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August 24, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Wright Show
- How Bhikkhu Bodhi first encountered Buddhism...
- ...and how he became a Buddhist monk
- Can "secular" Buddhists have spiritual experiences?
- Traditional Buddhism, secular Buddhism, and immanent Buddhism
- Diving into nirvana: "conditioned arising" and "the unconditioned"
- Does Buddhism make you a better person?
January 23, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Stephen Batchelor
The Wright Show
- Striking parallels between Buddhism's Mara and Christianity's Satan
- How Stephen's opera Mara came to fruition
- Bob and Stephen argue about the true meaning(s) of "enlightenment"
- How much authority should a secular Buddhist ascribe to the Buddha?
- The perils of clinging to the dharma
- Stephen's unusual place in the Buddhist world
September 08, 2017 —
Robert Wright & Alison Gopnik
The Wright Show
- How a personal crisis brought Alison back to David Hume
- Hume's (likely) chance encounter with Buddhism
- Lessons learned from 23-year-old Hume's nervous breakdown
- Which ideas might Hume have borrowed from Buddhism?
- How meditation disrupts the 'autopilot' of adulthood
- Is introspection as valuable as neuroscience?
October 13, 2017 —
Robert Wright & Ethan Nichtern
The Wright Show
- Ethan's unusual upbringing as a "Dharma brat" in the Shambala Buddhist tradition
- How a cult classic took on spiritual significance for its fans
- What the film's iconic line "as you wish" says about idealized love
- How Buddhist teachings are reflected in the film's treatment of family, friendship and romance
- Ethan's take on his parent's spiritual teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, the controversial founder of Shambala Buddhism
June 23, 2017 —
Robert Wright & Massimo Pigliucci
Ancient Wisdom
- Massimo's new book, How to Be a Stoic, and Bob's forthcoming book, Why Buddhism Is True
- Similarities between Buddhism and Stoicism
- The metaphysics of Stoicism
- Is there a Stoic version of the Buddhist "not-self" doctrine?
- Massimo's Stoic advice column
- Seneca's tips for anger management
- Achieving an objective awareness of your emotions
- Using meditation to cope with feelings of failure
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