https://youtu.be/Pl41aodGMKo
the dominant strand of modern Buddhism, known as
“Buddhist modernism,” is full of confused ideas. They coalesce around
what I call “Buddhist exceptionalism.” Buddhist exceptionalism is the
belief that Buddhism is superior to other religions in being inherently
rational and empirical, or that Buddhism isn’t really a religion but rather is a
kind of “mind science,” therapy, philosophy, or way of life based on
meditation. These beliefs, as well as the assumptions about religion and
science on which they rest, are mistaken. They need to be discarded if
Buddhism is to take its rightful place as a valuable contributor to a modern
cosmopolitan community. Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all human beings
belong to one community that can and should encompass different ways of
life, provides a better framework for appreciating Buddhism, and for
understanding religion and science, than Buddhist modernism.