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Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Hardcover)
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Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Hardcover)
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A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist
exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected
philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science Buddhism has
become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning
number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of
meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to
romance. There are conferences, courses, and celebrities promoting
the notion that Buddhism is spirituality for the rational,
compatible with cutting-edge science, indeed, "a science of the
mind." In this provocative book, Evan Thompson argues that this
representation of Buddhism is false. In lucid and entertaining
prose, Thompson dives deep into both Western and Buddhist
philosophy to explain how the goals of science and religion are
fundamentally different. Efforts to seek their unification are
wrongheaded and promote mistaken ideas of both. He suggests
cosmopolitanism instead, a worldview with deep roots in both
Eastern and Western traditions. Smart, sympathetic, and
intellectually ambitious, this book is a must-read for anyone
interested in Buddhism's place in our world today.
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