Cultural Context of Western Buddhism | NYC Rebel Buddha Panel Discussion

Includes Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara of the NYC Village Zendo, Nalandabodhi's Mitra Mark Power and moderator Shastri Ethan Nichtern of the Interdependence Project. Clip from a panel discussion organized as part of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche's book launch tour for "Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom." Held at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City on November 14th, 2010.

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• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
• Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
• Ethan Nichtern
• Mark Power
• Village Zendo
• Interdependence Project
• nalandabodhi
• rebel buddha
• western buddhism
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[bobsawey]

Is there a version without music in the background? I think hear Gnarls Barkley there toward the end

[leland61]

What is even more important than most of the rest is that in the west secularism and the scientific view are actually dominant - even though it doesn't always seem that way; democracy rather than a world ruled by petty kings and princes if not the norm is a dream; the laws of physics rule the planets and the unfolding of the universe, not gods or spirits.