Strawberries and the Ethic of Appreciation
A well-known Buddhist story, and its contemporary interpretations, reveal the evolving tension between ascetic detachment and compassionate engagement—and where meditation fits in.
David L McMahan
David L McMahan is the Charles A Dana professor of religious studies at Franklin and Marshall College, author of Rethinking Meditation: Buddhist Meditative Practices in Ancient and Modern Worlds, The Making of Buddhist Modernism, and Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism, and editor of Meditation, Buddhism, and Science and Buddhism in the Modern World.
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Scholar David McMahan on the Asian reformations grounding contemporary Western Buddhism
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An interview with Buddhist scholar David McMahan
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