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Interview with Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson

Jamie Hubbard

2018/11/20

Interview

Interview

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About the interview

In this interview during the AAR annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 2018, Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson discuss Critical Buddhism, buddha-nature, and Buddhism in Japan, as well as many other topics. Present during the interview are José Cabezón, Alexander Gardner, Marcus Perman, and other members of the Tsadra staff.

Clips from the interview

Clips from the interview

Critical Buddhism: An Overview

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10:52 min

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On Their Book Pruning the Bodhi Tree and Responses to Critical Buddhism

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6:56 min

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On Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro's Criticism of Tathāgatagarbha

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4:44 min

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On Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro's Doctrinal Positions, the Japanese Response, and the Legacy of Critical Buddhism

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12:20 min

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On Their Own Position on the Critical Buddhism Debate

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5:31 min

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Buddha-Nature according to Zhiyi and the T'ien T'ai Tradition

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4:19 min

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On the Issue of Buddha-Nature and Practice in East Asian Buddhist Traditions

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3:49 min

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What Is Buddha-Nature?

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4:04 min

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'jog sgom - This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activity. (Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, 102). Skt. स्थाप्यभावना Tib. འཇོག་སྒོམ་

anātman - The nonexistence of the self as a permanent, unchanging entity. Skt. अनात्मन् Tib. བདག་མེད་པ་ Ch. 无我

tathāgatagarbha - Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness)." Skt. तथागतगर्भ Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ Ch. 如来藏

Yogācāra - Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana). Skt. योगाचार Tib. རྣལ་འབྱོར་སྤྱོད་པ་ Ch. 瑜伽行派

The Awakening of Faith is a key source text for buddha-nature theory in East Asian Buddhism.