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Buddhist tradition and modernity are in many ways incompatible. But one Western intellectual tradition may hold a key to bringing the two into meaningful dialogue.
By Linda Heuman, Artwork by René Magritte
Neuroscientist Catherine Kerr is concerned about how mindfulness meditation research is being portrayed in the media.
By Linda Heuman
An interview with philosopher Evan Thompson
By Linda Heuman
Can tradition and science both fit? An interview with Thupten Jinpa Langri
By Linda Heuman
An interview with cultural critic Curtis White
By Linda Heuman
As science invades the humanities, our understanding of Buddhism hangs in the balance
By Linda Heuman
My previous blog post reflecting on Gish Jen’s new book Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Independent Self, generated quite a bit of discussion. Some respondents dismissed as mere “personal observation” the claim that people from Western and Eastern cultures tend toward different types of self-construal. Others considered such generalizations as an Eastern “collectivist self” […]
By Linda Heuman
We in the West are quite concerned these days with how to make the dharma authentically Western. But caution please, folks. Before we start inventing a new flavor of Buddhism to suit Western palettes, it is important to look closely at the implicit assumptions we are bringing to this project. To start, we might examine […]
By Linda Heuman
An exploration of the background assumptions of the modern age and the unique challenges they present
By Linda Heuman
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