Buddhism Series

Beyond Reasonable’s focus on wisdom and human limitations is heavily influenced by my study of Buddhism, so I find it reasonable to begin here. After all, Buddhism provides a very extensive toolbox for facing and grappling with our “merely reasonable” notions of the world. Half jestingly, I call my flavor of Buddhism “Not-a-yana Buddhism” (will be explained later).

This series will roughly cover:

1. Notayana Buddhism, aka “many paradoxes are boring!”

2. Reminders of Engagement: “it’s about practice”

   1. Buddhism’s triplets, and pragmatic bent

3. Not Illusion, Approximation: metaphysics asks the wrong question

4. Why Change is (Emotionally) Hard

5. Essence and Emptiness

6. Bonus: Heart Sutra Redux

7. The Buddhist Journey Beyond

Furthermore, there will be two more pieces dispelling metaphysics:

• Relational Foundations

• Reframing “Reality”