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Interview on the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai
- Author(s):
- Steve McCarty (see profile)
- Date:
- 2023
- Group(s):
- Buddhist Studies, Japanese Studies
- Subject(s):
- Japan, Japanese language, Tantric Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Kūkai, 774-835, Religious life--Buddhism, Tang Dynasty (China), Manuscripts, Sanskrit, Shiba, Ryōtarō, 1923-1996, History
- Item Type:
- Podcast
- Tag(s):
- esotericism, Indian philosophy, chinese religions, Chang'an, Nara, translation, voice, pilgrimage of Shikoku, monasticism, UNESCO
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/ngy7-3s59
- Abstract:
- Through the book Kūkai the Universal, the podcast guest discusses the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai, Esoteric Buddhism, and Zen, in terms of East Asian history, language education, and translation issues including voice.
- Notes:
- The PDF to download includes a link to listen to the podcast, which is also available on major podcasting platforms (see Episode title). Kūkai the Universal is a translation of the Shiba Ryōtarō masterpiece 『空海の風景』, translated by Takemoto Akiko, with whom the podcast guest has collaborated on guidebooks to the pilgrimage island of Shikoku (see links in the PDF).
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Podcast
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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