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@SpinyNorman I recommend the Alan Watts commentary on THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, in which he discusses the 'social hypnosis' that culture creates and how disciplines found in Buddhism and Daoi… (View Post)
I don't believe Buddha ever intended people to believe literally in the concepts of Karma and rebirth as they had been established in the Hindu cosmology. Rather he incorporated the concepts into his… (View Post)
The dominant 'Western Psyche' might be incompatible with Buddhism and Buddhist practice, but that doesn't mean Western people are necessarily. The kind of Western people who find themselves actively … (View Post)
(Quote) What even. Don't forget their dislike for the Slavs too, that was a huge factor in their policy making running up to the war, and manifested itself in the form of some really horrific war cri… (View Post)