>>24527538 >>24527546 >Keiji Nishitani explores the deep sense of meaninglessness (nihility) in modern life caused by the collapse of Western religious and philosophical frameworks. He critiques Western nihilism (e.g., Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Stirner) for not fully overcoming this void. His solution is a Buddhist-inspired existential transformation, shifting from nihilism to emptiness (sunyata)—a "living nothingness" that reveals reality as it truly is. This shift requires a personal, spiritual "conversion" that leads to freedom from ego and a renewed, non-dual ground for meaning and religion.
>>24527829 >The solution for the collapse of religious frameworks is another religious framework Buddhists are such a hypocrites, acting holier than thou while also pretending to be above that.