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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September 06, 2021 00:20:38
Footnotes for "Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body"

Footnotes for "Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Geoffrey Samuel, "Unbalanced Flows in the Subtle Body: Tibetan Understandings of Psychiatric Illness and...

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August 30, 2021 00:09:42
Footnotes on "Mindfulness of Breathing in Early Buddhism"

Footnotes on "Mindfulness of Breathing in Early Buddhism"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for a chapter by Tamara Ditrich, “Mindfulness of Breathing in Early Buddhism” in Atmospheres of Breathing, edited by...

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August 23, 2021 00:18:57
Footnotes on "Vital Breath (prāṇa) in Ancient Indian Medicine and Religion"

Footnotes on "Vital Breath (prāṇa) in Ancient Indian Medicine and Religion"

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Kenneth Zysk, "Vital Breath (prāṇa) in Ancient Indian Medicine and Religion," in The Comparison...

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August 16, 2021 00:20:08
Footnotes on Breath and Wind in Global Cultures

Footnotes on Breath and Wind in Global Cultures

A reading guide by Frances Garrett for a chapter from Atmospheres of Breathing, edited by Lenart Škof & Petri Berndtson, published by SUNY Press...

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March 18, 2021 00:17:52
Footnotes on "Religion and Ethnicity in Canada"

Footnotes on "Religion and Ethnicity in Canada"

Summary of two chapters from Religion and Ethnicity in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2009): Mathieu Boisvert, Chapter 4, “Buddhists in Canada: Impermanence in...

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February 19, 2021 00:14:02
Footnotes on "Buddhism And Whiteness"

Footnotes on "Buddhism And Whiteness"

A summary preview of two chapters, Laurie Cassidy's “The Tranquil Meditator” and Carol J. Moeller's “’bell hooks Made Me a Buddhist’: Liberatory Cross-Cultural Learning—Or...

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