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Aside from all the fun and kindly appreciations, I would like to thank the OP for hitting a nerve in Buddhism... something worth paying attention to, I think. * No one ever became a Buddhist because … (View Post)
@Cinorjer -- I think exceptionalism is part of Japanese history, much as it is part of American or German or Russian or pick-your-culture history. Kept under control, it doesn't much matter who imagi… (View Post)
I'm not sure if the topic belongs in this folder, but given its present-day echoes in Japan, I thought Brian Victoria's newly-minted assessment of a 'peace-loving' Buddhism was both informative and e… (View Post)
Instead of practicing with whatever it is I've got, I think I'll just sit around pretending that I can adjudge myself "psycho," and thereby assert some sane (and controlling) aspect that ca… (View Post)