Re: [Marxism] In Solidarity with the People of Tibet

[Jim Farmelant <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:49:06 -0400 Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:




> 
> i got into Zen back in the early 70's, and at that time a 
> significant 
> fraction of those coming to the discipline had been attached, in one 
> 
> form or another, to the anti-war movement. i never saw Buddhism in 
> any 
> way enhance the political acumen of these people in any way. 

It is also interesting to note that the famous New Atheist, Sam
Harris is very much into Buddhist meditation.  Nevertheless,
his politics as reflected in his book *The End of Faith* and
in subsequent writings are quite abominable.

> instead, 
> what i saw, at least at the Centers i frequented, was an insistence 
> that 
> "internal revolution" occur before a person could go out and agitate 
> for 
> "external revolution". This type of sentiment persists in US 
> spiritual 
> circles to this day, but has never been properly analyzed from 
> within 
> these circles.

It is interesting to note that in the US, the Marxist philosopher
Kevin Brien has taken a strong interest in Buddhism and
in the second edition of his book, *Marx, Reason, and the 
Art of Freedom*, he attempts to establish the compatibility
of Marxism with Buddhism, as I noted in my post
on that book on Marxmail a couple of year ago.
http://tinyurl.com/37e7hs

Also, see:
http://news.washcoll.edu/press_releases/2006/06/28_kevinbrien.php
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