Questions tagged [western-buddhism]
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Why are so many Buddhists in the west hostile to academic analyses of the religion?
Why are some Buddhists in the west hostile to academic analyses of the religion?
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Where do westerners get their "Buddhist" names?
Many western Buddhists have non-western names:
Jeffrey Block - Bhikkhu Bodhi
Geoffrey DeGraff - Thanissaro Bhikkhu or Ajaan Geoff
Deirdre Blomfield-Brown - Pema Chödrön
Are they given to them when they are ordained as monks/bhikkuni (like Dances…
Steve H.
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