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The article "FTFY Buddhist Ethics" [1] comes to a similar conclusion about the development of West Coast Buddhism but isn't on board with it. IMHO an interestin
by MassPikeMike 6mo ago
The article "FTFY Buddhist Ethics" [1] comes to a similar conclusion about the development of West Coast Buddhism but isn't on board with it. IMHO an interesting contrarian take.
[1] https://vividness.live/ftfy-buddhist-ethics https://vividness.live/ftfy-buddhist-ethics
- akoboldfrying 6mo agoThank you for linking to this. Years ago I chanced upon this website, and it was my first experience of reading something about Buddhism that seemed to consciously strive for clarity, for intelligibility to an interested layperson, rather than for what I'll call "easy mysticism" for its own sake.
- wise_blood 6mo agoIf you want a list of common points among traditions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Points_Unifying_Therav%C4%81da_and_Mah%C4%81y%C4%81na https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Points_Unifying_Therav%C... some may be more difficult to comprehend, but it's all there