A little taste of some of the ideas in my new book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist: Beyond Buddhist Exceptionalism http://blog.yalebooks.com/2020/01/10/beyond-buddhist-exceptionalism/ … via @Yale University Press Blog
I don't mean to suggest that at all. I mean that I see no way right now to be a modern non-monastic Buddhist w/out being a Buddhist modernist (some monastics are Buddhist modernists, too, of course)
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Felt need to cope/end suffering and unsatisfaction is not a "religious force", but a common human instinct and some lay buddhists practice the eightfold path of the suttas without any of the other forces that you mention (most are actually hindrances for a buddhist meditator)
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Indeed, but the way it's understood and channeled by Buddhism is religious. The 8fold path is a path to nirvana (a religious concept). Whether the desire to experience deep absorption is a hindrance or an aid depends on who (which Buddhist) you ask.
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Ah, I see. (I didn't mean to suggest you meant that - I obviously credit you with a detailed understanding of the subject!)
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Adding your book to my list. Is there a plan for an audiobook version by any chance?
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