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hiiii new acc is @fevadol !!

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grrrnrnrnrnehrhrhehrhr need to remake i feel dead and shameful of everything

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i need to drink water

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gm

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normmal fish

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“Buddhism has always been one of the most accessible Asian religions to Westerners; appealingly philosophical, pleasantly pacifist and, compared with Hinduism or much of Chinese religion, supposedly free of ‘superstitious’ or ‘primitive’ beliefs in the form of gods or magic. Many writers ignorant of Asian history—particularly, for some reason, anti-religious science writers—also claimed that Buddhism lacked the history of atrocities and intolerance that marked Western religion, despite, for instance, the many Buddhist-inspired messianic revolts in China, or the deep complicity of Zen Buddhism in Japanese militarism during the Second World War. It especially appealed to the English because, like the Church of England, it seemed not to demand that you believe in anything. To be a Westerner and call oneself a Muslim, or even a Hindu, makes some definite statement about your beliefs and perhaps your actions; calling yourself a Buddhist in the West, however, does not define your identity in any fixed way. Western Buddhism resembles Unitarianism without the harsh dogma.

The emphasis on the philosophical aspects of Buddhism in the West also means that the reality of Buddhist religious practice worldwide tends to be eclipsed. For instance, Buddhists are often portrayed in the West as not believing in a God or gods, and most Western Buddhists don’t. The vast majority of Buddhists worldwide, however, are enthusiastic believers in all manner of gods and spirits, often drawn from local traditions or taken from older religions such as Hinduism or Daoism.”

—James Palmer

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HI EVERYONE i just came back and i feel good rn :) just a little headache

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aaaaaa she's eating a burger lol

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ok gonna go to school bye bye hope good luck for me

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FUCK YOU

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i didn’t know Kotatsu was called Kotatsu in English

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Streamline the alligator by douglas

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its 6:11 am (death incoming)

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here’s my one whole discourse post for pride month. you fucks will never ever ever wean off the radfem shit if you keep trying to give “cis men are evil” nuance. no, it’s not bad because they could be closeted or questioning, it’s bad because gender essentialism is a fucking brain poison and it makes you stupid

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