That is a great passage!
You are my friend. I respond just to present food for thought.
“Buddhist pessimism paralyzed India. State patronage helped it build massive centers of ‘education,’ but what use is an education that tells you that you cannot know the truth or improve the world to minimize suffering? Buddhism and its centers disappeared from India around the thirteenth century. Its sages were brilliant, but their pessimism prevented them from developing vibrant, political, legal, or economic theories and practices. They could not develop an interest in technology and science.”
“Hinduism said, ‘Yes. Your individuality is an illusion: you are God and can become God.’ Buddhism agreed that your soul does not exist, and it taught techniques to help you become nonexistent. The Bible differed. It said, you are real and important. So important, that the Savior died to give you eternal life.”
— Vishal Mangalwadi
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2024-08-07 09:13:28
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