The entire Western framework is a schizo mess. Your philosophy and religion are walled off from each other, forcing you to be a brain-in-a-vat for analysis and a feeler for spirituality, never letting the two meet. Christianity's core idea is a massive chasm between a transcendent sky-daddy and his creation, an alienating dualism that infects everything and leads directly to the Cartesian mind-prison where your ego is perpetually trapped and separated from reality. This is the root of the modern blackpill. It's a self-centered faith that historically leads to crusades and intolerance because your "personal relationship" with God makes you think your way is absolute. Compare that to Buddhism: instead of a split, you get an organic, interconnected whole where everything flows together. The goal is realizing Śūnyatā (emptiness), which isn't nihilistic nothingness, but a positive reality once you annihilate the ego. It's the death of the self that leads to a life of true freedom, compassion, and non-attachment, letting you see things as they truly are. It's an existentially engaged path focused on your actual, daily life, not abstract dogma. Christianity and its obsession with "will" created the poison of modern nihilism. Buddhism is the antidote that actually solves it by getting rid of the self-centered ego at the heart of the problem.

The entire Western framework is a schizo mess. Your philosophy and religion are walled off from each other, forcing you to be a brain-in-a-vat for analysis and a feeler for spirituality, never letting the two meet. Christianity's core idea is a massive chasm between a transcendent sky-daddy and his creation, an alienating dualism that infects everything and leads directly to the Cartesian mind-prison where your ego is perpetually trapped and separated from reality. This is the root of the modern blackpill. It's a self-centered faith that historically leads to crusades and intolerance because your "personal relationship" with God makes you think your way is absolute. Compare that to Buddhism: instead of a split, you get an organic, interconnected whole where everything flows together. The goal is realizing Śūnyatā (emptiness), which isn't nihilistic nothingness, but a positive reality once you annihilate the ego. It's the death of the self that leads to a life of true freedom, compassion, and non-attachment, letting you see things as they truly are. It's an existentially engaged path focused on your actual, daily life, not abstract dogma. Christianity and its obsession with "will" created the poison of modern nihilism. Buddhism is the antidote that actually solves it by getting rid of the self-centered ego at the heart of the problem.

Why do Eastern (Dharmic) religions engage the intellect and philosophy, while Western (Abrahamic) religions are content with dogma and doctrine?

How come Eastern religions dive into philosophy and deep thinking, while Western religions focus on dogma and doctrine?

Why is religion separated from philosophy in the West, whereas in the East they are integrated?

Why is religion separated from philosophy in the West, whereas in the East they are integrated?