Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 25, 2021Do all traditional religions have a core notion of surrender as a central tenet? 🤔 Islam and Christianity do but I’m not sure of the rest.211071
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 25, 2021Buddhism doesn’t seem to unless you treat refuge/sharanam as an equivalent idea The Bhakti sects of Hinduism arguably do, though devotion is also not exactly surrender815
reddy2go@reddy2go·Oct 25, 2021Replying to @vgratmasamarpan = surrender samarpan = dedication atma = spirit so surrender can be seen as dedication of one's spirit111
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @reddy2goI think that’s slightly different. Sacrifice is loss. Surrender is acceptance of control to a putatively wiser entity.7:12 AM · Oct 25, 20212 Likes
steven@_StevenFan·Oct 25, 2021Replying to @vgr and @reddy2gosurrender is relational, but there *doesn't* need to be another entity on the to side of the relation12
reddy2go@reddy2go·Oct 25, 2021Replying to @vgrgotcha! interesting though how they seem to blur when the idea of surrender is perceived as loss of individual identity towards a collective identity1