Buddhist Books Podcast

Buddhist Books Podcast is an approachable, sometimes humorous, series available on YouTube or any podcasting platform. It is a series of videos in which I read the English translations of Buddhist scriptures aloud in English.

In most episodes, I read “Tipitaka,” the original "Three Baskets" of pre-sectarian early Buddhism:

Every ten episodes, I read from "The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava," which is a translation of “Padma Thang-yig,” the story of Padmasambhava said to have been recorded by Yeshe Tsogyal in the 8th century C.E.:

The Tipitaka recitals will take several years to complete. Afterward, I'll read the early Mahayana scriptures, the Tipitaka commentaries of the 5th and 6th century C.E. Theravadin scholar-monks, the later Mahayana scriptures, and so on, moving century by century through this vast tradition.

May you and all sentient beings be happy,
May you and all sentient beings be serene,
May you and all sentient beings be in peace.