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116 Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron
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Professor William Waldron teaches courses on the South Asian religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion and history, comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind, and theory and method in the study of religion at Middlebury College. His publications focus on the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism and its dialogue with modern thought. He is the author of Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters (Wisdom Publications, 2023).
In this conversation, we look at Yogacara thought, idealism, constructivism and the impact on the practitioner and tackle the following;
- Why thinking of Yogacara as Mind Only is deeply problematic
- Why seeing Yogacara as essentially constructivist is more accurate
- Why seeing constructivism in dualistic terms is to miss the point
- Why interdependence is central to Yogacara rather than the doctrine of emptiness
- Why the signature concepts of; the three natures, the storehouse consciousness, and mere perception are liberational and key to understanding Yogacara’s ethics
- Why Madhyamaka became dominant and a mistaken view of Yogacara developed as a consequence
- How the insights of Yogacara can help us to understand concepts of liberation today
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120 episoder
Manage episode 408385044 series 3330193
Professor William Waldron teaches courses on the South Asian religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion and history, comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind, and theory and method in the study of religion at Middlebury College. His publications focus on the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism and its dialogue with modern thought. He is the author of Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogacara Buddhism Matters (Wisdom Publications, 2023).
In this conversation, we look at Yogacara thought, idealism, constructivism and the impact on the practitioner and tackle the following;
- Why thinking of Yogacara as Mind Only is deeply problematic
- Why seeing Yogacara as essentially constructivist is more accurate
- Why seeing constructivism in dualistic terms is to miss the point
- Why interdependence is central to Yogacara rather than the doctrine of emptiness
- Why the signature concepts of; the three natures, the storehouse consciousness, and mere perception are liberational and key to understanding Yogacara’s ethics
- Why Madhyamaka became dominant and a mistaken view of Yogacara developed as a consequence
- How the insights of Yogacara can help us to understand concepts of liberation today
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
120 episoder
Alla avsnitt
×1 120 Non Buddhist Mysticism: Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence 1:54:54
1 119 Alone in a World of Wounds with Zen Abbot Shodhin Geiman 1:29:16
1 118 Nietzsche Now! With Glenn Wallis 1:17:17
1 117 Building the Future Buddha: A Discussion with Jundho Cohen 59:00
1 116 Making Sense of Yogacara with William Waldron 1:27:29
1 115 Christian Coseru on Perceiving Reality 1:18:27
1 114 David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation 1:12:48
1 113 A.I. and Practice with Stuart Baldwin 2:14:43
1 112 Wake up! (Part 3) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts 51:55
1 111 Wake up! (Part 2) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts 28:29
1 110 Wake up! (Part 1) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts 26:56
1 109 Meditating Three Minutes a Day: A Conversation with Richard Dixey 1:03:00
1 108 Curtis White on Buddhism and Transcendence 53:26
1 107 Simon Cox on the Subtle Body 1:16:11
1 106 Think Piece: "I Refuse to Change" 31:14
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