OK, gonna plow forward and make a mess now. While I'm not a Buddhist anymore, I can also speak from this kind of place: "Take it from someone who has studied all three turnings from both an academic and practice POV."
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Looking forward to seeing the new book
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Thanks, Vince. 1/ In my view, he refuses to discuss certain questions in certain contexts, but he makes metaphysical pronouncements (e.g., about the "All"); it's just that his stance toward them is empiricist (not his word of course).
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2/ My new book has a chapter where I explain how/why I differ from
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And, as I discuss in the book, I see myself as a good friend to Buddhism, though not a Buddhist, and so my criticisms are meant to be friendly ones
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Defending already! Ah, views distortions. The play of mind is ceaseless!
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