This is an introductory course that provides a general overview of basic Buddhist philosophy for complete beginners or a “refresher†for those who have some experience. It does not assume that ...
Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject. My kids learn mindfulness ...
(Not all philosophies have such a goal and this is another way to know that Buddhism is a religion, not just a philosophy.) In the West, we seek to change the world directly, but in Buddhism, the ...
Buddhism doesn't posit a god, that is, an authoritarian all-knowing more-than-human entity at the center of things. "Buddhism isn't the proclamation of a god who is an ultimate authority, whose ...
And, without looking all the way back to the early 1900s, one wonders how many decades it takes before something is no longer considered “new.” After all, the humanist (ic) psychoanalyst Erich Fromm’s ...
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It is perhaps not too much of an exaggeration to say that after Michael Jerryson no one will ever look at Buddhism the same way. Others have written about Buddhist violence and warfare, of course, but ...