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…
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