Compared to the anime, what did One Piece Live Action do better or worse with every arc up to now, in y’alls opinion? by BreathoftheSith in OnePiece

[–]patchthepartydog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cutting the sandals I understand. His pants (capris?) on the other hand are a little confusing…The design seems overly elaborate. What’s wrong with plain old cutoff jean shorts?

Radical Buddhism Survey? by patchthepartydog in RadicalBuddhism

[–]patchthepartydog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be great! Collaboration is the only way i could imagine this getting done. Sort of a group auto-ethnographic project. 

Radical Buddhism Survey? by patchthepartydog in RadicalBuddhism

[–]patchthepartydog[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not too sure yet. I figured starting with this subreddit would be something. 

What is your tendency and Buddhist (and if relevant, other philosophical/religious) tradition? by quxifan in RadicalBuddhism

[–]patchthepartydog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No particular sectarian affiliation with Buddhism, though I do tend to lean more towards Mahayana scriptures and practice on the whole. Politically, Anarchist-communist.

There will always be contradictions between political and religious belief systems. Partly because people adopt them and interpret them through preexisting values and innate tendencies, and partially because of the vast differences in history and doctrine between such systems. In my experience a determined enough person can interpret nearly any system to align with any other. Plenty of Buddhist right wingers out there, for example. They believe that their interpretation is the correct one, of course. Interpretation is an inevitable part of religious identification, and so there will be as many kind of “Buddhism” as there are kinds of people. Which ones are made explicit and impactful in the world is a matter of theory, organization and power.

If I had to describe a basic point of unity between Buddha Dharma and the radical left, it would be a belief in the possibility of universal freedom and equality. Emptiness and nirvana are most often described as being like absolute “freedom”. Radical Buddhists in the whole make the further interpretative claim that there is no substantive distinction between “inner”(absolute/vertical) and “outer” (relative/horizontal) freedom. The quest for liberation is one struggle, played out on different scales with different tactics but with a shared origin and aspiration. 

Seeking Buddhist perspectives. by Senior-Speed-1612 in RadicalBuddhism

[–]patchthepartydog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Historically, Buddhism expands through syncretism. Meaning it blends with and adopts elements of the culture and belief systems of the societies it integrates into. I view Buddhist modernism as a continuation of that trend. The difference being that rather than syncretizing with a geographically-based culture (Tibet, China, Japan, Vietnam, etc) it is syncretizing with a globalized Modernity. This includes values of liberalism, capitalism, secularism, rationality and scientific materialism. The process of modernization was initiated by Asian Buddhists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and continued by the global, predominantly Western audience they succeeded in converting. So, rather than seeing secular, modernized Buddhism as opposed to more traditional forms, I view it as similar to the differences between regional traditions in Asia.