@VincentHorn Re “sutric”: prompted by WB saying “we’re using meditation in ways basically the opposite of what Buddhists were using it for…
@VincentHorn > for people who are world-affirming; and whether the empirical dangers of vipassana practice come from a mismatch there.
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@Meaningness : The problem is you have a very skewed and incomplete view of those scenes. -
@VincentHorn I do think it’s important that beginners understand that secular mindfulness practice is not risk-free. Is that usually taught? - 10 more replies
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@Meaningness : Does tantric practice not include any periods of dissolution and of having to let go of false identifications? -
@VincentHorn Sure! & everyone agrees that Vajrayana is dangerous—more dangerous than Sutra—which is stressed up-front. - 2 more replies
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@Meaningness : It'd be like me making that same argument about Tantric approaches--and there's plenty I could cite to do that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness : But at the end of the day I don't understand the inside of those practices & cultures...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness ...I'm curious if you don't see that as being important?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness : Because from all the Vajrayana material I've read they always discuss such things.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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