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It loosens the grip of the Western narrative re: destiny, individualism, control, rat race, etc. Similar to Stoicism in its initial incarnations but with another perspective that IMO has more universality.

Your dismissive tone is curious because the same kind of dismissal can be made of the absurd and outlandish belief systems and mythologies of Mahayana. "Perfected wisdom" is hard to imagine when basing it on stories of stories of myths of god-like beings.

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Why don't you try it out for yourself and let us know. You seem to worry about other people's interests more than usual.

I get the pragmatism coming from a Buddhist, but not everything can or indeed needs to be brought down into a "path". I'm sure you are fully aware of this.

Now I am fascinated by your consternations. Whatever the answer, whatever people get out of it. What's it to you?

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