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I think this just reconfirms my sense that he is too online. Its not just the headlines that's clickbait its kind of his whole tone.

Buddhism hasn't been the entirety of the social sphere and it won't be going forward, there's no need to get so hyperbolic. I think pretty much every non monastic (and probably the majority of monastic) Buddhist I've heard from takes an integrated approach to Buddhism, melding it with modernity. Maybe his view is informed by his living in Japan with a more traditional mindset? IDK what their attitude is, I'm just speculating.

I think just reiterating a point I made earlier. Jumping heart first into these powerful new technologies makes it more likely that you'll create bad outcomes. You're so eager to do good and think the purity of your motivation will see it through that you become incautious and do harm. "Helping" all the butterflies out of their cocoons.

I watched the video, at first it was a little in-your-face, but I feel it’s a clever tactic to get the listener’s attention. I agree about the ‘click bait’ slogan, Buddhism has failed Person made a great point with this. Personally, I don’t think it’s failed, it’s just that people awaken in their own time, maybe not in this lifetime, but there is hope they will awaken someday. Although it’s the journey, not the end goal to forge a path with Buddhism.I feel it’s the most peaceful of all lifestyles and ‘religions’ and the messages are so clear and most schools of Buddhism follow very similar ideologies without forced-indoctrination. Buddhism is a personal spiritual path where you apply techniques hat are useful, if you feel they are not whether, science has determined this for you, or another method just DON’T DO IT. Be kind, don’t harm others and showing compassion, or going that step further and practically helping others that are less fortunate, now that’s just 9be if many Buddhist paths. Okay, getting off my little soap box now… blessings to all 🌸

I think @federica, our missing in action moderator would be proud of our advisement. She would regularly keep dangerous lobsters and other confused individuals safe with excellent counselling skills.

Just another thought. Happy Easter! Death and renewal! I like it already, especially the lambs.

So I’ll just wait and see what happens realising nothing is permanent

Change is inevitable ...Suffering the change is optional...

Every 'moment' the great unknown is gradually opening up its secret to us...The unknown becomes known in each passing moment... and the past shapes the present and the present shapes the future...which is always found in the present moment...where change is happening...

In quiet breath, the world stills its sway,
Mindfulness blooms in the heart's soft ray.
Each moment a dance of light and shade,
In presence's embrace, worries fade.

Listen, the whisper of the breeze's song,
Feel the earth's pulse, steady and strong.
Here, in the now, where time suspends,
Peace unfurls, and the mind amends.

Jundo’s fourth video, on how traditionalist Buddhist thinking may end up having a negative impact by ignoring the benefits of progress.

In a way what he says reminds me of the psychedelic renaissance that is going on at the moment. Some deep experiences are indeed more easily available through a psilocybin mushroom than through zazen meditation. But that is still limited to a Buddhist perspective.

If you look at the psychedelic revival through a wider lens, you can see that the work being done with Ayahuasca in Peru and Brazil has a more far-reaching effect on the psyche, through working on trauma, blockage, the ego, and other elements.

I still think it is better to bring the best of Buddhism’s ideas to the rest of the world, rather than to try to bring the rest of the world into Buddhism.

My name is Jundo Cohen. I am a Buddhist teacher, a Zen teacher, who says that it is time for us to admit that Buddhism has FAILED MISERABLY in its key mission. Over two thousand years of sutras and twirling beads, meditation and mantras have yet to realize all that we vowed to do.

Look around: How's that working out for the world?

But now, perhaps there is a chance. Zen and all Buddhism must not be frozen, limited only to means and methods available 50 or 500 years ago. Our way is not a museum of long ago.

Let us learn from our traditions and the past, act in the present, as we open to possibilities for tomorrow. This is the future of Buddhism and Zen.

Please allow me a few minutes to explain ...

I think this just reconfirms my sense that he is too online. Its not just the headlines that's clickbait its kind of his whole tone.

Buddhism hasn't been the entirety of the social sphere and it won't be going forward, there's no need to get so hyperbolic. I think pretty much every non monastic (and probably the majority of monastic) Buddhist I've heard from takes an integrated approach to Buddhism, melding it with modernity. Maybe his view is informed by his living in Japan with a more traditional mindset? IDK what their attitude is, I'm just speculating.

I think just reiterating a point I made earlier. Jumping heart first into these powerful new technologies makes it more likely that you'll create bad outcomes. You're so eager to do good and think the purity of your motivation will see it through that you become incautious and do harm. "Helping" all the butterflies out of their cocoons.