Aṅgulimāla Angulimala About this Episode A reflection on Aṅgulimāla and the moment when recognition interrupts violence and opens the possibility of moral change. circa -450
The Gifts He Would Not Take Revata About this Episode Revata's refusal of a bribe at the Second Buddhist Council reveals the spiritual conditions required for genuine consultation and collective truth-seeking. circa -380
The Ground Beneath the Ground: Nagarjuna and the Philosophy of Emptiness Nagarjuna About this Episode Nagarjuna's philosophy of emptiness revealed that human connection is not an achievement but the ground of reality itself. circa 200
The Man Who Faced the Wall Bodhidharma About this Episode Bodhidharma, the 5th-century monk who brought Chan Buddhism to China, teaches that what we seek is already present beneath the noise of striving. circa 500
Toward the Voice: Xuanzang and the Search for Sacred Coherence Xuanzang About this Episode a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang risked everything to seek the origin of his faith. circa 645
Mandāravā: Fire Into Water Mandāravā About this Episode The story of Mandāravā, 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist saint, and what it means when destruction becomes consecration. circa 800
The Voice That Crossed the Sea Saichō About this Episode Harmonia returns to 8th-century Japan to witness the arrival of the Lotus Sutra-not as a conquest, but as a quiet revolution. circa 805
The Boat to the Golden Island: Atiśa and the Courage to Seek Atiśa About this Episode The story of Atiśa, the 11th-century Bengali scholar whose lifelong search for truth took him from India to Sumatra to Tibet. circa 1042
The Frog and the Bishop: Sacred Laughter and the Scrolls of Toba Sōjō Toba Sōjō About this Episode A 12th-century Buddhist archbishop and the satirical scrolls that became Japan's oldest manga --- and a meditation on sacred laughter. circa 1100
The Rule and the Awakening: Changlu Zongze and the Sacred Ordinary Changlu Zongze About this Episode Changlu Zongze's 1103 monastic code revealed that full presence in ordinary tasks is inseparable from spiritual awakening. circa 1103