Buddhist Geeks 215: Emergent Buddhism w/ Hokai Sobol

I'm sure I'm not alone in the Buddhist Geeks audience in always being excited when Hokai Sobol stops by for a geeky chat on Buddhism.

BG 215: Emergent Buddhism

02. May, 2011 by Hokai Sobol

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Episode Description:

We’re joined this week by Buddhist teacher and scholar Hokai Sobol to explore the broad, but crucial topic of Emergent Buddhism. As a preface to the panel that Hokai will be leading at the upcoming Buddhist Geeks Conference on “The Emerging Face of Buddhism,” he explores the nature of emergence in the history of Buddhism, pointing out that “everything that we call traditional now was at one point emergent.”

Hokai also explores some of the his deepest questions regarding “Emergent Buddhism,” namely 1) What has emerged thus far, that has worked?, 2) What is emerging right now?, and 3) What do the coming decades hold? He explores the importance of each of these questions, while at the same time tackling some complex issues regarding the massive cross-pollination and convergence of multiple religious and secular traditions with Buddhism.

Episode Links:

• Hokai Sobol | 21st Century Dharma
• Buddhist Geeks | The Conference

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