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106 Think Piece: "I Refuse to Change"

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

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The Resistance to Change

Buddhist organisations are as much caught up in the self-preservation instinct. Even when we accept change, our embrace of it is often highly selective. Much of the accommodation side of contemporary Western Buddhism can be understood as a shared practice of avoiding the trail of resistance to change and insight. Here are some of the common forms of resistance I have seen over the last decades.

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