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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 occasional guest hosts,...more

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

October 18, 2021

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

October 18, 2021

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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00:21:11

Footnotes on "Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan"

September 27, 2021

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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00:12:58

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

September 27, 2021

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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00:15:34

Footnotes on "Qi in Asian medicine"

September 20, 2021

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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00:12:31

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

September 13, 2021

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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