I studied that Canadian psych professor Peterson and his paleo-Abrahmistic associates a little more.I've not read his books but spent the time on some representative videos. Many selfhelp books are written but it is notable that this is evoking much interest in the Abrahamosphere
He seems sympathetic to Bauddhamata as well. Also curious how much Jungian stuff is Hindu derived. He'd potentially be open to acknowledging it.
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Yes Peterson seems to be grounded deeply in Jung, as J himself admitted he was interested in combining the biological and the religious. Jung did admit in his writings the influence of his travel to the desh where he nearly died. He says that Hindu philosophical ideas on
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consciousness (specifically Atman as opposed to bauddha anAtman) where important for psychology as he understood. But for H like me I can access these in original from the root sources and tradition hence the versions filtering through the intuitive but technically unsound lens
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of Jung look jejune. However, it does seem these ideas transmitted by Jung have had influence on Peterson but are now placed by him in an Abrahamistic framework though as you say in the talk I heard he did acknowledge the buddha. I don't know if the deeper source of Jung's ideas
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matter to Peterson
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Arya what should a westernized H like me read to get a taste of the original?
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V.difficult to give you a crisp answer simply because somethings are acquired only be reading a lot of stuff often in original. It again depends on you interest: a lot of philosophy can be dry. But the simple ans I'd give is read the mahAbharata: say Ganguli's translation
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Ah dhanyavaad.
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