@evantthompson on the deceptive foundations of modern Buddhism, with @OortCloudAtlas. Nice debunking of “it’s not a religion, it’s mind-science” rhetoric.
Based on his new book, which deserves to be the last thing written about modern Buddhism.https://deconstructingyourself.com/questioning-assumptions-about-buddhism-with-evan-thompson.html …
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I can't help imagining scenes from of Avatar. Dr Thompson you are hereby reincarnated as Aang, the last airbender, in today's daydream about the Avatar universe. I hope you won't mind being a religious figure in this fictitious realm.pic.twitter.com/j0CkGWsbfM
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I'm honoured
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Nature of mini-cultures: modes of behaviour are enforced, leading to personal terror at being seen to infringe. Terror passed on to all, especially those who can see the emperor is wearing no clothes. Turns into accepted/excluded dynamic rather than “spirituality”
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Loved the episode btw.
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where i sit i don’t think the problem is with the leaders. it’s that over decades people who don’t want to deal with kids have selected themselves into the sangha. it’s too bad as i think a long discussion about personal ethics and the nature of the mind and human life 1/2
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would suit him.
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