The Wise Studies Podcast

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The Wise Studies podcast is an extension of our audio library of courses at wisestudies.com. You want to study the world’s great wisdom traditions in more depth but you don’t want to have to go to university to do it. At Wise Studies, we partner with leading scholars, practitioners, and experts in their field to produce high-quality audio courses, ebooks, and podcasts to bring reliable wisdom into your life. This podcast features the authors we work with. Choose a course at https://wisestudies.com

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Hindu Asceticism with Daniela Bevilacqua

Oct 19 2022 42 mins  
In this episode I speak with Daniela Bevilacqua. We cover hindu asceticism, its history, its aims, its culture. We discuss how contemporary ascetics are interacting with a rapidly changing and modernising India. You can listen to her Wise Studies course, Hindu Asceticism and its Spiritual Disciplines here: https://wisestudies.com/product/hindu-asceticism-and-its-spiritual-disciplin

Zen with John Danvers

Jul 15 2022 42 mins  
In this episode I speak with John Danvers about his 55+ years of Zen teaching and practice. We discuss the history of Zen, awakening experiences, the art of sitting and more.You can listen to his entire Wise Studies course An Introduction to Soto Zen at wisestudies.comJohn Danvers has over fifty-five years’ experience of Zen meditation. He has no affiliation to any particular sch

Early Christianity with Ann Conway-Jones

Dec 13 2021 32 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Ann Conway-Jones about some of the developments in early Christianity. What was the transition like between Jews and Gentiles who went from identifying with the customs and traditions of the time to becoming followers of Christ? What defined early Christian contemplative practice? Ann teaches biblical studies, early Jewish–Christian relations, a

What is the Relationship Between Yoga & Buddhism? with Karen O'Brien-Kop

Sep 08 2021 31 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O’Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral research at SOAS was on the intertextuality of Pātañjala yoga and Buddhist yoga in the classical era. She was

The Truth Within with Gavin Flood

Oct 08 2020 35 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Gavin Flood. Gavin is a Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty and academic director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Gavin read Religious Studies and Social Anthropology at Lancaster University and taught at the universities of Wales (Lampeter) and Stirling before coming to Oxford. He was e

The Pali Canon with Sarah Shaw

Sep 18 2020 41 mins  
In this episode I speak with Sarah Shaw. Sarah received her PhD in English from Manchester University. After studying Pali and Sanskrit at Oxford, she began teaching and writing on Buddhist subjects. She has written several books on meditation theory and practice, and Jātaka literature. She is the author of several books including Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, The Jātakas:

Purusha & Prakriti with Karen O'Brien-Kop

Aug 01 2020 49 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Karen O'Brien-Kop. Karen is Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at the University of Roehampton. She was formerly Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral research at SOAS was on the intertextuality of Pātañjala yoga and Buddhist yoga in the classical era. She w

Women in Yoga with Ruth Westoby

Jul 22 2020 41 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Ruth Westoby. Ruth is a doctoral researcher in yoga and an Ashtanga practitioner. As well as offering workshops and lectures at studios and conferences, Ruth teaches on some of the principal Yoga teacher training programmes in the UK and beyond. Ruth received an MA in Indian Religions from SOAS in 2010.Her website is enigmatic.yogaYou can listen t

Nagarjuna & Queering Buddhism with Bee Scherer

Jul 08 2020 56 mins  
In this episode I am speaking with Professor Bee Scherer. Bee is a long-time practitioner of Buddhism and a global Buddhist lay teacher. Bee has studied Indic and Tibetan philology, published on karma, Nāgārjuna and early Mind-only Buddhist schools. In recent years, Bee has worked on transnational Tibetan Buddhism; radical, reform and socially engaged Buddhism in Asia; and on Bud

Ramakrishna & Vivekananda with Gwilym Beckerlegge

Jul 06 2020 36 mins  
In this episode I speak with Gwilym Beckerlegge. Gwilym studied religions at the Universities of Oxford and Lancaster. He is the author of The Ramakrishna Mission: The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement (2000) and Swami Vivekananda’s Legacy of Service: A Study of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission (2006). You can find his course, Vivekananda and His Legacy at wisestudies.comVivekana