@openbuddha Answer: because “Buddhist ethics” confers status in a way mainstream American opinion does not.
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@Meaningness@openbuddha sense of belonging to something bigger than oneself is helpful on its own. buddhism, xtianity, liberalism, whatever - 1 more reply
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@Meaningness interesting assertion. Could you please expand with an example? -
.@vajramrita Example: http://ow.ly/fyxpP American "Buddhist sexual ethics" are not Buddhist; traditional Buddhist sexual morality is ugly.
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@openbuddha Maybe check the piece on sexual ethics I cited… The Paramitas are so general and uncontroversial that they seem weaksauce to me.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, at the moment, nothing! The point is that there is nothing distinctively Buddhist about American “Buddhist ethics”.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Yes, but are they usefully different from any other list of virtues?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, generosity is a good thing—but there’s nothing Buddhist about that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, I’ve plowed through a couple of big dull academic books on Buddhist ethics, and my opinion is there’s no there, there.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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