[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist family life

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Benito Carral schreef:
>    Since   lay   people   are  considered  second-class
> citizens  by traditional Buddhism and its teachings are
> individual-oriented  (one  main  factor why it seems so
> attractive    to    individualistic    marxist-oriented
> Westerners,   I   think),   
>    Thoughts are very welcome.
>
>    
The Western modern discourse has been indivdualistic since Descartes, no need to blame Marx or Saint Simon. And it was Adam Smith who made economic indivdualism the standard of the dominant classes. Marx was even against indivualism, he wanted collective ownership of the means of production. Something that had become a reality in Chinese Buddhist monasteries.


Erik


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