A long time ago, monks in India debated about the importance of “study” and “practice,” trying to sort out whether their loyalties lay as “monks of the scriptures” or as “monks of meditation.” The com

Lopez (2008) and McMahan (2008) once made excellent points concerning the compatibility of science and Buddhism. These points largely centred on the tendency to conflate traditional expressions and tr

The Buddha once decreed that the Dharma be spoken in one’s own language. The doctrine of skilful means (upāya) indicates that “language” does not literally mean one’s native tongue alone: the Dharma m