The Guardian : Is Buddhism a Religion ? and more

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2013/oct/07/is-buddhism-a-religion

Michael McGhee, theguardian.com, Monday 7 October 2013 09.00 BST

Is Buddhism a religion?

In the first part of a new series, we examine why many consider Buddhist practices to be philosophical rather than religious

Also :

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/finding-respite-anxiety-orthodoxy

Buddhism as respite from the anxiety of orthodoxy

Michael McGhee: Is Buddhism a religion, part 2 : Christianity and its need for 'believers' has profoundly shaped ideas about religious life

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2013/oct/21/humanism-needs-spirituality-buddhism

 Humanism needs spirituality

Is Buddhism a religion?, part 3: Buddhists seek to discover the conditions for the possibility of wisdom and virtue

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/buddhism-pursuit-self-knowledge

The Buddhist pursuit of self-knowledge

Is Buddhism a religion?, part 4: Bodhi is the condition of being awake. But is this a metaphor that can find human embodiment

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/04/buddhism-luminous-mind-buddha

What the luminous mind of the Buddha shows us

Is Buddhism a religion?, part 5: The idea of awakening does not offer an escape from self, but a way to attend to its nature

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/11/buddhism-values-within-secular-humanism

Can values come from within?

Is Buddhism a religion, part 6: Secular humanism, Christianity and Buddhism have differing views about the source of human goodness