed by, in some way inadequate to, an experience in your life? Have never felt in yourself something staking a claim beyond yourself? Some wordless mystery straining through words to reach you? Never??

    68 min
    Online mp3
  • Harvey (1950)

    In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

    1h 44 m
    [recommended but under copyright]

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Evil Creatures (2014) – Bhante Sujato
Strange Gods and Strong Gods (2020) – Tara Isabella Burton
Anti-Muslim Movements in Sri Lanka and Myanmar: Connections and Commonalities (2014) – Matthew J Walton
Studying Buddhist Scripture (2018) – Charles Hallisey
Callings (2023) – Ben Naddaff-Hafrey
To Offer Sweet Fruit to the Ghost (2021) – John Paul Martinez and Ada Limón
Swimming in the Rain (2021) – Chana Bloch and Tracy K. Smith
Full Moon (2021) – Elinor Wylie and Ada Limón
Remember (2020) – Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith
A world’s too little for thy tent, a grave too big for me (2019) – Connie Voisine and Tracy K. Smith
Classical Ideas (Podcast) (Series) – Greg Soden

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