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sorokod ◴[02 Jul 25 17:51 UTC] No.44446740[source]▶

There is considerable cherry picking along with cultural appropriation going on here. Buddhism has flavors that are worlds apart from what is described in the post.

A spicy example is discussed in the book "Zen at War"[1]. Myanamar and Sri Lanka[2] have their own ultra nationalistic Buddhists movements.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_at_War

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism

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1. dctoedt ◴[02 Jul 25 20:17 UTC] No.44448337[source]▶

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> cultural appropriation going on here

Can you tell us more about what you mean by "cultural appropriation," and how you see it as differing from "imitating others' useful practices"?

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