There's plenty of criticisms of the beloved Buddha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism The

There's plenty of criticisms of the beloved Buddha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism The idea may not be completely original but it is articulate of the current condition. And he provides a different context. He is an established clinical psychologist, having counseled 1000's of patients, taught at Harvard and has thousands of citations to his published papers. Knowing the baseline of troublesome thoughts, I find incredibly helpful. "Am I normal?" is a common thought of mine, but I have no frame of reference besides my immediate family. The idea that insightful thoughts can't/won't be offensive is counter-productive to intellectual progression.