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I'm not a fan of perennialism because it often involves misrepresenting individual traditions in order to make them sound similar. And trying to compare the Abrahamic and Dharmic traditions is fraugh… (View Post)
(Quote) A lot of westerners struggle with the metaphysical and "religious" aspects of Buddhism, so in that sense Secular Buddhism is a logical development. Though it's also the case that Se… (View Post)
(Quote) In any case, it seems like western Buddhism is challenging that traditional model of monks + nuns V. lay-people, which is probably a good thing. But again, we all have choices about our lifes… (View Post)
(Quote) The "True Self" thing you're describing sounds much more like Advaita than Buddhism. In Advaita you'd use neti-neti and self-enquiry to distinguish "True Self" from the tr… (View Post)