[Buddha-l] Personality disorders

[R B Basham]

Not to move too far from the cracker barrel or bar as the case might be,
pyscho-social dysfunctions can be viewed as a mix of learning,
physiology, and setting which seem to me also significant in Buddhism
(et al) as well as actually substantive. 

On the other hand, noises about a permanent enduring entity (self) or
impediments to change (impermanence) aren't relevant except as
excuses. ... For example, others can change their reactions to a
'psychopath' instead of insisting that a 'psychopath' change. ...

Whether Buddhist (et al) practices are absolutely safe and absolutely
beneficial for absolutely everyone is foolishness, fanciful ideology
comparable to that found at TH, FR, FD, & in GZ. And, appears just as
repetitive in content and cast.


Richard Basham