/lit/ - Literature

>>4961895
>>4961907
Kalupahana is ok, but his point of view is strictly Theravadin. If you want a Mahayana exegesis based on the North Indian tradition in the vein of Candrakirti et al, you should read a different translation. Also, Kumarajiva's translation of Nagarjuna is not perfect, it reflects Chinese madhyamika proclivities and thus is not the ideal source text. You clearly have an agenda (an orthodox Theravadin one).

>>4961923
I enjoyed reading Nagarjuna and I got a lot from it in my practice, I was talking about all the commentary literature, not the MMK itself.

>>4962662
>>4962746
It made me look at sexuality through an incredibly negative lens and made me miss out on an important and healthy human activity. Just because I'm interested in Buddhism and like learning about it, does not mean I have to accept all of the doctrines (which are highly varied) and orthodoxy at face value. Anyways, not all Buddhism is the same, and not all Buddhism is sex negative. There are sex positive Buddhists, if anyone is interested, look into the poetry of Ikkyu Sojun and the Tibetan Poet Gendun Chopel's work "Tibetan arts of love".

Here's what Je Tsongkapa, founder of the Gelugpa has to say about it:

"A female companion is the basis of accomplishment of liberation."

Also you sound like one of them anti-natalists, so you clearly have an axe to grind there as well. I'm starting to think I'm responding to the same person here.

>>4962791
There is nothing wrong with rejecting elements of a particular philosophy or worldview if it does not agree with your own personal worldview, while at the same time learning and taking other elements from it. Your caricature of all people who do this as white kid shopping is misplaced. Buddhism has always been a highly fluid religion, changing as it went into Tibet, China and Japan. As I mentioned above, tantric Buddhism can be pretty radically different to traditional orthodox Buddhism. That being said I don't consider myself a Buddhist anymore, so you can relax in the knowledge that your reputation won't be tainted by one more heterodox Buddhist.