literally any flow of energy. that could be a physical movement or a monetary transaction or the spreading of a meme, etc. It's not a metaphor it is literal and the most "correct" explanation i can think of for what i understand.
Do you mean the acceptance of one's place in socio-economic hierarchies rather than rebelling against them?
That would be a skewed view of it. if you are meant to cut wood, you could look at the socio-economic situation of being a person who cuts wood, but also the act of cutting wood itself isn't "socio-economic" there is a "way" to cut wood, one that goes with the energy flows to minimize waste, with the grain, leveraging the pivot points on the ax, etc. of course I do think the reason buddhism philosophy is spread is because it placates those at the bottom of the social order and labels rebellion against that order as sin. so in practice i wouldn't disagree, but taken as a personal philosophy I don't think "social order" is the correct focus. it's more like "clean your damn room, because it makes using the room more efficient"
limit to how much we ... can affect the world
see: "recognition and reification of ones place within the universe." the limits put someone into a place.
anti-caste system
no, i mean exactly the opposite.
possibility that the ruling caste picks it up and then forces it on the masses
yes. i'm not talking about people "becoming buddhist" with what i said with it taking off in the west. I mean the principles and ideologies have begun worming their way into popular media and talking heads, very early days, but noticeable, more on the left than the right. I doubt there would ever be a proper rise in buddhism but rather, the secular world is becoming and will become more and more dao flavored.
literally any flow of energy. that could be a physical movement or a monetary transaction or the spreading of a meme, etc. It's not a metaphor it is literal and the most "correct" explanation i can think of for what i understand.
That would be a skewed view of it. if you are meant to cut wood, you could look at the socio-economic situation of being a person who cuts wood, but also the act of cutting wood itself isn't "socio-economic" there is a "way" to cut wood, one that goes with the energy flows to minimize waste, with the grain, leveraging the pivot points on the ax, etc.
of course I do think the reason buddhism philosophy is spread is because it placates those at the bottom of the social order and labels rebellion against that order as sin. so in practice i wouldn't disagree, but taken as a personal philosophy I don't think "social order" is the correct focus. it's more like "clean your damn room, because it makes using the room more efficient"
see: "recognition and reification of ones place within the universe." the limits put someone into a place.
no, i mean exactly the opposite.
yes.
i'm not talking about people "becoming buddhist" with what i said with it taking off in the west. I mean the principles and ideologies have begun worming their way into popular media and talking heads, very early days, but noticeable, more on the left than the right. I doubt there would ever be a proper rise in buddhism but rather, the secular world is becoming and will become more and more dao flavored.