[Buddha-l] philosophical (as opposed to agnostical) buddhism

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

curt schreef:

Curt, I welcome your suggestion to replace the term 'agnostic' with 'philosophical'. Agnosticism is just mental laziness. The term 'cosmopolism' is however coined by the Stoïcs who were not the first philosophers. Socrates looked upon himself as an Athenian, but ok that's a detail. There is a problem with philosophical Buddhism: most Buddhist hierophants don't have it in their genes. It's easier to teach a cow algebra than to teach a lama or a bikkhu philosophy.

Erik


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