Happy/serious/delightful philosophical
little pagans that they were !
I meant to add also , at that juncture and all things
being equal
in the "kinder , gentler world "
with it's many thousand points of light ...
That Buddhism is not just what you percieve it to
be from it's seemingly passive role that it has
seemed to play , comparing Eastern to western progress.
I think many in the past have tended to draw the conclusion, that because of the success of the European
nations in technological progress , government, laws
it follows this is a rationalization of the superiority of Judaic/Christian traditions . And must be proof
of the "Truth" of that set of prophesys , God , and
Messiah.
I don't draw the same conclusion Neo. I don't see
anything as finished or man arriving to some
superior attenuated plane just yet . Whether the
first idea of monotheism arose in Israel , Persia,
or in India is fairly irrelevent to
me personally.
The idea I have is of a world ongoing , with much
left unfinished within us . Much mastery of self
on a personal level , goals of execution , and
realization of many newer attitudes and outlooks
have yet to be fully achieved . The realization
of such internal goals , dealing with negativism
moern Buddhism adresses quite well as a
science of thought rather than
a mystical cult beliefs .
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