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[rm]

Hipsters, People Who Think "Trendy" is a Positive Descriptor
Circle I Limbo

Parents who bring squalling brats to R-rated movies
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

People Who Model Their Lives on Sex in the City
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

PETA Members, Militant Vegans
Circle IV Rolling Weights

People Who Demand Photos for Job Applications Where Image is not Relevant
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Faux-Buddhists Who Rant About Their Superior Enlightenment While Being as Judgemental as Possible
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

People Who Need to Dislike the People They Screw
Circle VII Burning Sands

People Who Think They Are Entitled to My Person and/or Personal Space
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Homophobes, Racists and Bigots
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

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[keith418.livejournal.com]

... the best yet, if only for the faux-Buddhists.

[allah-dot-com.livejournal.com]

Ha...nice..

[mcsquare.livejournal.com]

Faux-Buddhists Who Rant About Their Superior Enlightenment While Being as Judgemental as Possible

Oh man...I've run into my fair share of those.

[shakespearessis.livejournal.com]

Wow.

*mildly scared of actually being a Buddhist now*

*applause*

[rm.livejournal.com]

It's cool. There's just a few stories there is all.

[shakespearessis.livejournal.com]

:) So I see! (Should I ask?)

[rm.livejournal.com]

It involves the mailing-list-that-must-not-be-named and my departure from it. It's sort of not interesting if you don't know the people involved. But it's just one of several examples I've found of Western buddhists having a really hard time with humility and in their enthusiasm for the ideals of the practice, treating those around them with judgement and contempt.

ANd I should add... I love Buddhism... I think it's insanely fucking smart about a lot of things -- I just think it clashes in some insecure people's heads with western life in really negative ways.

The purpose of a faith like buddhism isn't to give you security, but to remove the need for security. Ya know?

[shakespearessis.livejournal.com]

Ah, sense makes.

As to your last points - entirely, entirely so. For some reason, I think one of the reasons I'm drawn to it is that I come from a family of nurses, despite being a bit queasy at the physical side of that profession myself.

[fifthconundrum.livejournal.com]

Whoo! I believe I shall have to borrow your eighth and ninth circles!!!!!!!