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I think it’s great to have critical thinking as well as criticism around spirituality in general. Unfortunately this article is hard to really agree or disagre
by WhitneyLand 4y ago
I think it’s great to have critical thinking as well as criticism around spirituality in general.
Unfortunately this article is hard to really agree or disagree with because many of the foundational claims just don’t make sense.
Just one example, it mentions indifference as a problem with Buddhism. Yet indifference is often called out by Buddhist’s explicitly as what not to do.
I’d definitely recommend searching up Buddhism indifference and reading (any of?) the results.
It’s not too hard to find a good amount of misinterpretations like this in the piece.
- ajkjk 4y agoWell the piece is mostly about the Western opinions on what Buddhism is, and although plenty of Buddhist's probably call Indifference out as something not to do, there are also lots of "American Buddhists" who seem to espouse indifference. Perhaps because they are confused, exactly as the article and you say.
- WhitneyLand 4y agoI’m not aware of any western Buddhism sources that espouse indifference. Indeed, I usually see indifference being referred to as the enemy. The “near enemy” of equanimity. Here is one Western leader specifically addressing the point: https://jackkornfield.com/equanimity-vs-indifference https://jackkornfield.com/equanimity-vs-indifference