David Loy on the Intersection of Buddhism and Modern Culture

Please Support The Show with a DonationDavid Loy is a professor, prolific writer, and teacher in the Japanese Zen Buddhism tradition. Much of his work has to do with what has happened as Buddhism has encountered modern western culture and vice versa. In this episode, we dive into this topic via a discussion of his book, A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World. David presents us with a different lens through which to look at this intersection of cultures which will also thereby change the way you look at yourself. Casper Mattress (www.casper.com/oneyoufeed) promo code oneyoufeed and get $50 off select mattresses In This Interview, David Loy and I Discuss...The Wolf ParableHis book, A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern WorldBuddhism in the West todayThe mindfulness movementThe play between Buddhism and PsychotherapyThe role of the selfThe danger of spiritual by-passThe delicate line of feeling our difficult emotions and foregoing our emotionsTranscend the world? Adapt to the world? or See the world differently?That the sense of self that we think we have is not as solid or real as we thinkHow meditation helps us let go of delusional perceptions of the worldOur true natureThe true nature of the worldBuddhism and emptinessThe sense of self is obscuring the nature or our minds which in themselves have no form or characteristics in and of themselvesLiberating our awareness from being stuck on things we're thinking aboutA collection of psychological processes that are happening within usThe process of trying to find the selfRealizing the truth of "that which is looking is that which we are looking for"Non-dualismThe illusion perpetuated by a sense of lackPursuing "things" to deal with the sense of lack because we don't really know what else to do to deal with itConsumerismGreedIll willOur militarized societyThe institutionalized systems that are running of their own accordThe duality of good vs evil and vilifying the "other" in the Judeo Christian WestThe importance of personal transformation in our cultural transformationWhat Buddhism is loosing as it moves into the modern worldWhat Buddhism is gaining as it moves into the modern worldThe meditative and contemplative practices of Buddhism that can help us transform ourselvesSocial transformation and Individual transformation Please Support The Show with a DonationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.