Thursday, December 4, 2008

I didn't particularly like the two essays that we recently read in class. I felt that they weren't being realistic. In the United States it's hard to practice Buddhism because the US's idea of life is sucess and power, opposite of what Buddhists believe. I'm not really sure what the benefits are of becoming 'selfless', is there actually anything or is it just a feeling? Thurman didn't change my mind views of the differences of western and eastern culture differences.
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Haley said...

I think Thurman made a good point and i understand where he's coming from but i don't know if Americans can ever understand it. We are so materialistic and selfish that i don't think people can ever see past themselves to get to the spiritual place they need to be to become themselves. On the other hand we are so driven to become rich and powerful to give to our families and to have the best life, could we ever be unselfish enough to spend time on ourselves and take a break from the day to day grind?

December 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

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