After Buddhism | Stephen Batchelor
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Dharma Is a Form of Therapy or Medicine
Buddhism has a contemplative tradition, which is where we get mindfulness and so on. And of course, it has a very strong emphasis on ethics. In many ways, the Dharma is akin or very close to what the Greeks would have called philosophy. The Buddha too presents himself quite explicitly as a doctor, as a healer.
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