In part two of our episode on American Buddhism, our conversation meanders from such topics as: How does one become a Buddhist? What is the relationship between becoming a Buddhist and intellectual study? How import is taking the three refuges? How important is community? We also discuss the important role that Buddhist art and images can play in introducing people to Buddhism, and our ambivalent feeling about “tourist Buddhism” and Buddhist commercialism.
In a separate post, we’ll be adding links to some of the resources discussed in the podcast.Thanks for listening!
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Wow, me and John clearly enjoyed this podcast a lot 🙂
Happy to oblige! Rev. Harry and I have really enjoyed your blog as well and appreciate the links back to us!
Gassho,