@Buddhistethics @BuddhistGeeks I doubt any American Buddhist teachers actually recommend renunciation in the traditional sutric sense
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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@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks This is a whole pile of waffling, in which they all agree that renunciation is obsolete, so we’ll reuse 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
@VincentHorn@Buddhistethics The Early Buddhist view is that the whole point is to end attachment to the world; killing all sense-desire >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VincentHorn@Buddhistethics > is one step in doing that. No American Buddhist teacher advocates killing all sense-desire (right?)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@Buddhistethics : Not that I disagree w/ your understanding of the early Buddhist view. That's the impression I get too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@VincentHorn@Buddhistethics Oh, so you are saying that later Buddhist views are closer to the American one?4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@VincentHorn @Buddhistethics In which case I agree… See https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/sutra-tantra-and-the-modern-worldview/ … and note the mutual influence of tantra and Zen.
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