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**imporesweemo** · 07-19-2011, 11:38 AM

And it's not as if the psychological needs which you mention have disappeared; rather, they've become fodder for the advertising industry.

Superstition is alive & well in religion, which often is no different than the advertising industry. Do you really believe the evangelical gurus such as HHDL and Ajahn Brahm are not "advertising", including making sounding easy dhammas that are often difficult (jhanas) and impossible (seeing literal past lives) to attain.

07-19-2011, 11:38 AM	#40
imporesweemo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 385 Senior Member	And it's not as if the psychological needs which you mention have disappeared; rather, they've become fodder for the advertising industry. Superstition is alive & well in religion, which often is no different than the advertising industry. Do you really believe the evangelical gurus such as HHDL and Ajahn Brahm are not "advertising", including making sounding easy dhammas that are often difficult (jhanas) and impossible (seeing literal past lives) to attain.
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