[Buddha-l] "Western Self, Asian Other"

[Ralf Steckel]

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What puzzles me is that there are western scholars of Buddhism who seem to subtly disdain the entire field of study and practice, western as well as Asian.

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Dear forum,

practicing Buddhism would give every scholar of Buddhism the chance to have a direct and experimental access his or her field of study. So i'm a bit astonished that so few do. I can imagine that some scholars and scientists of different academic disciplines would be grateful if there still would exist a living tradition of their topic of interest.

Just my thoughts,

Ralf Steckel