Yavanayāna Buddhism: a defence
In my last post I spoke of Yavanayāna Buddhism, the new modernized, Western-influenced Buddhism (including Engaged Buddhism) that focuses on meditation and denies the supernatural. Many contemporary...
View ArticleOn the genealogy of “Buddhism and science”
The most recent book from Donald S. Lopez, Jr., one of the most widely read contemporary American scholars of Buddhism, is entitled Buddhism and Science. Unlike most books with this title, it does not...
View ArticleThe blurry boundary between premodern and modern
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about two excellent books on very different topics, both of which I’ve written about at Love of All Wisdom before: Andrew Nicholson’s Unifying Hinduism, and Brian...
View ArticleInterview, part 2
The second half of Skholiast‘s interview with me is now available, for anyone interested.
View ArticleOf shopping carts and cherry-picking
Evan Thompson has continued our dialogue with a new reply, and I am now ready to respond to it. This response will be seven posts long, so I will follow the practice from my last round of replies of...
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