[Unedited] Ingrid Jordt With Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Sociology, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Arts, Culture, On Being, Society, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences

4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2007

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Former Burmese Buddhist nun and anthropologist Ingrid Jordt takes us inside the spiritual culture of Burma, exploring the meaning of monks taking to the streets there in September, the way in which religion and military rule are intertwined, and how Buddhism remains a force in and beyond the current crisis. See more at onbeing.org/program/burma-buddhism-and-power/75

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0:00.0	This is Bill in Milwaukee, one, two, three, Ingrid and Bill in Milwaukee, one, two, three,
0:08.6	four, five.
0:09.6	Hi.
0:10.6	This is Christa Dippett.
0:11.6	We're here in St. Paul.
0:12.6	Hello, Christa.
0:13.6	Hi, Ingrid.
0:14.6	Have you done this before?
0:18.2	No, I haven't.
0:19.2	Okay.
0:20.2	Well, it's actually, I think it could be off-putting.
0:22.8	It's actually quite a good way to have a conversation because you can completely focus on
0:27.0	listening.
0:28.1	I now find having to make eye contact and sitting up straight kind of distracting.
0:32.4	Uh-huh.
0:33.4	I've been reading your book, and that was your doctoral dissertation, also, right?
0:40.2	Yes, it was based on, although afterwards, I did spend more time in Burma, developing
0:46.8	more information for it.
0:49.7	Have you heard our program, we're on it more?
0:52.1	Yes, I have.
0:53.1	Okay, good.
0:54.1	I have.
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