think that there is a tendency within the Buddhist world, particularly in the West, to see study as merely an inessential adjunct to “practice.” This reflects how much of the Western Buddhist community is still carrying the legacy of the 1960s, which was an anti-intellectual, romantic movement that denigrated study and theory in favor of direct experience. It is understandable why that was the case at the time, but I think it is dangerous to unthinkingly perpetuate that view.
