Reminder that its ok to mock nihilistic Western Buddhism which is not a religion but a new philosophy poast about ego death and Waffen SS in 1945 - it counts what you do with it Carlin A. Barton, "Roman Honor" >Stoic doctrine of unassailable autonomy of spirit - of not pursuing anything external suited a people who had no hope in achieving any external honor. Stoic apatheia and autarkeia were sought after by those yearning for a life of dignified slavery. >This explains Stoicism’s modern appeal. We like the Romans find ourselves citizens of cosmopolitan megacities ruled by forces we cannot hope to influence. We too seek solace and dignity in Stoicism's dogma that we can achieve serenity without the need for any external good. criticism of Buddhism - Nirvana as conditioned discovery just one point in mindspace, a powerful attractor https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2010/08/my-main-gripe-with-buddhism.html > Lifestyle minimalism, as a kind of thinly veiled will to nothingness, seems to attract people with slow and inefficient metabolism. You don't tend to see high energy people being "minimalists". I don't think it's unrelated. Gonna post some examples below: https://twitter.com/pilkonaut/status/1480154343391256576 Buddhism as science https://twitter.com/nosilverv/status/1596494958046879744