Episodes

  • Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Politics

    Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Politics
    May 10 2023
    Comparing religious nationalisms - not just Hindu and Buddhist but also in Aotearoa, the UK and elsewhere

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    15 mins
  • Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Gender

    Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Gender
    May 3 2023
    Some reflections on the difficulties in recovering a full view of how gender had an effect on the practice of these religions in the past, and how we study them now. Also some responses to the rapid feedback given in class.

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    10 mins
  • Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Puja

    Comparing Hinduism and Buddhism: Puja
    May 1 2023
    In which Ben and Will compare Hindu and Buddhist worship practices—and Ben admits he learned something this week.

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    14 mins
  • Reviewing Hinduism and Buddhism

    Reviewing Hinduism and Buddhism
    Apr 19 2023
    In which Ben and Will make up for missing the last episode with a deep dive into why we're teaching the course the way we are this year. With added advice on how best to retain the material you're learning (at the end, shortly before the beatboxing which is mercifully cut short by Ben's recent cosmetic surgery).

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    16 mins
  • The Triple Gem: The Buddha

    The Triple Gem: The Buddha
    Mar 30 2023
    We begin our exploration of Buddhism by considering how Buddhism and Hinduism are related to each other. The article mentioned toward the end of the episode is Jonathan A. Silk, "The Fruits of Paradox: On the Religious Architecture of the Buddha's Life Story", Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71 no. 4 (2003): 863-881.

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    10 mins
  • Caste and Gurus

    Caste and Gurus
    Mar 22 2023
    In which Ben and Will discuss the difficulty of teaching controversial aspects of religious traditions and Ben shows guru-like insight into the reasons Will chose to end the section of the course introducing Hinduism with a class on gurus.

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    15 mins
  • Devotion and Essay Writing

    Devotion and Essay Writing
    Mar 17 2023
    Some reflections on the range of Hindu traditions and what we advise you to focus on. And Ben's passion for arguments.

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    13 mins
  • Vedas and Upanisads

    Vedas and Upanisads
    Mar 8 2023
    In which Ben concedes some things and Will concedes others. Also includes some suggestions for helping you to organise what you've been learning and (regrettably) more beat-boxing from Ben.

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    15 mins