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Re: The lie of modern Buddhism
(Quote) I don't think Hunter says here Batchelor has declared war on Buddhism, rather on karma and rebirth. If you look at the way Batchelor treats these subjects, I don't think war is too strong a t… (View Post)
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Re: The lie of modern Buddhism
I have no problem with a genuine quest for "Buddhism without beliefs" and so forth. What I tire of is the relentlessly amplifying message that any other path is wrong. The Dalai Lama did in… (View Post)1 -
Re: The lie of modern Buddhism
I agree with @Daozen that "modern Buddhism" can't be easily defined - and not everyone asking how Buddhism applies to new countries and new cultures is guilty of trying to strip down Buddhi… (View Post)
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Re: The lie of modern Buddhism
One stands to lose just as much by rejecting teachings outright as by embracing them outright. Allegedly freaked out by Asian imagery, we end up fleeing a perfectly decent and perhaps vital teaching.… (View Post)2 -
Re: Knowledge and Evidence for Buddhism
I don't think Buddhism is complicated, but our minds are. So, the remedy isn't complicated, but figuring out how to apply it is--getting the simply remedy past all the habituated tricks our mind uses… (View Post)
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