Alternatively, perhaps the best way to have Buddhism survive is to let it fail.
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I find myself rapidly oscillating between profound optimism and absolute nihilism about the future of humanity. I KNOW that it's possible to save the world, in principle. But we have to first get to the point of being worth saving.
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Which comes first? Mass awakening or figuring out how to build a society where children aren't regularly killed by their peers? I feel disgusted that I have just as much compassion for a white supremacist loser who shoots up his school as I do for innocent children who get shot.
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But selective compassion is not compassion - it's tribalism. As long as we don't recognize the humanity in every tragedy, we will not have a human solution to these tragedies.
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Not long ago I would have thought Buddhism was the solution to everything. But that was comically naive, no better than a mindless religious conviction. If everything is viewed through the lens of Buddhism - or any "ism" for that matter - nothing is actually seen clearly.
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The ultimate cosmic joke is that when you see the answer to all of this it's so fucking obvious - literally too obvious to put into words. So what good is awakening anyway?
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If you analyse the history of Buddhism you will see a single important principle for success: convert the ruling elite by telling them that Buddhism legitimises their power. To the best of my knowledge, nothing else has ever succeeded. Although even this failed in India.
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Sadly true.
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