Audio recording of a panel discussion of Scott Mitchell's recent book, The Making of American Buddhism, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in November 2023. Discuss features Caroline Starkey, Michael Masatsugu, Jeff Wilson, and Jane Iwamura with the author responding and Q&A.

The Making of American Buddhism at AAR23

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, Harry put together a megamix of all versions of our show's theme song, Rays of Sound. New episode drops April 6.

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Rays of Sound Megamix

We’ve got a special guest today! Dr. Natalie Fisk Quli is a teacher at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, author, and co-editor of a couple of books with Scott. She’s joining us today to discuss the idea of authenticity, building off a post on the website Fake Buddha Quotes that sort of maybe possibly suggests that Pure Land (and all of Mahayana?) contradicts the authentic teachings of the Buddha. So in our usual fashion, we meander through the ideas of canonicity, discourse, power, boundary construction and maintenance, and how all of these things co-create this thing we conveniently think of as “Buddhism.”

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Authentic Buddhism with Natalie Quli

Podcasting while sheltering in place. A little teaser of what we hope to do while we're all socially distanced.

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