Vervaeke Buddhism & Parasitic Processing
In “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis,” Ep. 13, “Buddhism and Parasitic Processing,” John Vervaeke, based in Stephen Batchelor’s idea that we’ve gravely misinterpreted Buddhism in the West, outlines how we might understand core parts of the Buddha’s teachings. For suffering, he interprets it as a form of parasitic processing, a reciprocal narrowing of the connection between oneself and the world. And for moving towards enlightenment, he shows how it might be the opposite of that, a kind of Platonic ascent, famously outlined in “The Republic.” Ian criticizes this, and we discuss how suffering…
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