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12 Nov 2025 Conversations with Tyler Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
“Obviously, we don’t know the future. Both those distant futures and distant past are things that are unknown to us, so they’re not contested within the tradition itself.”
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- Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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- 12 Nov 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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- Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
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…They’re not contested? Obviously, we don’t know the future. Both those distant futures and distant past are things that are unknown to us, so they’re not contested within the tradition itself. That’s correct, yes. Within Islam, within Christianity, there are things which are contested, of course. What’s the best way of thinking about what it is in Buddhism that is contested?…
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