An adaption from Rethinking Meditation by David McMahan

A well-known Buddhist story, and its contemporary interpretations, reveal the evolving tension between ascetic detachment and compassionate engagement—and where meditation fits in.

Context Matters: Interview with David McMahan - Tricycle

Shinshu Roberts, “Being-Time: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji” (Wisdom Publications, 2018) – New Books in Buddhist Studies – Podcast – Podtail

On the Threshold of the Land of Marvels: Alexandra David-Neel in Sikkim and the Making of Global Buddhism (Transcultural Studies 2016/1: 149-186)

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New Books in Religion: David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation on Apple Podcasts

Contemporary Buddhist Studies, My review of David McMahan's Rethinking Meditation (Oxford, 2023)

David L. McMahan on Buddhism, Science & the Humanities, & Modernity – The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

David L. McMahan on Buddhism, Science & the Humanities, & Modernity – The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

Contemporary Buddhist Studies, My review of David McMahan's Rethinking Meditation (Oxford, 2023)

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