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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. 𝕵𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚‏ @Jayarava 23 Jan 2019
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      Monks and Magic | Miloš Hubina https://www.academia.edu/38201509/Monks_and_Magic.pdf?source=swp_share … < cogently argues that Thai Buddhism is a form of magic ahead of being a soteriological religion.

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    2. 𝕵𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚‏ @Jayarava 23 Jan 2019
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      This makes a lot of sense to me. Buddhism is not "a philosophy", though some Buddhists attempt to engage in philosophy; it's not "a religion", since very few if any are saved; it is at heart a system of magical thinking complete with rituals and spells.

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    3. 𝕵𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚‏ @Jayarava 23 Jan 2019
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      But because Buddhism precisely is a system of magic, our philosophy sucks. And as a religion we struggle because there is no guarantee of being saved - which is why rebirth is a "hope" rather than a "dread" (which is what it ought to be).

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    4. Tom Zimbardo‏ @TomMostlyZen 23 Jan 2019
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      Surely Buddhism is not really either/or but a philosophy with additional layers of “magic” and pseudo religious practice. Strip out the Kamma-Vipaka and Rebirth, the traditions, rituals and blessings and it’s basically a philosophy of mind with techniques to reduce suffering?

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    5. 𝕵𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚‏ @Jayarava 23 Jan 2019
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      There really isn't much of an intellectual context for the practices - no explanations of how or why they work, for example. No ethics either, just sets of rules with no rationale. Strip out that stuff and there's nothing much left.

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    6. Tom Zimbardo‏ @TomMostlyZen 23 Jan 2019
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      There are quite a lot of medical and psychological interventions that have evidence for efficacy, but for which the mode of action is still unknown though, so this is an high standard to judge intellectual context by

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    7. Tom Zimbardo‏ @TomMostlyZen 23 Jan 2019
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      Ethically, I don’t think any system works from a fundamental level, but if we follow a “rule of thumb” Karma, rather than a magical one, that skilful intentions *tend* to result in a reduction of suffering, there is a flawed but semi workable ethical system.

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    8. 𝕵𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚‏ @Jayarava 23 Jan 2019
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      Buddhism *has* no system of ethics. Ask @Meaningness about this.

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jan 2019
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      I wrote about that athttps://vividness.live/2015/09/25/traditional-buddhism-has-no-ethical-system/ …

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