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  1. Pārāyana

    Resources for anti-religious/contemplative quotes?

    A.k.a. Osho? I am not very familiar with him or his teachings at all. How are they related to this topic?
  2. Pārāyana

    Resources for anti-religious/contemplative quotes?

    Hello! I am looking for some quotes to discuss in my own writing. What I have in mind is Marx/Freud/Nietzsche-ish quotes in the style of "Religious people are just socially deprived/neurotic/weak." If anyone can suggest any books or similar with that kind of message, I would be truly...
  3. Pārāyana

    Western Buddhism Insincere?

    I didn't mean to accuse, hence the question mark in the title. Perhaps I should have expressed myself in a different way, but this is not my native tongue so perhaps it came out as too rude. My apologies if that is the case.
  4. Pārāyana

    Western Buddhism Insincere?

    Dear everyone, I can see if my thoughts could be interpreted as hostile and rude, but, as far as I know, I mainly wanted to discuss how western buddhism evolves, and also try to identify why I don't feel at home in it. Now I believe that I no longer see that much value in this discussion, at...
  5. Pārāyana

    Western Buddhism Insincere?

    Thanks everyone for reading and responding! Just to begin with: I by no means claim that westerners are bad or anything like that. Rather I am trying to identify a tendency within my own religion that often makes me feel alienated. That was why I was bolding "In general" in the second paragraph...
  6. Pārāyana

    Western Buddhism Insincere?

    I have a personal reflection about Buddhism in the west and I would appreciate any feedback. In general, when I am faced with people of other creeds, they many times seem much more sincere and serious about their religious lives. When I come into contact with modern buddhism of the west on...
  7. Pārāyana

    Olympian and Chthonic

    I have a question related to the religion of ancient Greece. There is often a distinction made between what is called Olympian Cult on the one hand, and Chthonic Cult on the other. Would it be a fair and justified re-interpretation (or even a quite correct interpretation?) to say that the...
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