08 Engaged Buddhism and the Apolitical Trend
In this episode Stuart and I discuss Engaged Buddhism. We look at whether Buddhism gives people an excuse to disengage politically, as well as the limits that Engaged Buddhists reach when they fail to...
2 Jan 20161h 11min
07 Jayarava Decimates Rebirth and Karma
In this episode, guest Jayarava hits the Imperfect Buddha podcast with some hard truths regarding the impossibility of rebirth & karma whilst drawing on the work of Sean Carroll & his own research int...
3 Nov 20151h 25min
06 On the Limits of Secular Buddhism, on Buddhism, and on Academia
In this episode, Stuart starts with a short interview of Ian Lawton, documentary film maker, and they look at his latest project The Dharma Bum. We then get stuck into a discussion of the academic wor...
19 Okt 20151h 16min
05 Tenzin Peljor on Leaving a Buddhist Cult
In this episode, we have our first interview at the Imperfect Buddha Podcast with the wonderfully insightful Tenzin Peljor, an ordained German Buddhist monk. Tenzin is no ordinary Buddhist monk, howev...
7 Sep 201559min
04 Cults, Cultish Shennanigans, and Buddhist Groups
In this episode Stuart & I discuss Buddhist cults and cultish behaviour in Buddhist groups. We look at cultish behaviours in particular and how they manifest in even innocuous Buddhist groups. We disc...
15 Aug 20151h 29min
03 The Dharma Overground, Get Enlightened, and the Non-Buddhists Cause a Stir
In this episode, the Dharma Oveground and Buddhist Geeks get enlightened, Francois Laurelle and the non-Buddhists speculate, Hokai Sobol and Kenneth Folk do their own thing. Matthew and Stuart cross t...
23 Juli 20151h 44min
02 Tibetan Buddhism Slowly Innovates
The second episode of the IMPERFECT BUDDHA PODCAST has been released from its cage. This episode is split into two parts. 2.1 explores experimentation within Tibetan Buddhism in the West and discusses...
12 Juli 201542min
01 Welcome to the Imperfect Buddha Podcast
What is the Imperfect Buddha Podcast? Where does it come from? Why listen to it? All of these questions and more are presented in this introduction designed at clarifying for new listeners just what k...
11 Juli 20159min
