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Why can't just take the cultural lessons of the past for what they are and not believe them literally or completely dismiss them?
by chillwaves 5y ago
Why can't just take the cultural lessons of the past for what they are and not believe them literally or completely dismiss them?
- Barrin92 5y agobecause they're not just lessons from the past, they're sacred ways of life. They're serious commitments, not something to be scavenged according to your own interests. Exemplified by the fact that someone who uses Buddhism as some sort of glorified productivity tool hasn't learned anything from Buddhism but does exactly what Buddhism tries to eliminate, namely desire and the self. The entire mechanistic thinking of treating culture like some kind of junkyard that can be scrapped for parts is itself a product of a sort of spiritually dead worldview.