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Here are links to the courses:
wisdomexperience.org/nonself-reality
wisdomexperience.org/courses/buddhism-as-philosophy-2
Mark Siderits is the co-translator of Nāgārjuna’s renowned twenty-seven-chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā). Mark was trained in Asian and Western philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Yale University. He has taught both Asian and Western philosophy, for many years at Illinois State University and as Professor of philosophy at Seoul National University, from which he retired in 2012. He is the author or editor of multiple books and has published numerous articles on a wide variety of subjects in Indian Buddhist philosophy and comparative philosophy.
In this episode hosted Mark embarks on an illuminating conversation surrounding Buddhist philosophy. They discuss the structure and content of his two online courses—Buddhism as Philosophy: Non-self and Reality and Buddhism as Philosophy: Yogācāra and Madhyamaka. From there, they dive into the concept of emptiness and how the Abhidharma, Madhyamaka, and Yogācāra traditions each approach it. Mark studied at the University of Hawaii and Yale, has taught extensively, and authored several books on Asian and Western philosophy.
Here are links to the courses:
wisdomexperience.org/nonself-reality
wisdomexperience.org/courses/buddhism-as-philosophy-2
Mark Siderits is the co-translator of Nāgārjuna’s renowned twenty-seven-chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā). Mark was trained in Asian and Western philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Yale University. He has taught both Asian and Western philosophy, for many years at Illinois State University and as Professor of philosophy at Seoul National University, from which he retired in 2012. He is the author or editor of multiple books and has published numerous articles on a wide variety of subjects in Indian Buddhist philosophy and comparative philosophy.
In this episode hosted Mark embarks on an illuminating conversation surrounding Buddhist philosophy. They discuss the structure and content of his two online courses—Buddhism as Philosophy: Non-self and Reality and Buddhism as Philosophy: Yogācāra and Madhyamaka. From there, they dive into the concept of emptiness and how the Abhidharma, Madhyamaka, and Yogācāra traditions each approach it. Mark studied at the University of Hawaii and Yale, has taught extensively, and authored several books on Asian and Western philosophy.
