Cosmology, mainly. To someone who’s barely familiar with Buddhism, it may seem like it’s all Buddha’s wisdom with some Samsara magic sprinkled on top of it. Really though, it’s every bit as bonkers and reflective of the ancient perceptions of the world as any other way of mystical thought.
As for teachings, I honestly didn’t go to deep into that, but I visited a local temple and the way a monk told about them made me feel I visited some sort of lnternet life coach with some mystical stuff on top.
made me feel I visited some sort of lnternet life coach with some mystical stuff on top.
There’s another kind that probably prefers a local language, and would feel very much like a Christian priest. It fills the same basic social roles in some places.
Kind of like how there’s actual shamans, and then the kind that tells white people what they want to hear before feeding them mushrooms. The West never stopped loving a wise noble savage.
Cosmology, mainly. To someone who’s barely familiar with Buddhism, it may seem like it’s all Buddha’s wisdom with some Samsara magic sprinkled on top of it. Really though, it’s every bit as bonkers and reflective of the ancient perceptions of the world as any other way of mystical thought.
As for teachings, I honestly didn’t go to deep into that, but I visited a local temple and the way a monk told about them made me feel I visited some sort of lnternet life coach with some mystical stuff on top.
There’s another kind that probably prefers a local language, and would feel very much like a Christian priest. It fills the same basic social roles in some places.
Kind of like how there’s actual shamans, and then the kind that tells white people what they want to hear before feeding them mushrooms. The West never stopped loving a wise noble savage.
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