• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment is a 2017 book by Robert Wright. As of August 2017, the book had peaked...
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    Robert Wright (journalist) (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    Logic of Human Destiny (1999), The Evolution of God (2009), and Why Buddhism is True (2017). Wright has taught at Princeton University and the University...
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    views Buddhism as a kind of science, a mind science. Russell's essay is mentioned on page 22. Chapter 2 takes specific aim at Why Buddhism is True by Robert...
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  • Buddhism and science is a subject of contemporary discussion and debate among Buddhists, scientists, and scholars of Buddhism. Historically, Buddhism...
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  • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    should be anyone’s first stop on the road to secular spirituality." Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes...
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  • Secular Buddhism—sometimes also referred to as agnostic Buddhism, Buddhist agnosticism, ignostic Buddhism, atheistic Buddhism, pragmatic Buddhism, Buddhist...
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  • cognitive therapy (MBCT) Buddhism and psychology Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Goleman...
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    4% is Buddhist (470 million). There are three main branches of Buddhism in China: Han or Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism. There...
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    Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Freeman Dyson. MeaningofLife.tv. Event occurs at 0:20:26. Archived...
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    Buddhism (/ˈbʊdɪzəm/ BUUD-ih-zəm, US also /ˈbuːd-/ BOOD-), also known as Buddha Dharma, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings...
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  • The Evolution of God (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
    The Evolution of God is a 2009 book by Robert Wright, in which the author explores the history of the concept of God in the three Abrahamic religions through...
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  • Generally speaking, Buddhism is a religion that does not include the belief in a monotheistic creator deity. As such, it has often been described as either...
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  • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes...
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  • Evan Thompson (category Tibetan Buddhism writers)
    to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright. Secular Buddhism "The Embodied Mind". The MIT Press. "Mind in Life...
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    tông) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in...
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    out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality. In Buddhism, saṃsāra is the "suffering-laden, continuous cycle...
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    Institutions of Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (simplified Chinese: 汉传佛教; traditional Chinese: 漢傳佛教; pinyin: Hànchuán Fójiào; Jyutping:...
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    Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia. It also has a sizable number of adherents in the areas surrounding the...
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    "True Word / Mantra School") is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asian Buddhism....
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    In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized: catvāryāryasatyāni; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni; "The Four arya satya") are...
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    is what makes Buddhism unique. Fifty years after this dispute, the Dhammakaya Movement also began to teach that nibbana is not anatta, but the "true self"...
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    Mahayana (redirect from Mahāyāna Buddhism)
    existing branches of Buddhism, the others being Theravāda and Vajrayāna. Mahāyāna accepts the main scriptures and teachings of early Buddhism but also recognizes...
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    Arhat (redirect from Lohan (Buddhism))
    In Buddhism, an Arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or Arahant (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and...
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    Zen (redirect from Ch'an Buddhism)
    from Chinese: Chán; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan...
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  • Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra...
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  • A Jewish Buddhist is a person with a Jewish background who believes in the tenets of a form of Buddhism. Some practice forms of Dhyanam Buddhist meditation...
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    "Why is there anything at all?" or "Why is there something rather than nothing?" is a question about the reason for basic existence which has been raised...
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  • relationship between Buddhism and sexual orientation varies by tradition and teacher. According to some scholars, early Buddhism appears to have placed...
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  • phenomena (pratītyasamutpāda). In Chinese Buddhism, the Mādhyamaka thought is accepted, and the two truths doctrine is understood as referring to two ontological...
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    Mother of Liberation"), is an important female Buddha in Buddhism, especially revered in Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. She may appear as a female...
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