Latest Blog Posts for the DharmaRealm

• Love and Creation
  on Feb 3, 2012 in buddhism art creation film love music sci-fi science fiction Star Trek
  Inspired by conversations in our last two episodes, today we discuss creativity, art, and love. What does Buddhism have to say about the creative process? Is it merely a kind of desire? Or attachment? And what about familial and romantic love? (It is...
• Suspension of Disbelief
  on Jan 20, 2012 in buddhism Abidharma art film movies music sci-fi science fiction Yogacara
  We’re not done with TRON yet! Well, sort of we are. We use TRON — film, art, music, anything really — as a jumping off point for discussing the suspension of disbelief. What is it about our expectations or preconceptions that someti...
• Buddhism and TRON
  on Jan 6, 2012 in buddhism art film movies music sci-fi science fiction
  We’re going to talk about Buddhism and sci-fi again! Get ready for several episodes about sci-fi, movies, music, the creative process, and Buddhism. In this episode we talk about TRON: Legacy, a movie that probably only the two of us and, like,...
• Startling Superficial Soteriological Similarities
  on Oct 21, 2011 in buddhism listener questions history Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism religion soteriology translation
  Inspired by a listener question, we explore some of the superficial similarities between Pure Land Buddhism and the monotheistic religions. After considering the difficulty of really knowing the historical origins of Mahayana Buddhism and Pure Land B...
• Episode 51: We’re back!
  on Oct 7, 2011 in buddhism news and announcements
  It’s been six months since our last episode. Where’ve we been? What did we do all summer? Now that we’re back in the “studio,” we recap some of the stuff we’ve been working on and promise to release new episodes th...
• Buddhism, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness
  on Apr 4, 2011 in buddhism American Buddhism culture freedom happiness individualism justice
  Hey! This is our fiftieth episode! This week, we take up our conversation from last time about aspects of American culture and their intersection with Buddhism — this time, talking about freedom. What does freedom mean in an American context?
• America, Buddhism, and Individualism
  on Mar 18, 2011 in buddhism American Buddhism individualism Shinran Tannisho Yogacara
  Inspired by a Dharma Talk at the BCA National Council Meeting, Rev. Harry starts us off by suggesting that individualism is a point of contact between Buddhism and American culture. This seems somewhat counterintuitive given that individuality seems...
• A Buddhist view of History
  on Mar 4, 2011 in buddhism history Madhyamaka philosophy Rennyo Seven Masters Shinran the West Yogacara
  For some reason, we thought we’d start talking about the Seven Masters. But we get immediately sidetracked by Herbert Güenther, a Buddhist scholar who wrote about the Madhyamaka and Yogacara schools of Buddhism. Interestingly, his discussion...
• Ichinen-sanzen (part two)
  on Feb 18, 2011 in buddhism ethics evil good and evil ichinen-sanzen interdependence philosophy reincarnation Tendai
  In this episode, we continue our conversation on ichinen-sanzen, but take the conversation up a notch. We’re wrestling with some difficult issues in Buddhist philosophy; namely, if we understand samsara to be the realm of delusion and defilemen...
• Ichinen-sanzen (part one)
  on Feb 4, 2011 in buddhism cats death Hua Yen ichinen-sanzen interdependence pratityasamutpada reincarnation Shin Buddhism Shinran Tendai

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