tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post6258128739786680007..comments2024-02-14T08:44:41.513+00:00Comments on Progressive Buddhism: Avoidance of Fellow HumansMyeong Jin Eunsahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/10324409234993116264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-23772030894502590972015-09-05T18:58:42.539+01:002015-09-05T18:58:42.539+01:00Yes, it is worth studying and I don't think th...Yes, it is worth studying and I don't think the history of Buddhists in politics is quite as dour as you'd like to put it. Of course, yes, people are people, so perhaps you'd say the same for atheists and Catholics and others, which is a sort of cynical throwing up of the hands. Specifically, however, I'd like to see engagement on the part of Buddhists in the Western world, where there's not much worry about a 'take over' of any kind, but instead plenty of concern about excessive self-interest, quietism, and spiritual bypassing. Buddhist_philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246929532585980356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-49075135201774658852015-09-05T12:33:53.960+01:002015-09-05T12:33:53.960+01:00The history of Buddhists getting involved in polit...The history of Buddhists getting involved in politics is worth studying. Where Buddhists take over, generally speaking, it leads to intolerant, repressive, totalitarian nation states. The kind of Romantic rhetoric you're displaying here is all very well, but in practice people are just people after all - whatever they label themselves. Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783922534271559030noreply@blogger.com