@Buddhistethics @BuddhistGeeks “Renunciation” is a very general and vague category; all ethical systems recommend renouncing some things.
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks I doubt any American Buddhist teachers actually recommend renunciation in the traditional sutric sense5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@BuddhistGeeks & http://www.elizabethmattisnamgyel.com/pdf/Renunciation.pdf … - There's more out there I'm sure; but it'll come in different forms.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BuddhistEthics
@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks This is a whole pile of waffling, in which they all agree that renunciation is obsolete, so we’ll reuse >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks the word “renunciation” to mean something different that Americans are OK with.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@Buddhistethics : I don't know... If renunciation is context-dependent than it seems like the meaning would change w/ context.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@VincentHorn@Buddhistethics I see it as a question of function: what is renunciation supposed to do for you? How does it lead to bodhi?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@Buddhistethics : At the most basic level it's turning away from something right? Saying, "No, not now."1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@VincentHorn@Buddhistethics No; saying “never ever again, everything about the material world makes me want to vomit, I’m out of here”1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@Buddhistethics : I think you're conflating your understanding of early Buddhist renunciation with 'renunciation.'3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@VincentHorn @Buddhistethics Uh, sorry, didn’t follow that? which is what?
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