Oh, one other thing to say. I’ve written in several places that Western Buddhism keeps reinventing aspects of tantra, because tantra is better-aligned with the Western worldview than sutra is. But the reinventions generally suck and often explode, sometimes killing people.
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yeah all the Pure Land stuff is experienced as "but hell is real too and if you don't obey God, you'll go there." all states are experienced as being contingent on an external authority figure that will command and menace. the guru is seen through that lens/karma seen as sin etc
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you'd have to sand off the entire fabric right down to early childhood - way way way deeper than stuff like sexual imprinting - to get good, bad, fear of hell, punishing god, virgin/whore and fear of being nailed to a cross if you get enlightened out as well. nightmare level.
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