Bright on Buddhism Episode 8 - What is Buddhist Modernism? What are its origins? Why are we critical of it?

Resources - The Making of Buddhist Modernism, David L. McMahan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008; Buddhism and Science, Donald S Lopez Jr, 2008, University of Chicago Press; How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America, Rick Fields, 1992. Shambhala Publications; https://web.archive.org/web/20050204223509/http://web.otani.ac.jp/EBS/dts.html; http://www.azenlife-film.org/top.htm; Zen Buddhism : selected writings of D.T. Suzuki, translated by William Barrett; Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist by Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro

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What is Buddhist Modernism?