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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 149 - What is mudra? What is its significance in Buddhism? How ought we understand it?
Resources: Draeger, Donn (1980). "Esoteric Buddhism in Japanese Warriorship", in: No. 3. 'Zen and the Japanese Warrior' of the International Hoplological Society Donn F. Draeger Monograph Series. 
Mallinson, James; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5. OCLC 928480104.
Stutley, Margaret (2003) [1985]. The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography (First Indian ed.). New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. ISBN 81-215-1087-2.
Saunders, Ernest Dale (1985). Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-01866-9.
Hirschi, Gertrud. Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands.
Taisen Miyata: A study of the ritual mudras in the Shingon tradition: A phenomenological study on the eighteen ways of esoteric recitation in the Koyasan tradition. Publisher s.n.
Acharya Keshav Dev: Mudras for Healing; Mudra Vigyan: A Way of Life. Acharya Shri Enterprises, 1995. ISBN 9788190095402 .
Gauri Devi: Esoteric Mudras of Japan. International. Academy of Indian Culture & Aditya Prakashan, 1999. ISBN 9788186471562.
Lokesh Chandra & Sharada Rani: Mudras in Japan. Vedams Books, 2001. ISBN 9788179360002.
Emma I. Gonikman: Taoist Healing Gestures. YBK Publishers, Inc., 2003. ISBN 9780970392343.
Fredrick W. Bunce: Mudras in Buddhist and Hindu Practices: An Iconographic Consideration. DK Printworld, 2005. ISBN 9788124603123.
A. S. Umar Sharif: Unlocking the Healing Powers in Your Hands: The 18 Mudra System of Qigong. Scholary, Inc, 2006. ISBN 978-0963703637.
Dhiren Gala: Health at Your Fingertips: Mudra Therapy, a Part of Ayurveda Is Very Effective Yet Costs Nothing. Navneet, 2007. ISBN 9788124603123.
K. Rangaraja Iyengar: The World of Mudras/Health Related and other Mudras. Sapna Book house, 2007. ISBN 9788128006975.
Suman K Chiplunkar: Mudras & Health Perspectives: An Indian Approach. Abhijit Prakashana, 2008. ISBN 9788190587440.
Cain Carroll and Revital Carroll: Mudras of India: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance. Singing Dragon, 2012. ISBN 9781848190849.
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Bright on Buddhism - Episode 148 - What is the fifth precept of Buddhism? What is its significance? How have interpretations of it changed over time?
Resources: Keown, Damien (2013b), "Buddhist Ethics", in LaFollette, Hugh (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 636–47, doi:10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee163, ISBN 978-1-4051-8641-4
Keown, Damien (2016b), Buddhism and Bioethics, Springer Nature, ISBN 978-1-349-23981-8
De Silva, Padmasiri (2016), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism, Springer Nature, ISBN 978-1-349-26772-9
Edelglass, William (2013), "Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy" (PDF), in Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (1st ed.), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 476–90, ISBN 978-0-470-65877-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015
Funayama, Tōru (2004), "The Acceptance of Buddhist Precepts by the Chinese in the Fifth Century", Journal of Asian History, 38 (2): 97–120, JSTOR 41933379
Seeger, M. (2010), "Theravāda Buddhism and Human Rights. Perspectives from Thai Buddhism" (PDF), in Meinert, Carmen; Zöllner, Hans-Bernd (eds.), Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights: Dissonances and Resonances, Transcript Verlag, pp. 63–92, ISBN 978-3-8376-1263-9
Keown, Damien (2012), "Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?", in Husted, Wayne R.; Keown, Damien; Prebish, Charles S. (eds.), Buddhism and Human Rights, Routledge, pp. 15–42, ISBN 978-1-136-60310-5
Keown, Damien (2013a), "Buddhism and Biomedical Issues" (PDF), in Emmanuel, Steven M. (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (1st ed.), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 613–30, ISBN 978-0-470-65877-2, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2015
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Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - The Yakuza - Part 2
Resources: Adelstein, Jake (2009). Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-307-37879-8. OCLC 699874898.
—— (2023). The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe Publications. ISBN 9780307908384. OCLC 1376495818.
Adelstein, Jake (2024). Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe. ISBN 9781957363912. OCLC 1415747543.
Baradel, Martina. 2026. 21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime. Oxford University Press.
Whiting, Robert (1999). Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (First ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780679419761. OCLC 45344213
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Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - The Yakuza - Part 1
Resources: Adelstein, Jake (2009). Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-307-37879-8. OCLC 699874898.
—— (2023). The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe Publications. ISBN 9780307908384. OCLC 1376495818.
Adelstein, Jake (2024). Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe. ISBN 9781957363912. OCLC 1415747543.
Baradel, Martina. 2026. 21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime. Oxford University Press.
Whiting, Robert (1999). Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (First ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780679419761. OCLC 45344213
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Bright on Buddhism - Mūlapariyāya Sutta
Resources: Ñanamoli; Bodhi; The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Outline of the suttas.
Kearney, Patrick; EVAṂ ME SUTTAṂ This is how I heard it; Mūlapariyāya Sutta: The process of delusion. http://www.dharmasalon.net/Writings/Majjhima/files/01_Delusion.pdf
Kearney, Patrick; EVAṂ ME SUTTAṂ This is how I heard it; Mūlapariyāya Sutta: The process of delusion. http://www.dharmasalon.net/Writings/Majjhima/files/01_Delusion.pdf
Mūlapariyāya Sutta - The Root of All Things - Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bhodi, http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/wp/mn/mn.001.ntbb.wp.htm#fn5
Mūlapariyāya Sutta - The Root of All Things - Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bhodi, http://obo.genaud.net/dhamma-vinaya/wp/mn/mn.001.ntbb.wp.htm#fn5
Mulapariyaya Sutta: The Root Sequence translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu © 1998 http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.001.than.html
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