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Buddhism and Hinduism filter midwits.

>>19929917
Does that mean if they can’t understand Buddhism/Hinduism then they’re midwits?

>>19929931
Yes

>>19929931
>filtered by a filter

>>19929906
Westerners that are into Buddhism are cringe.

>>19929906
There are a few of his university lecture videos about it iirc, about buddha and other far east themes like daoism.

But the answer to your question is probably that he's simply not that interested in it.

>>19930272
Mindfulness Buddhists are the most cringe and mindfulness Buddhism is literally a filter designed for westerners. The second filter layer is exoticism, which some western Buddhists never get past and they end up larping for the rest of their lives. Not as bad as the mindfulness guys those, those guys can go suck a dick.

>>19930286
I think he would get a lot out of it, but his massive support from Christians is probably what keeps him from going into it now.

so sick of Buddhist shit being discussed here. Western Buddhists are the most embarrassing motherfuckers ever.

>>19930354
Less cringe than praying to someone else's volcano for eternal life

>>19930354
Embarassing whom?

>>19930354
Cope

>>19929906
Buddhism discourages meat consumption

>>19930422
The Tibetan/Vajrayana don’t.

>>19929906
Buddhism would require him to drop his pretentiousness and be humble. That's gonna be hard.

Fuck all isms. Make more money. And that's what the Protestant ethic is all about.

>>19930432
Do you think we see so many Christian blowhards these days because he set the example for it?

>>19930431
I didn't know that was the case, I'm guessing this only goes for lay practitioners and not those who have taken monastic vows. So for example could I become a lay practitioner of Shingon Buddhism and still consume all sorts of commercially produced meat (as long as I don't slaughter it) daily?

>>19930455
His delivery reminds me more of a megachurch pastor than a professor.

>>19930474
Depends on the sect. I’m not sure about Shingon but I know Zen and many Mahayanas traditions aren’t strict vegetarians. Theravada also eat only with alms food and that can include meat. Hindus are the ones that are strict vegetarians.

Also, with Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism you can live a normal life, become a monk for a while, go back to your normal life, become a monk again, and on and on and on. It’s because they have an understanding of Buddhahood that goes beyond one’s lifetime.

>>19929931
Probably so.

>>19929906
He should start with taoism its way more accessible might break his gnostic benzo shadow brain

>>19929906
Because he is a midwit and doesnt know how to run buddhism through his jungian neo-liberal boomer world view.

>>19931477
Do you think Jung is midwit too? He’s got some cool ideas and knew a lot more about ancient traditions than his peers, but it seems like he’s just the most interesting of the psychologists and that’s only because of the glitter of his mythological understanding.

>>19931547
jung thought astrology was real lol

>>19929906
cause Buddhism philosophy is kinda "just stop being, lole".

>>19929906

He wrecked his brain from ridiculous diets and a Xanax addiction. He needs to relax in retirement.

Also, Buddhism can basically be boiled down to mindfulness and non-duality. Not much else to care about

>>19929906
Cuz muh Christianity and western values. Also like other anon said he fried his brain and is quite noticably dumber than a few years ago.

>>19929906
i cant believe people still make threads about this guy. honestly what type of person is even remotely interested in what he has to say in 2022?

>>19933042
He has an enormous army of insufferable 85 IQ stans who think they're philosopher kings after binging his lectures on youtube. I have some hope most people who mention him here are joking, but most other places online are crawling with his sycophants.

>>19932282
Buddhism is ultra-dualist.

>>19933042
Not everyone has listened to hundreds of hours of his lectures. Hearing that you're not a terrible person for the first time in your life is like cocaine for depressed teenage boys. They all get burned out eventually and move on to having a life but the initial hook is powerful.

>>19929906
Because he's a hack and he specifically brought up Christianity as it's a trending LARP revival among American conservatives.

>>19932251
Both Buddhism and Christianity are really just that. BUT when you say "OK I'll kill myself, that will work" there's a caveat where something terrible happens because you can't just kill yourself, you hae to endure the world because you just have to, ok????

>>19929906
The doctrine of egoism will not and shall not take roots in the Western world. Our God has other character. He is found in the giving, in suffering and in the low and the stranged. Catholcism is the Holiest and higher IQ of all religions in this planet.

>>19930414
>when boys take an interest in Buddhism

>>19932238
It's mythology and metaphors just like Buddhism. I think you're missing the point of Peterson. He uses Jungian analogies to describe myth as an expression of the human condition. The concepts of buddhism and world religion fall under that umbrella

>>19933284
You lost me at "catholicism" and then you lost me again at "higher IQ"
Christ would have condemned you people.

>>19933042
I personally just find the drama and sarcastic jokes about him very entertaining

>>19933163
Explain

>>19929906
> Why hasn’t he explored or talked about Buddhism in any meaningful way?
Because Buddhist philosophy leads to the acceptance of the same vapid anti-foundationalist relativism that undergirds the post-modern Neo-Marxism which Peterson identifies as a major cause of the modern decline in critical thinking and the rise of ideological dogmas in western public discourse. Medieval Buddhists using sophistic rhetoric to support their a priori dogmas regarding emptiness are no different from lesbian jewish cat ladies pushing wokism and trannyism. Real men stand for tradition, testosterone, bravery and essentialism.

>>19933704
wrong

>>19933706
wrong

>>19933723
no u

>>19929906
Because he's a pseud too obsessed with "saving western culture"

He's not a vegan dude bro with a manbun or a middle-aged woman. Why would he care about buddhism?

>>19934392
>Why would he care about buddhism?
Because it's true

>>19934397
Truth is empty