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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
March 01, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Mark Smith
The Wright Show
- Considering the thesis of Mark's new book Secular Faith
- Creative uses of the Scriptures by pro-choice and pro-life advocates
- What shapes attitudes towards abortion?
- Reinterpreting biblical condemnations of homosexuality
- How cultural change affects religious thought
- How cultural change affects religious institutions
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?
October 01, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Stephen Batchelor
The Wright Show
- What Buddhim really is (and isn't) about
- What various Buddhist traditions have to offer
- The Buddha as a practical philosopher
- How the Buddha revolutionized meditation
- The idea of not-self, and its connection to an ethical life
- Why death is not the end even if there's no rebirth
- The ethical dimension of enlightenment
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