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Bright On BuddhismKōan 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-e1a2sm2Episode 18 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-the-Buddhist-philosophy-of-speech--language--and-words-e1dgqu9Episode 32 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-are-kans-e1j5sclEpisode 33 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-emptiness-e1jc31iHor...
2025-08-2926 minBright On BuddhismWhat is the role of visions and dreams in Buddhism?Bright on Buddhism - Episode 114 - What is the role of visions and dreams in Buddhism? What are some visions and dreams that Buddhists have had? How ought we understand them? (How are they different from imagining a thing?)References: Andrews, Allan A. The Teachings Essential for Rebirth: A study of Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū. Monumenta Nipponica, Sophia University, 1973.; Horton, Sarah (2004). The Influence of the Ōjōyōshū in Late Tenth- and Early Eleventh-Century Japan, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 31 (1), 29-54; Rhodes, Robert F. (2007). Ōjōyōshū, Nihon Ōjō Gokuraku-ki, and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Hei...
2025-05-3021 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls"Bright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 11 - Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls"
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
2024-11-1524 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - Hyakujō and The FoxBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 10 - Hyakujō and The Fox
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/epis...
2024-08-0221 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of FlaxBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 9 - What is the Buddha? Three Pounds of Flax
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 - htt...
2024-05-1024 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - A Woman Comes Out of SamadhiBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 8 - A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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
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2023-09-1525 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - The World-Honored One Ascends the PlatformBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 7 - The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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/br...
2023-07-2131 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - No Mind, No BuddhaBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 6 - No Mind, No Buddha
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u
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/br...
2023-05-2625 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - Mind is BuddhaBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 5 - Mind is Buddha
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u
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/bri...
2023-03-1031 min
Bright On BuddhismKōan Series - Gutei's One FingerBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 4 - Gutei's One Finger
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u
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/bri...
2023-01-0627 min
Kino QuickiesKino Quickies 09 - I Lived With You (1933) with John SnelsonI Lived With You (1933) - a comedy starring Ivor Novello, based on a play that he wrote - is the third film in this second season of Kino Quickies.Novello plays a homeless Russian prince who meets Gladys Wallis (Ursula Jeans) in the maze at Hampton Court and moves in with her family. His presence in this normal family home has chaotic effects on the whole household. Also starring Ida Lupino as Glad's sister, Ada and Eliot Makeham & Minnie Rayner as her parents, the film was directed by the most prolific director in UK film history, Maurice...
2022-11-1057 minBright On BuddhismKōan Series - Show me your original faceBright on Buddhism - Kōan Series Episode 3 - Huìnéng asked Hui Ming, "Without thinking of good or evil, show me your original face before your mother and father were born."
Hello and welcome to a new type of episode of Bright on Buddhism, called 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 6 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-is-non-attachment-and-the-Middle-Way-e17gp0u
Episode 10 - https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/episodes/What-i...
2022-10-0722 min
Mind Your Own RetirementMind Your Own Retirement - Episode 47Australia’s favourite voice, John Deeks, is back to host episode 47 of the Mind Your Own Retirement podcast.
This week, John is joined by the general manager at www.ratecomparison.com.au, Matt Gatt, whose guidance could be the difference between retiring with a huge debt or being largely debt-free in your post-work years, or even being able to significantly reduce your debt once you’ve retired.
Next in is Peter Douglas from the Globus Family of Brands, who explains why dreaming about travel doesn’t – and should never – stop, regardless of the pandemic. Peter also explains how the travel sector wil...
2020-05-1629 min
Asia Rising#95 Chinese Philosophy
Chinese philosophy has a long history stretching back more than two thousand years and covers schools of thought such as Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Buddhism. It has had a deep influence on the cultural and political development of the nation and people of China.
Guest:
Professor John Makeham (Director of the China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2018-06-1900 min
Global PoliticsChinese PhilosophyChinese philosophy has a long history stretching back more than two thousand years and covers schools of thought such as Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Buddhism. It has had a deep influence on the cultural and political development of the nation and people of China.
Guest:
Professor John Makeham (Director of the China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2018-06-1920 min
Asia RisingChinese PhilosophyChinese philosophy has a long history stretching back more than two thousand years and covers schools of thought such as Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Buddhism. It has had a deep influence on the cultural and political development of the nation and people of China.
Guest:
Professor John Makeham (Director of the China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University)
Follow La Trobe Asia on Twitter: www.twitter.com/latrobeasia
Theme music: Asian Wonders by Butterfly Tea
2018-06-1920 min
Asia RisingChina’s Political Future: Democracy, Meritocracy, Or Both?Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has developed a genuinely new approach to governance, rooted in its long history and at odds with the "Western" idea that electoral democracy is the only legitimate form of government.
How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? How can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? And what can other societies learn from the Chinese approach to governance?
Professor Daniel A. Bell (Dean of the Faculty...
2017-05-1155 min
BiographyConfucius 2: The Master SaysAfter his death, the teachings that are attributed to Confucius take on a life on their own. We now look at the philosophy of Confucius, the trouble with interpreting his teachings, and what Confucianism means in today's world.
Guest: Professor John Makeham (Director, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2016-05-1700 minBiographyConfucius 2: The Master SaysAfter his death, the teachings that are attributed to Confucius take on a life on their own. We now look at the philosophy of Confucius, the trouble with interpreting his teachings, and what Confucianism means in today's world.
Guest: Professor John Makeham (Director, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2016-05-1720 minBiographyConfucius 1: The Man Who Moves the MountainA philosopher, teacher, and political thinker, Confucius lived 2500 years ago, in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. While his teachings and thinking has travelled worldwide, it is a hard task to separate the man from the myth.
Guest: Professor John Makeham (Director, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2016-05-0322 minBiographyConfucius 1: The Man Who Moves the MountainA philosopher, teacher, and political thinker, Confucius lived 2500 years ago, in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. While his teachings and thinking has travelled worldwide, it is a hard task to separate the man from the myth.
Guest: Professor John Makeham (Director, China Studies Research Centre, La Trobe University).
2016-05-0300 min