There is no happiness in samsara. Not even a needle's breadth.Punya wrote:From my worm's eye view, it just doesn't seem like marketing spin with this teacher. And the message that we look for happiness in all the wrong places is not a bad one. 84000 methods and all that.What I don't like is marketing the Dharma.
It is not his fault that Americans are "desperately seeking Susan."
First world problems...anyway, it is not my point to criticize OC, but rather point out how transparent and consumer oriented marketing of Dharma books is. I think Trungpa had a good term for it, "spiritual materialism."
Perhaps I should just accept that we live in a spiritually superficial culture...