An adaption from Rethinking Meditation by David McMahan

A well-known Buddhist story, and its contemporary interpretations, reveal the evolving tension between ascetic detachment and compassionate engagement—and where meditation fits in.

Hidden Assumptions in the Buddhism and Science Dialogue: An Interview with David McMahan

The Great Wonkiness: Is it Real? No, it's Hyperreal! – The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

Our Scholarly Year-in-Review 2023 - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Contemporary Buddhist Studies

Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition: 9781611808896: Shaw, Sarah, Crosby, Kate, Jackson, Roger R., Fronsdal,

Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition

In this book, David McMahan offers the first comprehensive attempt to chart the development of modern Buddhism. His position is critical but empathetic: while he presents modern Buddhism as a construction of numerous parties with varying interests, he does not reduce it to a mistake, a misrepresentation, or a fabrication.

The Making of Buddhist Modernism [Book]

Contemporary Buddhist Studies

David L. McMahan on Buddhism, Science & the Humanities, & Modernity – The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

Podcast David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation

Letting Go – The Existential Buddhist