Buddhist Studies Footnotes

Footnotes is a series of short lectures or conversations on research in the field of Buddhist Studies. Created by Frances Garrett, a professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, with co-host Tony Scott, ...more

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January 03, 2022 00:13:43
Footnotes on "Decolonizing the Study of Religion"

Footnotes on "Decolonizing the Study of Religion"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for the article, “Decolonizing the Study of Religion”, by Malory Nye, published in 2019 in the Open Library...

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December 27, 2021 00:38:58
Michael Sheehy on "Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat"

Michael Sheehy on "Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat"

The contemplative technique of tummo (gtum mo, caṇḍālī) – literally, the “fierce lady” – is a consummate practice of Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhist yoga. To...

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December 27, 2021 00:26:48
Creating Safe(r) Spaces for Mindfulness of Breath: Non-White Western Practitioners’ Experiences of Race, Racism and Whiteness in American Mindfulness

Creating Safe(r) Spaces for Mindfulness of Breath: Non-White Western Practitioners’ Experiences of Race, Racism and Whiteness in American Mindfulness

In Vipassana meditation practice, the first common object is the breath. By allowing the breath to be the focus of your awareness, one lets...

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December 20, 2021 00:18:53
Susannah Deane on "Tibetan Notions of Wind in Mental Health and Illness"

Susannah Deane on "Tibetan Notions of Wind in Mental Health and Illness"

This presentation explores how Tibetan Buddhist and medical notions of the relationship between heart, wind and mind come together to explain the (dys)functioning of...

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December 13, 2021 00:30:49
Geoffrey Samuel on "Wind and Breath in Tibetan Thought"

Geoffrey Samuel on "Wind and Breath in Tibetan Thought"

Breath and wind concepts are widespread in Asia, and the Tibetans inherited both Yogic and Tantric prāṇa and Ayurvedic vāta, both translated into Tibetan...

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December 06, 2021 00:19:37
Anne Klein on "Breath: In the Body and Beyond"

Anne Klein on "Breath: In the Body and Beyond"

Anne Klein starts with a few phenomenological reflections on how easeful attention to breath resolves structures that constrict our experience of being. What does...

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