[Buddha-l] Unpopular Buddhism

[JKirkpatrick]

Ssince when does the listserve leave off the usual email headers,
as they did with this post of mine?
They only turn up if you forward or reply.
Joanna K.
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Well, here are some excerpts from this article that indicate to
me anyway that he was not making invidious distinctions between
'Asiatiks and the West', that he was in fact concerned more about
western romantic ideas of Buddhism contrary to the Buddhist
rational perspective, etc. That in fact he recognises Buddhism as
basically rational. What Batchelor decided as a personal leaning
to avoid above all was to practice Buddhism 'as a religion':
	
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