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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron
Description: Professor William Waldron teaches courses on the South Asian religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion and history, comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind, and theory and method in the study of religion at Middlebury College. His publications focus on the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism and its dialogue with modern thought. He is the author of Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters (Wisdom Publications, 2023).In this conversation, we look at Yogacara thought, idealism, constructivism and the impact on the practitioner and tackle the following;
Why thinking of Yogacara as Mind Only is...