A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: John Horgan <jhorgan () stevens edu>
> Date: August 1, 2018 at 11:05:27 PM GMT+9
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
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> Dave, I thought your list might find this report interesting. John Horgan
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> A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
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> Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and sky-gazing.
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> I’ve 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 I’m 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.
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> The retreat rocked me. I’m still trying to make sense of it, but I’m 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, I’m not sure what happens 
> to me until I write about it....
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> Continue at https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/a-buddhism-critic-goes-on-a-silent-buddhist-retreat/



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