Simplicity: Portals to the Contemplative
Religious Studies News
Format:
Website
Publication Date:
2019/06/18/
Sources ID:
83296
Collection:
Contemplative Pedagogy in Higher Education
Visibility:
Public (group default)
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I teach undergraduate and graduate students in the area of Buddhism. I also teach Buddhist practice outside the academy. Buddhist literature and philosophy is in many ways a natural context in which to take advantage of the current interest and growing refinement of contemplative studies in higher education. Yet, because of the academy’s interestingly complex relationship with religion, especially in a Department of Religion, I have also often felt reluctant to teach meditation in courses precisely because they do focus on Buddhist traditions.