List: Eastern Religions and Mysticism | Curated by Benjamin Cain

Dec 23, 2024
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Eastern Religions and Mysticism
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The Rabbit Is In
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Benjamin Cain
The Nightmare of GodDoes God create to hide from the hell of being the supreme reality?
Aug 7, 2020
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Aug 7, 2020
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Interfaith Now
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Benjamin Cain
The Dark Secret of SpiritualityBeyond the platitudes of unconditional love
Mar 15, 2021
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Mar 15, 2021
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Interfaith Now
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Benjamin Cain
The Antisocial Implications of Mystical MonismWhy enlightened mystics would be amoral nihilists
Apr 22, 2021
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Apr 22, 2021
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
What is Life’s Cosmic Role?Are we slaves to nature’s evolution or bridges to an unnatural order?
Jun 12, 2024
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Jun 12, 2024
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
The Clash Between Ancient and Modern SagesTranquility vs alienation, stagnation vs progress
Apr 24, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
The Daoist’s Futile Rejection of HumanismHuman progress is possible in nature despite the Daoist’s implicit nihilism
Jun 4, 2024
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Jun 4, 2024
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
The Clash Between Daoists, Buddhists, and Modern HumanistsComparing these countercultural and mainstream philosophies
Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
Are We All Illusions that Lead God Astray?A dialogue on nonduality, and Western and Eastern views of enlightenment
Dec 23, 2024
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Dec 23, 2024
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The Apeiron Blog
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Benjamin Cain
Buddhism and the Venture of Limited SelvesThe reality of brains and minds, and the shame of Buddhist contentment.
Nov 8, 2020
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Nov 8, 2020
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Interfaith Now
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Benjamin Cain
Buddhism and the Threat of NihilismBuddhist pragmatism and the secular reconstruction of morality
May 3, 2021
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May 3, 2021
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Interfaith Now
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Benjamin Cain
Buddhist Nirvana and the Consolation of NihilismAlienation, mindfulness, and the annulment of progress
Jul 16, 2021
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Jul 16, 2021
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
Enlightened Buddhists Shouldn’t be CompassionateInnocuous epiphanies and the false front of Buddhist morality
Jul 1, 2024
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Jul 1, 2024
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
Buddhas are Nihilist Observers, Not Compassionate SaintsThe incoherence of the standard Western conception of Buddhism
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
Buddhas Aren’t Slaves to SaintlinessThe reconciling of Eastern and Western conceptions of enlightenment
Nov 18, 2024
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Nov 18, 2024
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
Cosmic Neutrality and the Paradox of the Bodhisattva’s VirtueThe enlightened Buddhist should be as inhuman as the universe
Jul 15, 2024
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Jul 15, 2024
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God’s Funeral
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Benjamin Cain
The Hypocrisies of Early Buddhists and Secular HumanistsBuddhist elitism, consumer pride, and where ancient wisdom meets modern folly
Apr 28, 2023
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Apr 28, 2023
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
From Buddhist Serenity to Existential HorrorA philosophical roller coaster with a stop at Kantian practicality
Jun 12, 2023
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Jun 12, 2023
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Grim Tidings
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Benjamin Cain
Marquis de Sade versus the BuddhaA philosophical dialogue, critiquing sadism and Buddhism.
Nov 23, 2019
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Nov 23, 2019
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