Robert Sharf

Robert Sharf is Associate Professor of East Asian Religions at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

IdeasMagazine | Interview

Losing Our Religion

Have Westerners created a new and viable form of Buddhism, or has something been lost in translation? Berkeley professor Robert Sharf argues that with our emphasis on individual experience and meditation, we risk cutting ourselves off…

Interview with Robert Sharf by Andrew Cooper

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