There are about 520 million people in the whole world who practice and have faith in Buddhism. Why Buddhism Is True NPR coverage of Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright. Well, with each passing day, $27.. By Robert Wright Sep 15, 2017 “[Why Buddhism is True] will become the go-to explication of Buddhism for modern western seekers, just as The Moral Animal remains the go-to explication of evolutionary psychology.” —Scientific American “Cool, rational, and dryly cynical, Robert Wright is an unlikely guide to the Dharma and ‘not-self.’ Aside from treading the 8 Fold Noble Path, as Buddhists, our job is to get to know the … Siddartha Gotama, the Buddha, was true. Buddhism is not true. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. Odder still, the Buddhism he thinks is true is not historic Buddhism at all. This is because Wright rejects the classic, majority Buddhist view of the self as entirely nonexistent (65–69) — although he allows that it might be true, and many of his arguments seem to assume that it is true. WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment By Robert Wright 336 pp. In Why Buddhism is True, Wright leads readers on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and a great many silent retreats to show how and why meditation can serve as the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age. Robert Wright is the New York Times bestselling author of The Evolution of God (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Nonzero, The Moral Animal (named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review), Three Scientists and their Gods (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Why Buddhism Is True.He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the … Trike Daily Science History & Philosophy Why Buddhism is True (And Why You Can Blame Natural Selection for Your Suffering) In this adaptation from his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright explains how evolutionary psychology supports the Buddhist diagnosis of the human predicament. In Why Buddhism is True, Wright leads readers on a journey through psychology, philosophy, and a great many silent retreats to show how and why meditation can serve as the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age. Simon & Schuster.