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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast features faculty, graduate students, visiting speakers, and alumni in conversation with Miles Osgood and Leah Chase on the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. Interviews are intended to be both academic and accessible: topics range from scholarly publications and insights to personal journeys and reflections.
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- 2 weeks ago29 min
Rafal Felbur: The Sūrata-sūtra and Forgotten Mahāyāna Scriptures (Part 2)
Rafal Felbur talks about the surviving Chinese and Tibetan versions of the Sūrata-sūtra, their depictions of a charismatic preacher bringing Buddhism to new frontiers, and what forgotten Mahāyāna scriptures like these reveal about the relation between monastics and monarchs. Interview by Miles Osgood. Part 2 of 2.
- Aug 1, 202643 min
Rafal Felbur: From the Chinese Canon to the Large Language Model (Part 1)
Rafal Felbur talks about Chinese and Tibetan texts that preserve Indic sources lost in Sanskrit, the early Chinese exegetes who imposed a restrictive orthodoxy even while compiling their inclusive Buddhist canon, and the digital tools that can help us triangulate the content of original scriptures from these enduring translations. Interview by Miles Osgood. Part 1 of 2.Part 2 of this interview will be published on September 1.
- Jul 1, 202647 min
Oriane Lavolé: Revealing Treasures in Tibet
Oriane Lavolé talks about the history of treasure revealers (tertöns) from 11th-century Tibet to contemporary Nepal, how apologists for the treasure tradition (terma) have responded to skeptics who dismiss its material foundations, and what site guides to sacred territories can teach Western Buddhists about the ecological roots of the religion. Interview by Miles Osgood.
- Jun 1, 202641 min
Travelogue: The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
At the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California, we talk to professors, monastics, and laypeople about the acquisition of the historic property and the 600-mile bowing pilgrimage that inaugurated it, the transformative relationship between monasticism and education, and the importance of community as the City continues to evolve and expand.Interview by Leah ChaseThe music in this episode is by Rev. Heng Sure. "Bow Down, Turn Around" and "It's Called the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas," recorded in 2025 and 2007, respectively, are distributed by Dharma Radio Music. Additional music is by Blue Dot Sessions.
- May 1, 202646 min
Christian Luczanits: Mustang Art and the Myth of the Hidden Kingdom
Christian Luczanits talks about the eccentricities of early Buddhist art in the Mustang region of the Himalayas, the intellectual exchange that ran through the region long before its 15th-century kingdom, and the importance of documenting the manuscripts and sculptures of mountain monasteries in situ. Interview by Miles Osgood.
- Apr 1, 202648 min
Chiew Hui Ho: The Lives of Sūtras
Chiew Hui Ho talks about parasutraic texts in medieval China that chronicle devotion to specific sūtras, how these histories give us a picture of “Buddhism on the ground” distinct from that of miracle tales, and how scriptures like the Diamond Sūtra and Lotus Sūtra thereby develop lives and biographies of their own. Interview by Miles Osgood.
- Mar 1, 202635 min
Joshua Capitanio: The Work of the Scholar-Librarian
Joshua Capitanio talks about his graduate work on medieval Chinese Buddho-Daoism, how translation projects and “second book” arguments are valued inside and outside the professoriate, and what it takes to make a career transition to the university library. Interview by Miles Osgood.
- Feb 1, 202639 min
Book Notes: Meir Shahar, "Kings of Oxen and Horses"
Meir Shahar talks about the cult worship of the “Ox King” and the “Horse King” in China. Working at the intersection of scriptural studies and field research, Shahar connects the two animal gods back to Sākyamuni and Avalokiteśvara through locally transmitted manuscripts and their Indic sources, and he describes the unorthodox Buddhist priests in Guizhou Province who perform rituals for draft animals using these textual manuals.Kings of Oxen and Horses: Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural Religion (Columbia University Press, 2025). Interview by Miles Osgood.Talk from April 11, 2024 at HCBSS: Meir Shahar, “Buddhism and Chinese Rural Religion.” https://buddhiststudies.stanford.edu/events/meir-shahar-buddhism-and-chinese-rural-religion
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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast features faculty, graduate students, visiting speakers, and alumni in conversation with Miles Osgood and Leah Chase on the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. Interviews are intended to be both academic and accessible: topics range from scholarly publications and insights to personal journeys and reflections.
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