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POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Posted on May 20, 2020 by BupSahn Sunim

“My politician will save the world,your politician will leave it gnarled. Your politician is just like Hitler, their only weapon to be a belittler. Your followers are blind sheeple, not people, you must be drunk, had too much tipple? Are you really so stupid, to vote to make the world … Continue reading →

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LET POLITICS PASS YOU BY

Posted on March 25, 2019 by BupSahn Sunim

    EXPLANATION Of course these days Buddhists project their 21st century obsessions onto Buddhism and call it engaged-Buddhism, but Buddha wasn’t silent on politics. He said that monks and serious mediators should not get involved in politics [1] and only talk of the Dharma or keep silent [2]. Elsewhere … Continue reading →

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ONLINE DISCUSSION

Posted on May 24, 2018 by BupSahn Sunim

(you know you are talking online when…) “ah, ad hominem: clearly you are very dumb, I’m great, you are scum. equivocation: you said this, but you meant that, I’ve sussed how you chat. again ad hominem: clearly you are chatting bull you’re crammed full yet dull. avoid the issue: that’s … Continue reading →

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BUDDHA SAID “BOYCOTT THE NEWS”

Posted on May 20, 2017 by BupSahn Sunim

“Boycott the news” would be my paraphrase of Buddha’s advice to serious meditators. This is, I contend, good advice since ‘right-intention’ means renunciation from those things that poison your brain including drink, drugs, TV, politics and so on.   More specifically, Buddha said that monks and serious mediators should not get … Continue reading →

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