> I’m always baffled by Buddhism getting such a free pass from otherwise perfectly sensible westerners. Romantization of the exotic certainly plays a role, but

> I’m always baffled by Buddhism getting such a free pass from otherwise perfectly sensible westerners. Romantization of the exotic certainly plays a role, but additionally there were projects like the CIA Tibet program: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program * https://www.historynet.com/cias-secret-war-in-tibet.htm https://www.historynet.com/cias-secret-war-in-tibet.htm