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8/4/2025, 7:20:18 PM
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Just skimming his wikipedia page, he seemed like a positive man and accomplished a lot of objectively good things. My final thoughts after reading a bit were that he would make an excellent Orthodox Christian. If his philosophy caught on and became widespread it would no doubt be a positive thing for humanity. Unfortunately it is completely in conflict with human nature and out of reach of normal people, which is why when you go to Buddhist countries like Thailand and Vietnam, they are some of the most materialistic countries on the earth, despite the tiny establishment of buddhist monks.
Buddhism, just being a philosophy, is the primary lacking characteristic because it is not in congruence with reality and history. What I mean is, if Jesus Christ our God did not become incarnate as a human being, philosophy would basically be all we have. But reality shows us the opposite. Christ is not a fairytale, and not just a historical figure with influence. He conquered death, and through that, the hearts of the world. The wonderworking miracles of the Holy Apostles and Christians since then is beyond number. The man you showed probably got as close to the truth as you can get in a society geographically and culturally isolated from Christianity, and obviously came upon parts, fragments, of the truth (asceticism, peace, elevation of love for other human beings, etc). But when considering the entire human picture, there can be no other truth than Christ, who permeates all aspects of humanity, not least of which history. Orthodox Christianity is like the spirituality of zen buddhist monks, but with so much more than that. There is so much missing from other pieces of the puzzle you find elsewhere in the world. Christ is truly the way, the truth, and the life.
Just skimming his wikipedia page, he seemed like a positive man and accomplished a lot of objectively good things. My final thoughts after reading a bit were that he would make an excellent Orthodox Christian. If his philosophy caught on and became widespread it would no doubt be a positive thing for humanity. Unfortunately it is completely in conflict with human nature and out of reach of normal people, which is why when you go to Buddhist countries like Thailand and Vietnam, they are some of the most materialistic countries on the earth, despite the tiny establishment of buddhist monks.
Buddhism, just being a philosophy, is the primary lacking characteristic because it is not in congruence with reality and history. What I mean is, if Jesus Christ our God did not become incarnate as a human being, philosophy would basically be all we have. But reality shows us the opposite. Christ is not a fairytale, and not just a historical figure with influence. He conquered death, and through that, the hearts of the world. The wonderworking miracles of the Holy Apostles and Christians since then is beyond number. The man you showed probably got as close to the truth as you can get in a society geographically and culturally isolated from Christianity, and obviously came upon parts, fragments, of the truth (asceticism, peace, elevation of love for other human beings, etc). But when considering the entire human picture, there can be no other truth than Christ, who permeates all aspects of humanity, not least of which history. Orthodox Christianity is like the spirituality of zen buddhist monks, but with so much more than that. There is so much missing from other pieces of the puzzle you find elsewhere in the world. Christ is truly the way, the truth, and the life.
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