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Podcast: New Books in Buddhist Studies
Episode: Robert Wright, âWhy Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenmentâ (Simon and Schuster, 2017)
Description: All âtrue believersâ believe their beliefs are true. This is particularly true of true religious believers: for Christians, Christianity is the true religion, for Jews, Judaism is the true religion, for for Muslims, Islam is the true religion. Few true believer, however, would make the claim that their religion is âscientifically trueâ; religion, after all, is a matter of faith, and faith and science are somewhat different things.
But thatâs the claim Robert Wright is making in his thought-provoking, well-reasoned, and thoroughly-researched book Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (Simon and Schust...