Skype issues, lousy wine, Buddhist podcasts; Daniel Ingram, arhat; rediscovering the tradition; practical and actual Buddhism; how the West has absorbed Buddhism: religious and ritual-oriented vs. convert counter-cultural Buddhism; the new mainstream: meditation for stress reduction, increasing productivity; Science and its one-sided relation to Buddhist tradition; cultural mixing as clusterfuck Contrasting Buddhism’s spread with Christianity’s … Continue reading "Aug 03 2015"