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**jokiruss** · 02-08-2011, 11:39 PM

Thay has his own political perspective to talk about this: a more hippie approach than a scientific one. Personally like the scientific one.

Hi Kaarine
I sit with Sangha that follows Thay's teachings and was trying to work out why it's not working for me. I think you've hit the nail on the head. It is lovely and romantic, but isn't leading me away from suffering, only a direct study of the four noble truths is doing that, so I think I'm more inclined to a scientific approach as well. Thank you for pointing this out. As mentioned before though I think Thay's teachings can offer a lot to people just coming into Buddhism.

As an aside, I wonder if the hippy link comes from the time that Thay started teaching in the late 60's early 70's. That approach to 'interbeing' (we are all one) hasn't been updated since and maybe feels a little outdated. If anything I think society is becoming more selfish and disconnected. Unless people are directly affected by floods or war, for example, the images and media we see just become more noise / input that we have to process. All we do is go 'ahh, that's awful'

02-08-2011, 11:39 PM	#15
jokiruss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	Thay has his own political perspective to talk about this: a more hippie approach than a scientific one. Personally like the scientific one. Hi Kaarine I sit with Sangha that follows Thay's teachings and was trying to work out why it's not working for me. I think you've hit the nail on the head. It is lovely and romantic, but isn't leading me away from suffering, only a direct study of the four noble truths is doing that, so I think I'm more inclined to a scientific approach as well. Thank you for pointing this out. As mentioned before though I think Thay's teachings can offer a lot to people just coming into Buddhism. As an aside, I wonder if the hippy link comes from the time that Thay started teaching in the late 60's early 70's. That approach to 'interbeing' (we are all one) hasn't been updated since and maybe feels a little outdated. If anything I think society is becoming more selfish and disconnected. Unless people are directly affected by floods or war, for example, the images and media we see just become more noise / input that we have to process. All we do is go 'ahh, that's awful'
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