[Buddha-l] Conditioned Mind?

[Barnaby Thieme]

It's interesting to note that fundamentalisms resemble one another more than they resemble the mainstreams of their own traditions. 

xob~


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> From: bshmr at aol.com
> To: buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:42:14 -0600
> Subject: [Buddha-l] Conditioned Mind?
> 
> Interesting read (appended) may be meaningful to some buddha-lers. It
> has me reconsidering whether 'bold-ness' is the reaction or as suggested
> is a pre-condition. In any case, one is confronted with the
> 'dynamic' (conditioned mind??) frequently nowadays. 
> 
> 
> Richard Basham
> 
> *
> 
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706103404.htm
> 
> Anxiety May Be at Root of Religious Extremism, Researchers Find
> 
> ScienceDaily (July 6, 2010) — Anxiety and uncertainty can cause us to
> become more idealistic and more radical in our religious beliefs,
> according to new findings by York University researchers, published in
> this month's issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
> 
> ...
> 
> "Taken together, the results of this research program suggest that bold
> but vulnerable people gravitate to idealistic and religious extremes for
> relief from anxiety," McGregor says.
> 
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