Stuart Lachs – open buddhism

When the Saints Go Marching In: Modern Day Zen Hagiography

Stuart Lachs — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:31:41 +0000

Almost all the problems of philosophy once again pose the same form of question as they did two thousand years ago: how can something originate in its opposite, for example rationality in irrationality, the sentient in the dead, logic in unlogic, disinterested contemplation in covetous desire, living for others in egoism, truth in error? Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human This paper takes a...

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Two Views Of The Dalai Lama: High-level Bodhisattva And Transactional Political Figure

Stuart Lachs — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:52:30 +0000

It is with some hesitancy that I write this essay in reference to the paper ‘Not the Tibetan Way’: The Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik Concerning Abusive Teachers that Rob Hogendoorn and I jointly wrote. My general rule is not to take part in social media and blogs, hoping to let my articles speak for themselves. If someone writes to me privately, I am glad to engage them to exchange ideas and views.

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Tibetan Buddhism Enters the 21st Century: Trouble in Shangri-la

Stuart Lachs — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:55:35 +0000

What convinces masses are not facts, not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the illusion. 1 This long-read makes use of numeric footnotes that open on hover and take you to the footnote at the bottom of the page on click. Clicking the blue thumbnail at the end of the listed footnotes takes you back to where it was inserted into the text. Buddhism in the 21st century is fairly well...

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