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meditation teachers be like “i wish to spread the dharma for the benefit of all beings” yet none have ever attempted to make a movie, TV show, or even the most powerful known vessel of culture, a YA fantasy novel. curious 🤔
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You’re being too literal-minded. Those are powerful media but not content-appropriate. Historically it’s been stuff like archery, martial arts, painting, ikebana, yoga… adjacent somatic practices. Modern equivalent = puzzles and puzzle video games. Many even have zen mode.
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That's wrong though. Daoist leaders in Beijing regularly sought out great actors as disciples. Chinese Opera was the Young Adult Fantasy, and epic literature (Xiyouji, Fengshenyanyi) was written by experts on meditation--with instructions throughout.
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