@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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The autobiographical introduction to “Why I Am Not A Buddhist” is the most fun part.
@evantthompson grew up in a spiritual community that came down with a serious case of Zen when he was eleven.pic.twitter.com/BzieeiFMX1
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I am in a zen sangha and it’s good for me but there is absolutely no place for my kid there and most people there are unapologetic about this. They want it to be quiet and orderly.
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We kids at the Lindisfarne community would judge the spiritual teachers by how nice they were to the kids. The Zen Buddhists were at the bottom; the Sufis were at the top.
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Replying to @evantthompson @babarganesh and
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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