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Why I'm Not a Buddhist

The Contemplative Science Podcast

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Modern Buddhism - I'm Not a Traditional Buddhist, but I Am a Buddhist in the Modern World

Modern Buddhists often position themselves as negating or denying traditional Buddhism. They do that by projecting this modern construct back into the origins of Buddhism, he says. The problem comes when people are ignorant of the history and don't realize that this is a new form of Buddhism,. He asks: Is there any way that they can relate?

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