Brown University
Contemplative Studies
How research by philosopher Charles Taylor can shed new light on problems in the transmission of Buddhism to the West.
How the recent discovery of ancient Gandharan scrolls settles the question of what the Buddha really said.
An interview with Professor Charles Prebish, a leading pioneer in the academic study of Western Buddhism.
An interview with philosopher/psychologist Eugene Gendlin about the origen and nature of Focusing, an innovative technique for self-transformation he developed out of work with Carl Rogers.
An interview with Nichiren Buddhist priest Myokei Caine-Barrett Shonin about the origens of Nichiren and her experience as a woman of color practicing Buddhism in America.
An interview with Atula Shah about Buddhist life in Kenya.
Seventeen years ago, Christine Skarda's investigations into the nature of perception drew her out of the research laboratory and onto the meditation cushion. She left behind a career as a philosopher and scientific theorist for a life of... more
Review of Kathryn Schulz's Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. We all love being right and hate being wrong. But why?
The author of Turtle Feet talks about being a monk, falling under India's spell, and re-learning how to live in the West.
Neuroscientist Catherine Kerr is concerned about how mindfulness meditation research is being portrayed in the media.
Buddhist tradition and modernity are in many ways incompatible. But one Western intellectual tradition may hold a key to bringing the two into meaningful dialogue.