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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by throwawayacc2 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:37PM (#32077652)
> The author Carolyn Chen made some very compelling arguments saying corporatized Buddhism is unrecognizable.

I agree with that. I don’t see the problem though. Why is modifying an idea a bad thing?

> Carolyn Chen is arguing corporatized Buddhism is a new religion that celebrates 70+hour work weeks and the celebrity CEO.

I agree with this too. I am also left asking, why is this considered bad? To clarify, I don’t refer to the ethics of working 70 hours per week, I refer to the emergence of this new religion. Why is the emergence of a new religion bad?

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Re:Buddhism has found a new institutional home in the West: ... by gumby on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @09:01PM (#32077804)
> I am also left asking, why is this considered bad?

Who is saying it's bad? I think you're arguing against a point nobody is making.

I find the most remarkable appropriation of Buddhism to have been the Tibetan, complete with the overthrow of the monarch through an alliance with the Qing and the institution of a theocratic-feudal state (Ganden Phodrang) more like revolutionary Iran than what it re-invented itself into in the 20th century. People seem fine with that; who can complain?

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