Posted in audio interview, Buddhist philosophical, philosophy on July 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Second part of a long dialogue with philosopher Toby Mendelson (Arete House, Melbourne) on the relationship (and tensions) between philosophy, Buddhism and meditation practice. Topics include: karma and rebirth, pitfalls and possibilities in ‘western’ Buddhism, anatman/atman, comparative philosophy east & west, and Buddhist politics.
https://aretehouse.com.au/2018/07/16/011-philosophy-buddhism-meditation-ii/
Posted in audio interview, Buddhist philosophical, philosophy on July 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Discussing philosophy and its relation with Buddhism and Buddhist practice, modernity and Buddhist modernism, meditation and knowledge, the contested epistemic status of karma. Part I of a two-part dialogue, recorded July 2018, with Dr. Toby Mendelson of Arete House (https://aretehouse.com.au/):
https://aretehouse.com.au/2018/07/09/010-philosophy-buddhism-meditation/
Posted in audio interview, Buddhist philosophical, Burma material, interview on August 17, 2010| 1 Comment »
This audio interview with Mike Kewley (in Paris, August 2010) from the eclectically superlative www.beingordinary.org, discusses some broad dimensions of Buddhist and ‘trans-Buddhist’ social awareness and daily-life practice with a view to collective social transformation. It considers how the dharma extends beyond a purely religiously-grounded ethical rationale, to embrace a larger secular spiritual vision as well, while still maintaining the deepest of Buddhist values – those of universal compassion, responsibility and non-violence:
