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One might say it means they had issues keeping the Fifth Precept (abstaining from alcohol, or sometimes interpreted to mean all intoxicants), which some Buddhis
by noarchy 5y ago
One might say it means they had issues keeping the Fifth Precept (abstaining from alcohol, or sometimes interpreted to mean all intoxicants), which some Buddhist laypersons adhere to. But no one ever (or did they?) claimed these men were enlightened beings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_precepts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_precepts
- damontal 5y agoPretty sure Watts never claimed to be a Buddhist. He styled himself as more of an entertainer who’s subject was religion.