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History of Buddhism

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Loiterer, Boundless Wisdom 41 episodes Nov 11, 2026

This lecture series offers a comprehensive overview of Buddhist thought, tracing its development from the Buddha’s enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree to modern interpretations. It explores Buddhism as a non-theistic tradition and a systematic Eastern philosophy grounded in dependent origination. The series follows the path from Hinayana through Mahayana to Yogacara, emphasizing inward contemplation and mental investigation. Listeners are guided through the spiritual lineage and enduring ideas of this ancient tradition.

Episodes

066 | CHAN SCHOOL — THE BANNER OF THE SOUTHERN SCHOOL- I AM HUINENG Nov 11, 2026 17:03 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

065 | CHAN SCHOOL — BENDING THE CROOKED TO STRAIGHT -GREAT PENETRATION SHENXIU Nov 10, 2026 17:01 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

064 | CHAN SCHOOL — UNITY OF MIND AND PRINCIPLE - JINGJUE OF THE LANKAVATARA LINEAGE Nov 9, 2026 18:07 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

063 | CHAN SCHOOL — MIND MOTIONLESS IS NO MIND - DAO’AN OF MOUNT SONG Nov 8, 2026 14:30 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

062 | CHAN SCHOOL — THOSE WHO ENTER THIS GATE TRANSMIT ONLY BY MIND – FARU Nov 7, 2026 21:06 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

061 | CHAN SCHOOL — THE SPIRIT OF RUNZHOU - OX HEAD FARONG Nov 6, 2026 11:35 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

060 | CHAN SCHOOL — A MILESTONE IN CHAN - THE HUANGMEI LINEAGE Nov 5, 2026 23:35 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

059 | CHAN SCHOOL — ABANDONING BOTH SIN AND MERIT - BODHIDHARMA'S CHAN Nov 4, 2026 19:40 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

058 | CHAN SCHOOL — EAST OF THE PAMIRS , THE FOREMOST IN CHAN STUDIES - SENGCHOU Nov 3, 2026 20:33 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

057 | CHAN SCHOOL — GATHERING IN THE MOUNTAINS - THE XUANGAO MEDITATION GROUP Nov 2, 2026 19:45 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

056 | CHAN SCHOOL — THE INDEPENDENCE OF CHINESE CHAN - BUDDHABHADRA Nov 1, 2026 24:05 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

055 | CHAN SCHOOL — THE ORIGIN - CHAN IS A FLOWER Oct 31, 2026 17:18 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

054 | MASTER DAO’AN SAID, ‘LET EVERYTHING BE’ Oct 30, 2026 09:26 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

053 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE EMPTINESS OF OTHER - THE FIVE MINOR SCHOOLS THAT DISAPPEARED Oct 29, 2026 13:31 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

052 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE GELUG SCHOOL - THE GESHE DEGREE AND THE CANON Oct 28, 2026 14:21 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

051 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE GELUG SCHOOL - LEGENDS OF THE GRASSLAND: SONAM GYATSO AND ALTAN KHAN Oct 27, 2026 18:43 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

050 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE GELUG SCHOOL, RETURNING TO THE HUMAN REALM Oct 26, 2026 19:46 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

049 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE GELUG SCHOOL - THE YELLOW SECT INHERITING THE PAST AND USHERING IN THE FUTURE Oct 25, 2026 17:22 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

048 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE KADAMPA SCHOOL - THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS Oct 24, 2026 18:07 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

047 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE KAGYU SCHOOL - THE BLACK HATS AND THE RED HATS Oct 23, 2026 22:53 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

046 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE KAGYU SCHOOL - WHITE ROBED WANDERING MONKS Oct 22, 2026 23:09 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

045 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE SAKYA SCHOOL - PHAGPA WHO RULED ALL BUDDHISM Oct 21, 2026 23:05 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

044 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE SAKYA SCHOOL - THE FIVE PATRIARCHS AND THE PANDITA Oct 20, 2026 14:57 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

043 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE NYINGMA SCHOOL - GUIDING ONE'S DEATH Oct 19, 2026 17:48 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

042 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE NYINGMA SCHOOL - THE RISE OF THE RED SECT AND THE ZURS FAMILY Oct 18, 2026 21:02 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

041 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — FULL REVIVAL IN THE LATER PROPAGATION PERIOD - MASTER DROKMI Oct 17, 2026 18:17 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

040 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — BODHI IS A LAMP - ATISHA DIPANKARA Oct 16, 2026 16:13 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

039 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS - THE LOWER PATH OF PROPAGATION & NGARI VINAYA Oct 15, 2026 11:02 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

038 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — END OF THE EARLY PROPAGATION PERIOD - LANGDARMA'S PERSECUTION OF BUDDHISM Oct 14, 2026 12:34 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

037 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE GREAT SAMYE OATH Oct 13, 2026 15:21 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

