This is the first lecture of Robert Wright’s “Buddhism & Modern Psychology” course, originally offered on Coursera through Princeton University.

Lecture One: The Buddhist Diagnosis

* Introduction: Religious Buddhism and ‘Secular’ Buddhism

* Feelings and Illusions

* The First Two Noble Truths

* Evolutionary Psychology and the First Two Noble Truths

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