Thread by @littledippers2, Inspired by TCP's Siddharta tweet. I see lots of west-baptised Buddhists running [...]

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Inspired by TCP's Siddharta tweet. I see lots of west-baptised Buddhists running around. My take on it as an Orthodox. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1273673845019480064.html

Thread by @littledippers2: There is something about Buddhism, notwithstanding all its beauty, that...

Thread by @littledippers2: There is something about Buddhism, notwithstanding all its beauty, that has always felt alien to me. Maybe becausen in the religion? Who knows. However it is Christianity...

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My point is that Buddhism feels alien because doctrinally it isn't a religion made for humans, but a religion made for individuals who happen to be human.

Also the fruits of the Indian tradition, both in logic and praxis (non-dualism, meditation), seem to me very excellent, but I ask:
Why has it produced so few excellent individuals?

@_benoux_ Do you happen to know anything about this?
I'm trying to figure out why people from the West follow the @naval types (no disrespect intended) instead of going back to their roots (Christianity, Classical education).

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