Living Dharma —a conversation within our shared habitat
Living Dharma is a conversation within our shared habitat.
Shoukei Matsumoto is a Buddhist practitioner and thinker in Japan’s Pure Land tradition — a path that, since Shinran, has been walked not in the monastery but in the midst of people’s everyday life. In this podcast, he sits down with thinkers, faith leaders, philosophers, and fellow seekers from around the world — to speak not from their titles, but from somewhere deeper.
Each conversation begins with a simple question: how do we live with presence, responsibility, and care — now, and for those who come after us? As the human-centered age gives way to a wider belonging, we listen across traditions for a people’s Buddhism: not a religion to believe in, but a way of being awake, together, in the one habitat we share.
Voices from Japanese Buddhism, rarely heard in English, are part of this commons too.
Kate Raworth – Economist, creator of Doughnut Economics
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.Audrey Tang – Taiwan’s first digital minister, TIME100 AI Leader
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.Roman Krznaric – Author of The Good Ancestor
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.Markus Gabriel – Philosopher, founder of New Realism
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.David Kennedy – Harvard Law professor, global governance scholar
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.Stephen Batchelor – Buddhist teacher, author of After Buddhism
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.Simran Jeet Singh, Daniel Hires, Joel Rosenthal, and many others
Originally produced for voice, the Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.
🌐 Additional Dialogues
In addition to voice, Shoukei Matsumoto has participated in dialogues on international platforms including:
Private Dialogue in Kyoto – with Yuval Noah Harari
Bilateral sessions with Audrey Tang on digital democracy and Buddhist listening
Published conversations with Markus Gabriel (in English) featured in Japanese works
This space will continue to grow—documenting a shared journey toward trust, care, and becoming good ancestors.