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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. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      I’ve posted an audio monolog prompted by @evantthompson’s comment, recorded by @_awbery_. Most of it is not directly responsive, although we did get to the point at the end. The accompanying text notes may be more relevant. Comments welcome!https://meaningness.com/metablog/buddhism-cognitivism-podcast …

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      As an outsider to Theravada-derived practice, it’s questionable for me to express doubts about it. However, I’ve had serious reservations for a decade or more, as I’ve occasionally written. Due to both ignorance and wanting to avoid sectarianism, I’ve avoided being too explicit.

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      I have found myself in strong agreement with what @evantthompson has said in this discussion. @_awbery_ and I have discussed this extensively for years. This on-going project emerges in part from that:https://vajrayananow.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/journaling-a-staged-path/ …

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    4. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 23 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @Meaningness @evantthompson and

      I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about why Dzogchen, and in particular the state of mind it tends toward, is different. Could you speak to this?

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @SpeakingSubject @evantthompson and

      I most try to convey in my writing that different Buddhisms *are* radically different. The "Consensus Buddhist" framework denied this, and successfully obscured it for three decades. Once differences are admitted, one can ask which are good tools for specific purposes.

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    6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      No extant system is free from severe flaws, or best for all purposes. Dzogchen has flaws that are probably fatal. People will still be doing Mahasi-Lite™️ in 100 years; Dzogchen will probably be extinct.

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      Vajrayana in general, and Dzogchen in particular, have goals that are more compatible with what people want now than Sutrayana does. They are at least pointing in an attractive direction, and 20th C modernist Theravada isn't afaics.https://vividness.live/2013/10/24/sutra-tantra-and-the-modern-worldview/ …

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    8. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 23 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @Meaningness @evantthompson and

      But how do you see the resultant state(s) of mind tending to function, psychodynamically, in contrast to those evoked by vipassana?

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    9. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @SpeakingSubject @evantthompson and

      Again my knowledge of vipassana is confined to reading so I don't want to make any strong claims. And psychodynamics isn't one of my main frames of reference (although I did do graduate course work in the field at Harvard a million years ago...). But >

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @Meaningness @SpeakingSubject and

      I did write a series of half a dozen essays exploring Vajrayana from a Jungian perspective starting here:https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/we-are-all-monsters …

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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      One point I make in the series is that "states of mind" is an individualist touchstone the interactivist framework rejects. I try to present Vajrayana in interactional/embodied/situated terms. (This may not be fully true to the tradition, but isn't a complete fabrication either.)

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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 23 Jun 2019
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          I suspect this seems like it is evading your question, but I'm not sure I understand what your question is. Re some of the points in your posts: - Vajrayana does not aim to nullify the self - Tantra aims to heighten meaning - Dzogchen aims to allow meanings to be as-they-are

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        3. Parletre‏ @SpeakingSubject 23 Jun 2019
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          Let me see if I can clarify. How do you see the phenomenological experience that results from Dzogchen practice as interacting with meaning-making activity? Does that make sense?

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