Reality vs Trans Ideology | Peter Boghossian & Helen Joyce

Having Catholicism or Christianity fundamentally occupy the category of religion is a major reason Westerners fail to appreciate Buddhism and/or many of the world’s other religions. It is also a major reason Westerners mistakenly see a fairly strict duality between religion and reason/science/logic. The delusions of people and tribes, as discussed in this video, who are socially bound to deny reason and logic has already been worked out by Buddhists in great detail. In fact, Buddhism is itself fundamentally anti-identity, fundamentally anti-tribal, fundamentally at odds with the ignorance of crowds. A basic Buddhist insight, taught by the Buddha himself, is that ‘even the Dharma’ is empty, devoid of own being, a thing to be used for pragmatic purposes and no more. The Dharma itself is the raft that is abandoned once the river has been crossed. These are just a few ideas that occurred to me as I watched this discussion, which I recommend. The misuse or perverse use of language is another type of delusion long recognized by Buddhists. Lastly, I should add that delusion is understood by Buddhism to be a fundamental part of the human realm and the main reason humans suffer and also the main reason Buddhists do Buddhism. ABN