wirevicus » Bob Mason http://www.wirevicus.com/blog matthew lasar's blog about everything he sees, hears, and does Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:16:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Does (or can) Buddhism make you feel better? http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/10/11/does-buddhism-make-you-feel-better/ http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/10/11/does-buddhism-make-you-feel-better/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:36:18 +0000 Matthew Lasar http://www.wirevicus.com/?p=209 anything makes you feel better? ]]> Buddhism scholar and critic Bob Mason takes on the difficult question of whether Buddhism makes you feel better. In fact, wonders Bob, does anything make you feel better?

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]]> http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/10/11/does-buddhism-make-you-feel-better/feed/ 0 Bob Mason on why Americans love Buddhism http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/09/08/bob-mason-on-why-americans-love-buddhism/ http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/09/08/bob-mason-on-why-americans-love-buddhism/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:14:51 +0000 Matthew Lasar http://www.wirevicus.com/?p=132 That Wittgenstein guy. Source: uncyclopedia

That Wittgenstein guy. Source: uncyclopedia

Why do we Americans dig this Zen Buddhism stuff? Are we superficial? Profound? And what does this have to do with that Wittgenstein philosopher guy? Bob has the answers, but they’re not pretty.

Previous Bob Mason on Buddhism podcasts here and here. You can comment on this site, of course, or contact Bob with questions here.

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]]> http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/08/30/bob-mason-on-buddhism-2/feed/ 1 Bob Mason on Buddhism http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/08/25/bob-mason-on-buddhism/ http://www.wirevicus.com/blog/2009/08/25/bob-mason-on-buddhism/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:23:20 +0000 Matthew Lasar http://www.wirevicus.com/?p=95 In this premier edition of Bob Mason on Buddhism, my Saturday morning breakfast pal and truly good philosopher Bob Mason explains why Buddhism is  a pretty complicated thing and you shouldn’t get any ideas that it’s going to save you just like that.

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