Paths of Practice with Muichi

About this episode

The episode features Muichi, a Cuban-American Mahayana Buddhist layman, discussing his journey into Buddhism and contributions to Wikipedia.

Muichi is a Cuban-American Mahayana Buddhist layman and Wikipedian currently residing in Florida. Muichi's Buddhist refuge name is Abhayajñāna (originally given in Tibetan as Yeshe Jigme), which means "Fearless Wisdom" (Ch: 無畏智 Wúwèi zhì, Jp.: Muichi). Muichi's contributions to Wikipedia are mainly in the fields of Buddhist Studies, Asian History and Eastern philosophy. Muichi's knowledge of these fields is mainly self taught, having no formal education in these particular subjects. Muichi mostly studied Greco-Roman history and languages while receiving a B.A. in History from Florida International University and later began to study Eastern philosophy and Buddhist studies as an autodidact. For more information about Muichi and the resources mentioned in this episode, please visit the following links: https://sites.google.com/view/abhayajana/home?authuser=0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Javierfv1212 https://www.youtube.com/@FearlessWisdom We talked about: *Dharanis, moderating the PureLand subreddit, and contributing to Buddhism-related Wikipedia articles *Studying philosophy as a lived experience, Western philosophical materialism, and developing space for Eastern…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Moore

Guest: Muichi

Topics covered

• Mahayana Buddhism
• Buddhist Studies
• Eastern philosophy
• Pure Land Buddhism
• Wikipedia contributions
• Philosophy as a lived experience
• Collective translation efforts

Keywords

• Mahayana Buddhism
• Buddhist Studies
• Eastern philosophy
• Pure Land Buddhism
• Wikipedia
• self-taught
• Fearless Wisdom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wikipedia, Florida International University

Books & works: Fearless Wisdom, Paths of Practice

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