Footnotes on "Critical Disability Theory"
A reading guide by Tony Scott for the article, "Critical Disability Theory", by Hall, Melinda C., in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https:/...
31 Jan 202218min
Footnotes on "Reciting, Chanting, and Singing: The Codification of Music in Buddhist Canon Law"
A reading guide by Frances Garrett for the article, “Reciting, Chanting, and Singing: The Codification of Music in Buddhist Canon Law", by Cuilan Liu, published in 2018 in the Journal of Indian Philos...
24 Jan 202216min
Footnotes Interview with Dr Catherine Hartmann on "To See a Mountain"
An interview by Tony Scott with Dr Catherine Hartmann about her 2020 doctoral dissertation, "To See a Mountain: Writing, Place, and Vision in Tibetan Pilgrimage Literature," Harvard University, Gradua...
24 Jan 202241min
Footnotes on "Buddhist Walking Meditations and Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia"
A reading guide by Tony Scott for the article, "Buddhist Walking Meditations and Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia" by Boreth Ly, published in 2012 in the journal, positions, 1 February 2012; 20 (1):...
17 Jan 202212min
Footnotes on "What Bodies Know About Religion and the Study of It"
A reading guide by Frances Garrett for the article, "What Bodies Know About Religion and the Study of It" by K.L. LaMothe, published in 2008 in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76(3), ...
10 Jan 202210min
Footnotes on "Decolonizing the Study of Religion"
A reading guide by Frances Garrett for the article, “Decolonizing the Study of Religion”, by Malory Nye, published in 2019 in the Open Library of Humanities 5(1). p.43. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/o...
3 Jan 202213min
Michael Sheehy on "Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat"
The contemplative technique of tummo (gtum mo, caṇḍālī) – literally, the “fierce lady” – is a consummate practice of Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhist yoga. To understand this somatic yoga and breathwork pra...
27 Des 202138min
Creating Safe(r) Spaces for Mindfulness of Breath: Non-White Western Practitioners’ Experiences of Race, Racism and Whiteness in American Mindfulness
In Vipassana meditation practice, the first common object is the breath. By allowing the breath to be the focus of your awareness, one lets the social world full of discursive thought, self-reflexivit...
27 Des 202126min
