Dave Farber
2018-08-02 20:27:40 UTC
Date: August 1, 2018 at 11:05:27 PM GMT+9
Subject: A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Dave, I thought your list might find this report interesting. John Horgan
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and sky-gazing.
Iâve been hard on Buddhism over the years (see for example my critique of the recent bestseller Why Buddhism Is True). But I like to think Iâm open-minded. So I recently put my skepticism to the test by going on a weeklong silent Buddhist retreat, which my pro-Buddhism friends Lisa and Bob argued was my moral obligation.
The retreat rocked me. Iâm still trying to make sense of it, but Iâm going to take a stab at describing it, if only for my own sake. As I told Julie, a teacher who advised me not to write during the retreat, Iâm not sure what happens to me until I write about it....
Continue at https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/a-buddhism-critic-goes-on-a-silent-buddhist-retreat/
-------------------------------------------Subject: A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Dave, I thought your list might find this report interesting. John Horgan
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and sky-gazing.
Iâve been hard on Buddhism over the years (see for example my critique of the recent bestseller Why Buddhism Is True). But I like to think Iâm open-minded. So I recently put my skepticism to the test by going on a weeklong silent Buddhist retreat, which my pro-Buddhism friends Lisa and Bob argued was my moral obligation.
The retreat rocked me. Iâm still trying to make sense of it, but Iâm going to take a stab at describing it, if only for my own sake. As I told Julie, a teacher who advised me not to write during the retreat, Iâm not sure what happens to me until I write about it....
Continue at https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/a-buddhism-critic-goes-on-a-silent-buddhist-retreat/
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