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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October 18, 2021 00:21:19
Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim on "Winds in Transit: Experiencing Breath in Translation"

Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim on "Winds in Transit: Experiencing Breath in Translation"

Heinrich Jäschke, a nineteenth-century Moravian missionary to Ladakh, is mostly known amongst scholars of Tibet for his pioneering 1881 Tibetan–English Dictionary. In his entry...

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October 18, 2021 00:21:11
Napakadol Kittisenee on "Two Accounts of Mindfulness in the Face of Death Sentence"

Napakadol Kittisenee on "Two Accounts of Mindfulness in the Face of Death Sentence"

This presentation by Napakadol Kittisenee offers two insightful accounts of the (former) prisoners on the brink of their death sentence. This illuminates how both...

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September 27, 2021 00:12:58
Footnotes on "Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan"

Footnotes on "Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Gideon Enz, "Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan," in Energy Medicine East and...

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September 27, 2021 00:15:34
Footnotes on "Pneuma, Qi, and the Problematic of Breath"

Footnotes on "Pneuma, Qi, and the Problematic of Breath"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Shigehisa Kuriyama, "Pneuma, Qi, and the Problematic of Breath," in The Comparison Between Concepts...

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September 20, 2021 00:12:31
Footnotes on "Qi in Asian medicine"

Footnotes on "Qi in Asian medicine"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Nancy N. Chen, "Qi in Asian medicine," in Energy Medicine East and West, Edited...

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September 13, 2021 00:08:39
Footnotes on "Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses"

Footnotes on "Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, "Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses: towards a multicultural approach to health and...

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