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Why Buddhism and the West Need Each Other: The Nonduality of Personal and Social Transformation

David Loy

Paper given at the conference "Western Buddhism: Engaged Buddhism?" by David Loy on 30-Sep-2011, Bristol UK.

Within Western Buddhism the importance of social engagement is now generally accepted; certainly many Buddhist individuals and groups are seriously involved in activities such as prison dharma, raising money for impoverished people, and so forth. But almost all such activities involve what…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 2011 , Other Articles , David Loy

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