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Sep 24, 2018

S1 E1: David McMahon on Buddhist Modernism

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Before recent times, most Buddhists, and even most Buddhist monks, did not meditate. Yet today, many consider sitting meditation to be the essence of Buddhist practice. How does the Buddhism one encounters in the religious marketplace today differ from what was taught by its ancient Indian founder? According to Dr. David McMahan, author of The...

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