To be fair, this is the defect of the sutric paths, but there is also tantra, which is definitely about embracing life and seeing life itself as the path, even as a divine revelation. It's probably the spiritual modality needed in the 21st century.
This is true. But my worry is that for every one that gets it right there's at least a dozen that don't and take the worst excesses in an attempt to imitate the core
To be fair, this is the defect of the sutric paths, but there is also tantra, which is definitely about embracing life and seeing life itself as the path, even as a divine revelation. It's probably the spiritual modality needed in the 21st century.
Yep the Tantric way is definitely not ascetic and life-denying! Though I'd be afraid of it tilting us too close to our Brave New World side of things
I mean, if you're doing tantra right, you also get equanimity, which should avert Brave New World.
This is true. But my worry is that for every one that gets it right there's at least a dozen that don't and take the worst excesses in an attempt to imitate the core