Tenured Columbia University religious studies professor replies to an honest and informed question with a shitty irrelevant YouTube video
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Replying to @Failed_Buddhist
Chāgmé Retweeted Jody ⚡️
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Jody ⚡️ @KalieezchildReplying to @BobThurman @RobinWarner1 and 2 othersWhere you see “rigid Western Science” vs. “the symbolic, physic + spiritual value” of Buddhist antiquity, I see what we know now vs. what we imagined then. Since awakening itself has a rather simple phenomenology, I’m left wondering what all the fuss is about, old and new.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Oh dear... this is why Western Buddhism is almost destined to fail. At least you tried.
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Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @chagmed
Note my use of the word "almost". I'm actually kind of optimistic, as much as it hurts my ego to say it.
7:38 PM - 13 Feb 2018
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