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Buddhism

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Religion that gained popularity among affluent white people in the mid-to-late 20th century but declined in recent decades, discussed in terms of cultural appropriation and exoticism.

Mentions (18)
"Indian, Japanese, and Chinese culture used to praise the artisanal and creative mind. These cultures literally invented artistry and high art and Buddhism and Taoism."
"In 2019 she changed her ISF nation from American to Chinese, they go crazy for her over there, her nickname is 'Frog Princess' because she wears a green helmet. She speaks fluent mandarin and converted to Buddhism in 2022."
The fascinating life of Eileen Gu · u/wronglevaaaa · ↑387 · 2026-02-09
"This is a very solid and thorough introduction to Buddhism, much more heavy-duty that the majority I've encountered. It goes over the basics which are the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path (the path to liberation from suffering) and goes into some nitty-gritty stuff as well. The primary"
"I think the buddhists were onto something with the whole suffering is caused by the gap between expectations and reality thing. If you just stop expecting your life to get better, stop expecting your life to fall apart, stop expecting a relationship, stop expecting lifelong inceldom, stop expecting "
Life becomes better when you stop expecting things · bugmoder · ↑157 · 2025-05-03
"I guess the closest thing I've gotten to a satisfying answer are the Vedic philosophies and Buddhism, which essentially say just don't be selfish, but usually I just end up wanting to kill myself when I commit myself to it because there's not really a practical way to exist in the world without beha"
L POST ALERT: Being unemployed is turning me into a psycho · u/RidinOnTheMayflower · ↑80 · 2024-09-03
"especially as i have heard satanism is a "philosophical religion" like buddhism or taoism and that paganism has rituals but it all seems to be larping aleister crowley"
paganism/satanism/whatever is so lame · u/stargazerr9 · ↑70 · 2022-10-05
"Its like if this sub was a Buddhist religion and reaching nirvana would be equivalent to deleting reddit and never using it again. Its the endgame for redscare users"
Take the delete your reddit account and never come back pill · u/[deleted] · ↑66 · 2023-03-03
"The Gnostics and Buddhists were right. This is a world of suffering. It is its inherent condition. Samsara fucking sucks, but I don't even get any offers from Mara to stay in it!"
I hate being stuck in this material reality. · u/ComedianAdorable6009 · ↑65 · 2024-11-21
"back in the mid-to-late 20th century, buddhism was really taking off with affluent white people who couldn't vibe with christianity for whatever reason. that almost entirely ceased today. why? some possible reasons (not sure tho, post your own theory if you have one): - cultural homogenization resul"
what happened to white buddhists? · u/reset_router · ↑62 · 2023-12-14
"The level of attention required to orient my focus on my vaginal walls has required me to convert to Buddhism. I have started reading the Dhammapada and manifesting through visualization the image of my Shinto gates locked together like yin and yang."
"But then he'd be hanging out with younger and weird kids like me talking about Buddhism and Nick Drake as if he wasn't also Chad."
The coolest and nicest kid from my childhood · u/parsi_county · ↑45 · 2024-10-01
"I got into a long discussion with a Buddhist recently about karmic causes of things like illness and I got totally owned, Buddhists sometimes have scholastic backgrounds and empirical evidence or strong reasoning to back up their views although meditation and experience is the main ground."
"The individual art is good to me, but with it all grouped together it's mental overload that makes me despair and come up with faulty reasons to ignore and write-off the aesthetics. Buddhism be my guide"
"hinduism and buddhism have dharma and karma: morality as a sort of cosmic force, an impersonal chain of actions and reactions."
an observation about religious faith these days · u/AfraidDig957 · ↑33 · 2025-05-24
"I don't mean bulshit meditation. Maybe the main flaw of liberal democracy is that it bases human dignity on what humans think. This fosters an excessively identity-based relationship with thoughts... As a counter example, forgiveness is a human capacity far more relevant to be a foundation of collec"
Maybe a bit of Buddhism is actually what we need to save the West · u/Disastrous_Handle109 · ↑28 · 2025-12-28
"The level of attention required to orient my focus on my vaginal walls has required me to convert to Buddhism. I have started reading the Dhammapada"
"he'd be hanging out with younger and weird kids like me talking about Buddhism and Nick Drake"
The coolest and nicest kid from my childhood · u/parsi_county · ↑45 · 2024-10-01
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