036 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE THREE HEROES OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM - KHEN LOB CHO SUM Oct 12, 2026 10:15 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

035 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE FIRST TRANSMISSION OF DHARMA - ZHANG ZHUNG CIVILIZATION AND SONGTSEN GAMPO Oct 11, 2026 15:27 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

034 | TIBETAN BUDDHISM — THE EPHEMERAL BLOOM OF TANG ESOTERIC BUDDHISM - THE THREE GREAT MASTERS OF KAIYUAN Oct 10, 2026 20:41 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

033 | FORGETTING EMOTION VERSUS LETTING THE MIND BE - NANYUE AND QINGYUAN Oct 9, 2026 20:52 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

032 | FROM EAST MOUNTAIN TEACHING TO CAOXI BUDDHA CHANTS Oct 8, 2026 29:04 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

031 | BOUNDLESS DEPENDENT ORIGINATION - THE HUAYAN SCHOOL'S PERFECT INTERPENETRATION Oct 7, 2026 17:37 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

030 | THE SWAN SONG OF CONSCIOUSNESS ONLY - XUANZANG AND THE DHARMA CHARACTER SCHOOL Oct 6, 2026 22:32 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

029 | PEAKS AND STREAMS OF BUDDHISM - THE TANG DYNASTY Oct 5, 2026 25:36 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

027 | SIX HOUSES AND SEVEN SCHOOLS - THE EVOLUTION FROM ONTOLOGY TO EPISTEMOLOGY Oct 4, 2026 32:09 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

026 | FROM MADHYAMAKA TO YOGACARA - THE BUDDHA NATURE THEORY WHERE ALL DHARMAS CONVERGE Oct 3, 2026 33:58 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

025 | THE AWAKENING AT MOUNT LU - THE SINICIZATION OF BUDDHISM Oct 2, 2026 11:53 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

024 | THE LIGHT OF PRAJNA - MAHAYANA MADHYAMAKA AND KUMARAJIVA Oct 1, 2026 19:37 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

023 | THE GOLDEN AGE - THE STARTING POINT OF CHINESE BUDDHISM Sep 30, 2026 28:47 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

018 | BRILLIANT THOUGHT - A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SECTARIAN BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY Sep 29, 2026 34:09 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

017 | THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE OF MANICHAEISM ON CHINESE BUDDHISM Sep 28, 2026 11:27 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

016 | THE BUDDHIST CANON - THE AGAMAS AND THE RISE OF MAHAYANA Sep 27, 2026 10:33 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

015 | THE RAIN OF DHARMA FROM THE WEST - THE NORTHERN SPREAD OF BUDDHISM Sep 26, 2026 09:14 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

014 | THE FOUR GREAT CONTROVERSIES OVER DHARMA - SELF, MIND & FRUITION, AND THE BIRTH OF THE BODHISATTVA IDEAL Sep 25, 2026 12:38 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

013 | THE GREAT SCHISM - THE ORIGINS OF SECTARIAN BUDDHISM Sep 24, 2026 11:06 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

012 | THE GREAT SCHISM - THE BANNER OF DEVADATTA Sep 23, 2026 08:52 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

011 | FROM KASYAPA TO RAHULA THE "FIRSTS" Sep 22, 2026 08:39 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

010 | THE GREAT CHILIOCOSM AND THE TEN GREAT DISCIPLES Sep 21, 2026 11:17 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

009 | MEDITATION IN THE REALM OF INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS - THE TRUTH OF THE PATH Sep 20, 2026 10:32 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese AppHimalaya.

008 | ETERNAL CESSATION OF ALL AFFLICTIONS - THE TRUTH OF CESSATION Sep 19, 2026 10:29 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

007 | LIFE IS BUT INFATUATION - THE FATAL EMPTINESS OF DHARMA Sep 18, 2026 13:12 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

006 | THE RIVER OF CAUSALITY - THE TWELVE LINKS OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION Sep 17, 2026 10:58 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

005 | NO SELF, NO GOD - THE TRUTH OF THE ORIGIN OF SUFFERING Sep 16, 2026 11:14 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

004 | GRASPING THE ESSENCE OF LIFE - THE TRUTH OF SUFFERING Sep 15, 2026 11:01 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

003 | THE DAWN OF ENLIGHTENMENT - THE LIFE OF SHAKYA Sep 14, 2026 09:07 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

002 | SHRAMANA LEADERS AND THE SIX HETERODOX TEACHERS Sep 13, 2026 11:26 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

001 | THE PRECURSOR OF RESISTANCE AGAINST BRAHMANISM - THE BIRTH OF THE BUDDHA Sep 12, 2026 12:54 If you are Chinese, please directly pay your visit to the originalaudiobook 佛教通史（新佛学金刚经）via Chinese App Himalaya.

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