Modern Buddhists believe that they should develop ... Buddhist monks and nuns must not kill rats or other animals seen as vermin. Buddhism provides a path to liberation from the pain of samsara ...

“The Scope and Limits of Secular Buddhism: Watanabe Kaikyoku (1868–1912) and the Japanese New Buddhist ‘Discovery of Society’.” In Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing ...

In Spring 2023, he is teaching RELG 215: Religion in East Asia and RELG 382: Buddhism and Science. In Summer 2023, he will lead William & Mary’s summer study abroad program in Bhutan, working with ...