{"podcast":{"title":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford","slug":"the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833","podcast_index_feed_id":7277833,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford/","website_url":"https://ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/52e38d09-b4cd-41d8-a6b7-fd566a3eb305/np-gBCCvz5nL5vN-z39dAmCf.png","author":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford","episode_count":17,"summary":"The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford podcast features faculty, graduate students, visiting speakers, and alumni in conversation with Miles Osgood and Leah Chase on the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. Interviews are intended to be both academic and accessible: topics range from scholarly publications and insights to personal journeys and reflections. Interview videos are posted on YouTube, @thehocenterforbuddhiststudies. For more information about our events, speakers, and research, visit buddhiststudies.stanford.edu.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T14:17:19.238572+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833"},"episode":{"title":"Stephen Bokenkamp: Daoism and Buddhism in China","slug":"stephen-bokenkamp-daoism-and-buddhism-in-china","published_at":"2025-05-01T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/stephen-bokenkamp-daoism-and-buddhism-in-china","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833","url":"https://ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/4cbe47ab-bd6b-4f88-bc99-b3a5600459fb/Bokenkamp-Podcast.mp3","summary":"Stephen Bokenkamp talks about his fieldwork in China after the Cultural Revolution, how to better understand the original encounter between Daoism and Buddhism in the 2nd to 6th centuries C.E., and what Daoist and Buddhist Studies can learn from one another today. Stephen R. Bokenkamp (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1986) specializes in the study of medieval Chinese Daoism, with a special emphasis on its literatures and its relations with Buddhism. He is author of  Early Daoist Scriptures ， Ancestors and Anxiety ， A Fourth-century Daoist Family: the Zhen’gao , as well as over forty articles and book chapters on Daoism and literature. Among his awards are the Guggenheim Award for the Translation of a medieval Daoist text, a National Endowment for the Humanities Translation grant and the invitation to present the Xuyun and Yanfu lectures for the Philosophy Department of Beijing University. In addition to his position at Arizona State, he has taught at Indiana University, Stanford University, and short courses for graduate students at Beijing, Princeton and Fudan Universities. He was also part of the National 985 project at the Institute of Religious Studies, Sichuan University from 2006-2013. Interview by Miles Osgood.","meta_description":"Stephen Bokenkamp talks about his fieldwork in China after the Cultural Revolution, how to better understand the original encounter between Daoism and Bud…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2489,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/episodes/stephen-bokenkamp-daoism-and-buddhism-in-china/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ho-center-for-buddhist-studies-at-stanford-7277833/stephen-bokenkamp-daoism-and-buddhism-in-china.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}