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The Orthodox Christian version of stoicism is to recognize that your selfish desires and fears ("passions") aren't who you are, that they're more like spirits w
by evunveot 4y ago
The Orthodox Christian version of stoicism is to recognize that your selfish desires and fears ("passions") aren't who you are, that they're more like spirits who want to bring you down, and that once you observe them and set them aside you can be who you truly are, which is an image of God, i.e. infinite and eternal love.
- enaaem 4y agoVery similar to Buddhism. I wonder if there is a historic link or it’s discovered independently.
- evunveot 4y ago(Attempting to speak from the Orthodox Christian point of view:) While we know some things due to divine revelation, there's plenty of truth to be discovered through the observation and contemplation of God's creation (both seen [the physical world] and unseen [logic, math, thought itself]). Whatever is true that comes out of Buddhism is true because it comes from God, it just comes by way of extraordinary insight, unaided (as far as we know, in the Christian tradition) by direct communication from God.
- lukewrites 4y ago[More than Happiness](https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Happiness-Buddhist-Sceptical-ebook/dp/B076PMG5JB https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Happiness-Buddhist-Sceptica...) looks at this question a little. Good read.