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"The problem is that the way they brought these into institutions was very non-confrontational, very non-oppositional, in order to to get a foot in the door. An
by mbrock 7y ago
"The problem is that the way they brought these into institutions was very non-confrontational, very non-oppositional, in order to to get a foot in the door. And so they're working with these other elites in these institutions and over time they became co-opted in my opinion. So by not offering a challenge to these corporate interests, the radical revolutionary potential of these practices have been neutered."
Somehow I have a feeling that this desire for meditation practices to be "radical revolutionary" in terms of political economy is more Californian than traditional Buddhist...
- cjg 7y agoNo - Buddhism sees its central ideas to be radical and counter-cultural - particularly that one's actions should come from ethical principles rather than just conforming to a group.
- mbrock 7y agoDoes it teach working laymen to embrace radical and countercultural ideas? That’s not my impression of Buddhism in Thailand, Burma, Japan, etc.
- bnjms 7y agoIf that were true we would expect Asian cultures to have a prominent counter cultural ethos known to the west. As far as I know that’s not the case.