Buddhism is converting many people all over the world. Why are so many western people converting?
I’m not sure I have a good answer to this question. But here’s my guess. There is a lot of wisdom in Buddhism and not a lot of theology. Buddhism doesn’t require any belief in God or angels or anything you can’t observe for yourself. In the words of a monk I know “it’s a do-it-yourself religion”. <> There’s a very good book by Stephen Batchelor called “A History of Western Buddhism” which may be of use here.
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