Apollo's Mystic Caravan - Podcast

Apollo Gott

Dedicated to history, spirituality, mysticism, and positive social change.

Episodes

  1. 04/13/2021

    The Dalai Lama - Bodhisattva of Compassion

    In this episode we dive into Tibetan Buddhism. What is a Bodhisattva? What is Bodhicitta?  sources: 1. Gyatso, Tenzin, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Freedom in Exile. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2016. 2. Gyatso, Tenzin, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva. Boston: Shambhala, 2009. 3. Abrams, Douglas Carlton., Tutu, Desmond., Lama, Dalai. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. United Kingdom: Penguin Publishing Group, 2016. 4. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “Principal Commitments,” The 14th Dalai Lama, April 4, 2021, https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/biography-and-daily-life/three-main-commitments. 5. Heim, S. Mark. Crucified Wisdom: Theological Reflection on Christ and the Bodhisattva. United States: Fordham University Press, 2018. 6. Kawamura, Leslie. Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhism. Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010.

  2. 03/09/2021

    Mysticism and Social Action - Howard Thurman, India, and The Cross Cultural Struggle for Civil Rights.

    This podcast is inspired by the work of Howard Thurman, Christian Mystic and social activist.  Primary Sources: 1. Thurman, Howard. Jesus and the Disinherited. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1996. 2. Patrick Wynne-Jones, Howard Thurman, and Richard Boeke. Mysticism and Social Action: Lawrence Lecture and Discussions with Dr. Howard Thurman, October 13 and 14, 1978. London: IARF British Chapter, 2014. 3. Thurman, Howard. For the Inward Journey: The Writings of Howard Thurman. New York, NY: Harcourt Brance Jovanovich, 1984. 4. Thurman, Howard. Mysticism and the Experience of Love. Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1973. Secondary Sources: 1. Pollard, Alton B. Mysticism and Social Change: The Social Witness of Howard Thurman. New York, NY: P. Lang, 1992. 2. Azaransky, Sarah. This Worldwide Struggle: Religion and the International Roots of the Civil Rights Movement. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017.

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