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From David L. McMahan’s The Making of Buddhist Modernism (2009): “This book elucidates the complex cross-cultural genealogy of themes, ideas, and practices crucial to the creation of a new hybrid form of Buddhism that has emerged within the last 150 years.” “Buddhism modernism is not just Buddhism that happens to exist in the modern world but a distinct form of Buddhism constituted by…
I discovered SSEHV
If I had to pick a problematic philosophy that people inadvertently adopt most often with the best of intentions, it would be perennialism.
“Stoic idealism degenerated in somewhat the same fashion. It began with appreciation for all men because they possesed a common reason; and ended with condescension for those who did not have a full measure of rational endowment.” - Reinhold Niebuhr I despise the way Stoicism is referenced today as yet another hyperindividualist reality-bending self-help tool. It’s on the same shelf to me as…