In terms of my own theory of Buddhism 2.0, I need to be alert to the tendency of falling into the very trap that I am critiquing. The more I am seduced by the force of my own arguments, the more I am tempted to imagine that my secular version of Buddhism is what the Buddha originally taught, which the traditional schools have either lost sight of or distorted. This would be a mistake, for it is impossible to read the historical Buddha’s mind in order to know what he “really” meant or intended. At the same time, each generation has the right and duty to reinterpret the teachings that it has
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