Carving the Divine TV Podcast

Yujiro Seki
  • 5.0 (3)
  • BUDDHISM
Carving the Divine TV Podcast

Come and join our weekly journey on Buddhism and Eastern Religion hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki. Carving the Divine TV Podcast is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts and history of Buddhism. The show may not turn you into a self-actualized spiritual guru but it will open the door into this beautiful, profound spiritual tradition. We will start our journey from India and make our way to Japan, covering a wide range of topics in an easy-to-digest style! Each show is between 10 - 30 minutes long. On top of that, we will give you special episodes on Japanese Buddhist sculptures (known as Butsuzo) and Buddhist practioners' episodes. Yes! This series is made to be a supplemental material for the up-and-coming documentary film "Carving the Divine - Buddhist Sculptors of Japan" but you can take your new knowledge with you anywhere in the world to enhance the quality of your life!

  1. 11/09/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Shodo/Calligraphy Master William Reed

    Let’s support, watch and share this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK 👉 https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineWhat is Carving The Divine about?Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.The art of Busshi is one of the most significant cultural legacies of Japan. Yet at this point...

    39 min

  2. 11/06/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Bishop Myokei Caine-Barrett of the Nichiren Shu North America

    Let’s support and watch this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK: https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineWhat is Carving The Divine about?Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.Carving the Divine has become the official selection for 30 film festivals, showing in a total of 22 countries, and won a...

    24 min

  3. 11/05/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Rinzai Zen Master Meido Moore

    Let’s support and watch this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK: https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineCheck out an endorsement review of Carving the Divine by Rinzai Zen Master, Meido Moore"Great Buddhist sculpture reveals not only a hard-won technical mastery and aesthetic refinement: it possesses an energetic, luminous quality that has the ability to transform our conditions, and even to give the viewer an experiential taste of the qualities represent...

    26 min

  4. 11/03/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Art Historian Mark Schumacher

    Let’s support and watch this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK: https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineCheck out an endorsement review of Carving the Divine by Art Historian Mark Schumacher"Carving the Divine explores the modern remnants of Japan’s ancient carving traditions – largely hidden from public gaze. It captures the hardships and aspirations of the current generation of apprentice-artisans training under the harsh-yet-kind tutelage of a master c...

    26 min

  5. 11/02/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Ninja Martial Artist Stephen K. Hayes

    Let’s support and watch this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK: https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineCheck out an endorsement review of Carving the Divine by Martial Artist Teacher, Author, Speaker An-Shu Stephen K. Hayes!"Can a traditional Japanese sacred art form based on generations of selfless apprentices studying with stern masters survive into the 21st Century? Has Japan retained enough reverence for the demanding learning process that takes year...

    34 min

  6. 11/01/2022

    Carving the Divine Review by Bishop Marvin Harada of Buddhist Churches of America

    Let’s support and watch this world award winning documentary, Carving the Divine! HERE IS THE LINK: https://igg.me/at/Carving-the-DivineCheck out an endorsement review of Carving the Divine by Rev. Marvin HaradaThe Bishop and Co-Director, Center for Buddhist Education Buddhist Churches of America"Carving the Divine is more than a movie about amazing wood sculptors of Japan. To me, the movie is about the Master-Apprentice, or the Master-Disciple relationship, and how this is still being ...

    18 min

  7. 09/22/2021

    The History of Busshi (Japanese Buddhist sculptor) With Mark Schumacher

    Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism and of course Buddhist sculptures/sculptors (bustuzo/busshi) so that when viewers finally watch the documentary Carving the Divine - Buddhist sculptors of Japan, they will get the maximum value of the documentary.Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series o...

    1 hr

  8. 09/15/2021

    Classifying Buddhist Deities 4. "What are Ten-Bu (Celestial Beings)?” With Mark Schumacher

    Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism and of course Buddhist sculptures/sculptors (bustuzo/busshi) so that when viewers finally watch the documentary Carving the Divine - Buddhist sculptors of Japan, they will get the maximum value of the documentary.This is a special episode about categories of Butsuzo (Japanese Budd...

    48 min
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Come and join our weekly journey on Buddhism and Eastern Religion hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki. Carving the Divine TV Podcast is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts and history of Buddhism. The show may not turn you into a self-actualized spiritual guru but it will open the door into this beautiful, profound spiritual tradition. We will start our journey from India and make our way to Japan, covering a wide range of topics in an easy-to-digest style! Each show is between 10 - 30 minutes long. On top of that, we will give you special episodes on Japanese Buddhist sculptures (known as Butsuzo) and Buddhist practioners' episodes. Yes! This series is made to be a supplemental material for the up-and-coming documentary film "Carving the Divine - Buddhist Sculptors of Japan" but you can take your new knowledge with you anywhere in the world to enhance the quality of your life!

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  • Creator
    Yujiro Seki
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Carving the Divine TV Podcast
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