Eastern Enlightenment lets go of meanings imposed by motivation. Its goal is liberation. Western Enlightenment lets go of meanings imposed by religion and superstition. Its goal is rationality.
I don't think that they are "quaint oriental beliefs". Yet the Buddhist practices of today are largely not the same as 2500 years ago (they are evolving and culturally exchanging too), and we don't do Western schools of thought justice if we dismiss them as consumerist etc.
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"we" didn't dismiss western thought as consumerist. anyway, im out of time: go read that book, joscha; it's fun and not uninteresting, but you'll sound like you're talking out of your hat until you have some basic concepts.
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What do you think of this little summary? Or David Chapman’s “Vividness”? https://aeon.co/amp/essays/what-lies-behind-the-simplistic-image-of-the-happy-buddhist?__twitter_impression=true …
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