“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions.”
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“The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world with its liberating, expanding and beautifying possibilities, as against an unreal world, which, with its spirits, oracles, and mean contentment has kept humanity in helpless degradation.”
― Anarchism and Other Essays
― Anarchism and Other Essays
“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”
― How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
― How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
Secular Sangha: A Secular Buddhist Group
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We study Buddhist philosophy and meditation from a secular perspective. Group members are encouraged to read the ten core group books: “After Buddhis ...more
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