Zen Buddhism
2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 2, 2021 by William Irvine · across every show →
Everything said about Zen Buddhism, oldest first
Nov 2, 2021
Irvine: Stoicism and Zen Buddhism share identical goals despite opposite methods
“First surprise was they are headed at approximately the same grand goal in living. And that is a life that's full of to the extent possible of positive emotions like delight and even joy and relatively without negative emotions like anger and anxiety. And regr…”
Nov 2, 2021 positive
Irvine: Stoicism is popular because its practical techniques are easily hacked
“I can give you the reason why stoicism is popular, and that is because it's very hackable. And I hate the word hackable, but it's hackable. It gives you specific psychological techniques that you can use to change the way you're living your life. There's a han…”