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Each month, the Tricycle Talks podcast features leading voices and important conversations from across the contemporary Buddhist world.
This month, Tricycle editor and publisher James Shaheen sits down with philosopher Evan Thompson to discuss his critique of what he calls “Buddhist exceptionalism”: The idea, widespread among modern practitioners, that Buddhism holds a unique place above other religions.
That shows up in statements like “Buddhism is the most scientific of all religions” and “Buddhism isn’t a religion, it’s a ‘science of the mind.’” In his new book Why I’m Not A Buddhist, Thompson challenges the popular belief that science and Buddhism are uniquely compatible—and that Buddhism’s relationship with science gives it a kind of superior status. Instead, Thompson argues that Buddhism is fundamentally a religion, and in order to understand it properly, we have to think of it that way.
You can listen to new and past episodes of Tricycle Talks on the Tricycle website, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio.
This month, Tricycle editor and publisher James Shaheen sits down with philosopher Evan Thompson to discuss his critique of what he calls “Buddhist exceptionalism”: The idea, widespread among modern practitioners, that Buddhism holds a unique place above other religions.
That shows up in statements like “Buddhism is the most scientific of all religions” and “Buddhism isn’t a religion, it’s a ‘science of the mind.’” In his new book Why I’m Not A Buddhist, Thompson challenges the popular belief that science and Buddhism are uniquely compatible—and that Buddhism’s relationship with science gives it a kind of superior status. Instead, Thompson argues that Buddhism is fundamentally a religion, and in order to understand it properly, we have to think of it that way.
You can listen to new and past episodes of Tricycle Talks on the Tricycle website, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio.
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