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Idk, I'm just a lady, not a Buddhist icon, but advice like 'don't feel hatred and aggression towards oppressors cause it brings more negativity into the world' and 'don't cultivate a sense of right and wrong' is not really useful advice 😅
— Mar 13, 2026 08:35AM
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Ruxandra Grrr
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Disappointing, but Chodron tips her hand when she mentions compassion and 'less privileged people'. It feels like this book is directed at truly privileged people and not precarious people. All the examples she gives are mundane and superficial. This doesn't seem helpful for processing all of the horrifying shit happening in the world.
— Mar 13, 2026 07:58AM
Ruxandra Grrr
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Not sure I'm ready to abandon hope and embrace hopelessness, lol. I get it in theory, but it just feels very fatalistic to me.
— Mar 13, 2026 06:46AM
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Not sure I like the concept of 'spiritual warrior'. Also, it feels like a very individual approach, when my issues (and many other people's) are systemic. So we'll see!
— Mar 13, 2026 06:09AM
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Mar 13, 2026 09:34AM
sometimes I think that Nietzsche was being way too much of sassy bitch about buddhism, but then people will utilize it to preach a watery and like... anti-human apoliticism, the same dudebros will do with stoicism, and, excuse you, i am going to cultivate a flowerbed of spite and hate and earthly delights in my soul
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heptagrammaton wrote: "sometimes I think that Nietzsche was being way too much of sassy bitch about buddhism, but then people will utilize it to preach a watery and like... anti-human apoliticism, the same dudebros will ..."Yesss, I will have rage, thank you, alongside being present with absolute love and discomfort! I have a complicated relationship with buddhism, and I think that's the solution to ego: just allow all the things to exist in your inner garden! Instead of trying to detach from them. Embody the fuck out of them!
