@Jayarava I agree with the point in general, but I think there’s a deliberate deception going on this case that needs to be undermined.
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@Jayarava There’s a huge amount of effort being made to portray “Buddhist ethics” as something special; in particular, it’s >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava > it’s the special sauce that Buddhism has that the secularists don’t, so you need to buy Buddhism™ brand mindfulness, not secular2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Dude, you just described the entire history of Buddhist literature. This is not a new phenomenon!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness As I say, name a "distinctive" feature of Buddhism and I bet I can trace it's origins outside Buddhism.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Jayarava Cultures wreak distinctive transformations on the raw materials they derive from other, earlier ones.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava Vajrayana appears a synthesis of Nalanda academic Mahayana, Munda shamanism, Shaiva coronation ritual, and Taoist sex meditation…2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Meaningness Yes. Each period of innovation shows a similar pattern, including the first one. Buddhism is synthetic. Always was.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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