tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post2975659517995638782..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: Rationality, Objectivity, and Empiricism as the Bedrock of Western CivilizationPaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-80678618114585882622020-02-22T15:25:02.281-08:002020-02-22T15:25:02.281-08:00What does "rounder looking" mean? Fat?What does "rounder looking" mean? Fat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-17977607690486304582020-02-20T16:23:43.925-08:002020-02-20T16:23:43.925-08:00Stoicism is the bedrock of Western civilization. P...Stoicism is the bedrock of Western civilization. Plato is a kind of moss that grows on that bedrock. And Aristotle is little rocks embedded in the bedrock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-69677072085976111042020-02-19T18:17:33.966-08:002020-02-19T18:17:33.966-08:00One big reason why I persist with Buddhism is that...One big reason why I persist with Buddhism is that rationality, objectivity, and empiricism are very useful for understanding Samsara or Maya, i.e. what Buddhists call conventional truth, but that they can't touch Nibbana or Brahman, i.e. ultimate truth. To function successfully in the world objectivity is very useful, and can be useful even in spiritual practice as one observes one's own mental states dispassionately; but it can't begin to touch what lies behind the representative symbols. Also, living a Buddhist lifestyle is simply conducive to peace of mind.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-74566845261229009672020-02-19T17:24:47.234-08:002020-02-19T17:24:47.234-08:00Posted on my FB page. Some of my friends will be ...Posted on my FB page. Some of my friends will be outraged, some might see reality.Michael Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933921928383382118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-85000017068497829162020-02-19T16:31:18.356-08:002020-02-19T16:31:18.356-08:00(former blog commenter Shaswata)
Supremely high q...(former blog commenter Shaswata)<br /><br />Supremely high quality post given that posts these days of yours tend to be political for which I have little interest in .<br /><br />Finally you came to the same conclusions as I did , it's time to write the epitaph of all non-white civilizations as they were primarily based on the belief of the supernatural and paranormal powers. <br /><br />you came to this conclusion while examining different competitors to natural selection theory..I came to the same conclusion while examining the possibility of supernatural powers that are mentioned in Buddhist,Hindu texts...(though their presence is less in the first 3 vedas and the first two Upanishads---->and their authors were more Indo European shifted than modern day high caste indians and Brahmans)<br /><br />The only civilization other than whites that had proto-rationality embedded in them were the Japanese..That's why the took like duck to water once European enlightenment arriced on their shores through the gunboats of Col. Percy<br /><br />China is not rational..half of Chinese atheists still believe in ancestor worship..even in 1900 Chinese Taoists believed that Taoist superpowers will stop western bullets and canons..during the Boxer rebellion <br /><br />Korea is somewhat rational because of all pervasive US influence for 6 decades..still their President believes in the absolute power of the Shaman <br /><br />India seems to be the most supernatural believing of all Indo European civilizations while Rome /Greece being the most rational..They even historicized Indo European epics into the founding story of their city..(Rome)<br /><br />while Indians mixup history with mythology<br /><br />Being rational is a genetic quality which depends upon Indo european admixture mostly..since whites have the most they are the most rational ..without whites there will be no new discoveries in science ..point blank <br /><br />given this is the state of affairs what makes you still persist with Buddhism? what is the one thing in Buddhism unexplainable by Western rationality,objectivity and empiricism...<br /><br />as far as I know Buddhist claims donot even open themselves up for "falsifiability"---a key component of science and empiricism and objectivity<br /><br /><br />PS: I think most Indian commenters on the Vedas and Upanishads are bullshit..The only Indian commenters of these texts who make sense are those Indians who are fair skinned and sharper looking..White westerners who want to explore and explain the Vedas in good faith understand them way better than the darker ones among Indians...I put it down to some sort of shared atavistic racial memory (i know it is unscientific as it invokes metaphysics)<br /><br />my ranking:<br /><br />1) fair skinned Indians who disregard traditional commentary<br /><br />2) white europeans who want to explain Vedas in good faith <br /><br />3) white europeans who want to explain Vedas in bad faith with some ulterior motive<br /><br />4) dark skinned rounder looking Indians who want to explain Vedas in good faith <br /><br />5) dark skinned rounder looking Indians who want to explain Vedas in bad faith <br /><br />I insist these days on taking a look at the author before I decide to read his or her take on the Vedas...have lost hundreds of hours reading bad commentaries <br /><br />The 2014 Rig Veda version by Jamison and Brereton remans my current favourite along with Olivelle's version of the Early Upanishads<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com