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btw. Daniel Ingram refers to himself as an Aharat/aharant and it is kind of a no-no in buddhism to talk about your own "awakening-status". That's a serious red-
by wirrbel 4y ago
btw. Daniel Ingram refers to himself as an Aharat/aharant and it is kind of a no-no in buddhism to talk about your own "awakening-status". That's a serious red-flag.
- nprateem 4y agoEither that or it's a cultural difference and he doesn't see the point of hiding it.
- wirrbel 4y agoAny other instance that comes to my mind is cult leaders. As in I am not aware of a western theravāda teacher referring to himself as an arhant
- andai 4y agoHe covers the motivation for this in the book (as well as other departures from traditions of not talking about things he considers important to talk about). Basically there's a tradition of people keeping people in the dark about things that he thinks does more harm than good. I'm not qualified to comment on the wisdom of either approach, just pointing out that it's covered in the first part of the book, and other parts, e.g. "Mushroom Factor".