Julius Evola was, by any measure, a steaming pile of turd. But his analysis of early Buddhism is quite interesting, sans BS race theories.
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Pet peeves aside, his key point that modern Buddhism (except Zen) has very little in common with the original texts is not well-understood.
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He does give the Chinese credit, though of course he is as insulting about it as he possibly can be ("simplistic feeling for nature" etc.)