/lit/ - Literature

>>14849061
For more on how 'modern Buddhism'/I Love Science Buddhism is basically Protestantism (and literally involves corrupting) contact with Anglos, read this. Not only did it involve Theosophy but Sri Lankan nationalists actively sought to de-paganize Buddhism themselves to make it more competitive against imperialist missionaries. To this day, Theravada Buddhism is what attracts the most non-Californian westerners. This isn't to say Theravadins are wrong, but you should still read as broadly as possible into the different schools and take claims that are based on arguments from the late 1800s about having the most authenticity with a grain of salt. It's merely a highly successful sales pitch, formulated under great existential identitarian presssure.