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Human, student, non-Buddhist Buddhist, intellectual masochist. Confident only of my own ignorance. Don't believe anything I say.

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    1. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19

      Failed Buddhist Retweeted Jody ⚡️

      And @BuddhistGeeks. That was a tad harsh, though. There have certainly been some "real" meditation teachers on batgap (some of whom also appeared on DU), and while I don't listen to batgap now, it did introduce me to some genuine teachers I might otherwise not have heard of.https://twitter.com/Kalieezchild/status/975571978764541953 …

      Failed Buddhist added,

      Jody ⚡️ @Kalieezchild
      If you are a schlock meditation teacher, you aim to be on @batgap. If you are a real meditation teacher, the goal is @DeconstructingU
      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    2. Jody ⚡️‏ @Kalieezchild Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @BuddhistGeeks

      I’ve found the curation at @batgap to be atrocious. They got a few right, but many more—especially @BentinhoMassaro—have been disasters.

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Kalieezchild @BuddhistGeeks and

      Wow, I was not aware he was on there. That's a straight up cult leader. The episode appears to have been taken down, and the batgap website has a page stating that some interviews have been removed because someone pointed out that they were platforming some crazies.

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    4. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      It goes on about how they are not in a position to "endorse" any guests and encourage people to "discriminate carefully". What a load of horseshit.

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    5. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      As a general rule, if you host a "spiritual" podcast and don't take careful steps to only promote genuine and qualified meditation teachers, you're not just spreading the dharma - you're also destroying it from the inside.

      1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
    6. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      How many spiritually naive people have stumbled across the podcast, looking for reliable and safe information about a practice that can dramatically transform the way their mind works, and how they perceive the world?

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    7. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      These are a lot of the people that are likely to join a cult, or engage in harmful practices without proper guidance, or get seriously abused. Not everyone with a spiritual bent has the skepticism and critical thinking skills required to navigate the marketplace.

      1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
    8. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 19
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      To promote someone who claims to be able to hand out enlightenment if you become enslaved to his crazy new religion (one that somehow perfectly encapsulates the worst aspects of both eastern and western religions) is not just irresponsible but actively dangerous. What's going on?

      7 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
    9. Vincent Horn  🙏🏼 ❤️‏ @VincentHorn Mar 20
      Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

      It’s really not always so cut and dry, though basic discrimination goes a long way. As does avoiding the extreme of becoming a part of the righteous moral police, thinking we’re somehow above or beyond these things. People who believe that are usually in for a rude awakening IME.

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 20
      Replying to @VincentHorn @Kalieezchild and

      You make some really good points. My intention wasn't to start an anti-guru crusade, and I wasn't specifically calling out batgap. I was just trying to point out the dangers of creating a spiritual circus without recognizing that this is very fragile territory.

      12:14 PM - 20 Mar 2018
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      • Shaunyata Vincent Horn 🙏🏼❤️ Jody⚡️ Dan Garfield
      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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        2. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 20
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @VincentHorn and

          It seems to me that spiritual podcasts should take the same approach as a psychotherapy podcast would. Of course things can always slip through the cracks, but it's important to be vigilant when it comes to practices that dramatically alter people's psychology.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 20
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @VincentHorn and

          You're right that we don't need crusaders. We need leaders (which I genuinely consider you to be, by the way).

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Vincent Horn  🙏🏼 ❤️‏ @VincentHorn Mar 20
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

          Trying my best, failing often.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 20
          Replying to @VincentHorn @Kalieezchild and

          Any spiritual leader who claims to be superhuman and to never make mistakes is a scam artist. Leaders who embrace and showcase their humanity is precisely what we need!

          2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
        6. Shaunyata‏ @shaunbartone Mar 21
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @VincentHorn and

          No religion wants you to think for yourself, not any of the Monotheistic religions, and not Buddhism either, which is why, in that sense, it’s just another religion. Recite scripture, follow the rules, obey the teacher, and most of all, don’t think.

          1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
        7. Vincent Horn  🙏🏼 ❤️‏ @VincentHorn Mar 21
          Replying to @shaunbartone @Failed_Buddhist and

          First of all, religions don’t want things, people that practice religions want things. And your claim doesn’t hold up to reality testing. Not all people who practice religion want the things you’re saying. This is a form of bigotry, I’m sad to say.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        8. Shaunyata‏ @shaunbartone Mar 21
          Replying to @VincentHorn @Failed_Buddhist and

          Religions are made up of living people, yes, but they are also made up of scriptures, mostly written centuries ago, and institutional routines, which continue regardless of the particular person executing the routine.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Shaunyata‏ @shaunbartone Mar 21
          Replying to @shaunbartone @VincentHorn and

          'Not all' is the exceptionalism excuse, which is means that if a few people in a group differ from the majority, that makes the whole group non-homogeneous. This is a specious argument.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Vincent Horn  🙏🏼 ❤️‏ @VincentHorn Mar 20
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Kalieezchild and

          No, I don’t see you being an anti-guru at all. You’re just raising concerns.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Mar 20
          Replying to @VincentHorn @Kalieezchild and

          Failed Buddhist Retweeted Failed Buddhist

          I created a thread to clarify that neither absolute anti-guruism nor absolute spiritual anarchy is the right way to go.https://twitter.com/Failed_Buddhist/status/976195867995713537 …

          Failed Buddhist added,

          Failed Buddhist @Failed_Buddhist
          The teacher/lineage system in Buddhism (and other spiritual traditions) has continually been getting exposed as the corrupt and harmful spiritual circus it is. However, to dismiss the concept of teachers, or even lineages, altogether is just as harmful to genuine spirituality. 1/
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