I've developed a strong preference to pluralize the word Buddhism(s) when discussing it. It's such a common error by many people not familiar with it to assume there is a central sect or authority or even unifying narrative behind it where there is not one.
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Replying to @danlistensto @MimeticValue
Pluralising like that also shifts away from perennial type thought which might assert Buddhism - or any human made religious tradition - is at core the same absolute truth or essence. These are human traditions w/ different contexts & practices. We're lost if we forget that.
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I was recently told by a lay Taiwanese Chan Buddhist that Tibetan Buddhism is bad because of their different, therefore *morally wrong*, attitudes toward vegetarianism, celibacy and alcohol.
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Replying to @joogipupu @misen__ and
She was missing of course completely the point that in Tibetan Buddhism people can have very different types of practice commitments depending on their lineage and style of practice with both monastic or non-monastic formal ordinations.
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Replying to @joogipupu @misen__ and
Not so much an example of perennialism, but of assuming that all of the Buddhim should be the same.
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Good distinction here Joogipupu. I should have been clearer so as to not get perennialism mixed up with the sort of thing you're talking about here; assuming all of Buddhism - or any particular type of 'ism' - should be the same, which is a different move, you're right.
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Not to sound too deep thought. I was just looking for an opportunity to rant a bit.
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