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Staff from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at Gloucestershire, in conversation about whether the desire to achieve Nirvana, in a Buddhist context, is contradictory – given the apparent aspiration to attain ‘desirelessness’ in Buddhism: Discover the RPE course :
I ask Dr John Hockey – do you feel your meditation practice makes you count as a Buddhist? We explore issues issues of practice and identity in Western Buddhist contexts.. Find us on twitter @RPEatGlos, or see our Course Blog…
Dr David Webster from the University of Gloucestershire, asking Paul Caddle about his experience of being a Buddhist in the UK: From the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE) team at the University of Gloucestershire #WeAreRPE
Dr David Webster from the University of Gloucestershire, asking a practitioner about Nichiren Buddhism, and SGI: You can see more regarding SGI’s status as a New Religious Movement here. From the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics (RPE) team at the University…
An interview by Dr Dave Webster of Dr Paul Fuller, about the 969 Movement in Burma. Although thr 969 is led by Buddhist monks, their Anti-Islamic and Nationalist attitudes don’t represent all Burmese Buddhism. Dr Fuller explored this in a recent post on…
In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog and Dr Paul Fuller, who blogs about Buddhism, about more ‘militant’ forms of Buddhism – and Western responses: In case you’re interested – there is more info about…
In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog – about his work on the intersection between Buddhist and Kantian ethics. Can Justin persuade Dave that there is some mileage in comparing Kant to Buddhism? In…
In this video, Dr Dave Webster talks to Justin Whitaker – author of the influential American Buddhist Perspective blog – about the Sangha: Religion, Philosophy & Ethics course at University of Gloucestershire. See our blog at
An interview with Dr Paul Fuller about proposed Interfaith Marriage Laws in Burma, preventing marriages between Buddhist women and Muslim men, unless the men convert to Buddhism: Dr Fuller gives the background to this issue on his blog: There is…