18.08.10
Future of buddhism??
The Future of Buddhism in the West
Guruism versus democracy: the fatal confusion that will be the undoing of Buddhism, but not of its remade content, perhaps. We should consider the reality of the ‘new age’, which is leading beyond Buddhism to its recreation, perhaps. But consider that while the Jain lineage became ‘Jainism’ in the Axial Age as Buddhism took up the torch, so a new path will emerge as the Buddhist lineage turns into,well, ‘Buddhism’. The mechanization of a tradition is too hard to overcome, it would seem.
Hans Henrik Lichtenberg said,
19.08.10 at 5:25 am
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Richard said,
10.10.10 at 10:00 am
“The essence of Buddhism, I think most Buddhists would agree, is to cultivate awareness and compassion and to explore our existence in an open and unbiased way.”
No, the essence of it is to lead beyond the process of rebirth. Westerners seem determined to turn it into something that it is not. Witness Susan Blackmore, the weirdest self-proclaimed Buddhist ever.
nemo said,
15.10.10 at 12:10 pm
You are right, Buddhism is likely to get sanitized in the age of scientism.
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15.10.10 at 12:13 pm
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