@Meaningness :) I agree that "American ethics" and "Buddhist ethics" are diff; but most in the "misguided" discussion understand this, imho
@Buddhistethics Hmm. Could you give concrete examples of ethical positions they’d support that many Americans would reject?
-
-
@Meaningness and in the mindfulness debate, the insistence that we include ethics rubs many wrongly (vs protestant 'private religion' ideal) -
@Buddhistethics What I see going on is that “American Buddhism” is effectively a semi-secularized Protestant sect that wants to evangelize, - 37 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
@Meaningness Bhikkhu Bodhi's analysis of the Kalama sutta - it's not the 'hippy-ish' do as you please teaching as many want it to be. -
@Buddhistethics Yes, that’s a brilliant article! I often recommend it for that reason. However, I don’t see it advocating unacceptable >
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.