More religion proselytizing - especially regular recently by Andrew S. on Buddhism - as "Inspiration and Miracles"
Louis P. believes that I am a "islamaphobe" - when I just view the mysticism and superstition of ALL these religions - as reactionary, whether Abrahamic or Hindu, Buddhist, Zorastrian, etc, etc. They all disdain Gay men equally, as not breeding enough for their to have more followers, for funding and power. I view them with same disrespect, since they are the source of much homophobia and sexism. Many religions are used by those in power - to stay in power. There is an illusion by some, that Buddhism is generally progressive - "nonviolent and atheist" - in its practice some believe Yet, as with many others, there is a left faction and definitely a larger political right faction. And much hypocrisy on what their religion writings state - and what many Buddhists actually practice. Some examples: It was a Buddhist monk who murdered the left wing Sri Lanka (Ceylon) prime minister Bandaranaike in 1959. The Japan Buddhist reactionaries were big supporters of Japan's military and wars and occupations in the 20th Century. No different than the other "religions of peace" - here is a wikipedia listing on some: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/KasumigasekiSta.jpg/250px-KasumigasekiSta.jpg1zB]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence> Buddhism and violence - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence> Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.. Nirvana is the earliest and most common term for the goal of the Buddhist path and the ultimate eradication of dukkha—nature of life that innately includes "suffering", "pain" or "unsatisfactoriness". Violent actions and thoughts, actions which harm and ... en.wikipedia.org ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew Stewart <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 8:56 PM To: Marxism List <[email protected]> Subject: [marxmail] H-Net Review [H-Buddhism]: Tam on Chau, 'Religion in China: Ties That Bind' . Adam Yuet Chau. Religion in China: Ties That Bind. China Today Series. Cambridge Polity, 2019. Illustrations. xiii + 250 pp. $22.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7456-7916-7; $64.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7456-7915-0. Reviewed by Wai Lun Tam (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Published on H-Buddhism (March, 2021) Commissioned by Jessica Zu .and moral-religious building block of Chinese society" (p. 52). There are three levels in Chinese engagement in religious activities: the individual, the household, and the community. For rural China, the order of the three, perhaps, is reversed: community goes first (because of communal hegemony as explained in chapter 4 of _Miraculous Response_) before household and individual. In terms of modalities for doing religion, in the agrarian sphere for peasants, it is a combination of relational and the immediate-practical plus the liturgical modalities. For city folks, the individual and family come first as a result of the atomization of society and increasingly nuclearized homes. For them, there is a coming together of three modalities of doing religion: the discursive-scriptural modality, self-cultivational modality, and relational modality. The introduction of the "household as [the] basic unit of religious engagement" has allowed the author to cover both rural and urban China. The above brief review is perhaps enough to allow us to see the abundance, richness, and span of knowledge of Chinese religion covered in the book under review. . Many issues and topics in Chinese religion are only briefly alluded to in book. Depth was sacrificed for breadth, but this is the right thing to do for a book of two hundred pages in length. The choice of breadth does not overshadow the insight and inspiration the book provides. . Best regards, Andrew Stewart _._,_._,_ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7287): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/7287 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81368949/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
