Interesting response to my “there is no Buddhist ethics” series, from a cosmic-teleological viewpoint http://www.existentialbuddhist.com/2015/12/buddhism-and-moral-coherence/ …
There *is* a Cosmic Consciousness strand in East Asian Buddhism, but seems a move of desperation for an intelligent modern Western Buddhist.
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Given a choice between letting go of ethical foundations and absurd metaphysics, for many people absurdity seems preferable.
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The central point of http://meaningness.com/ is that we have other choices—once we recognize that ethics works fine without foundations.
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