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← The Buddha's teaching is pragmatic and agnostic: he left questions about the soul and life after death undeclared.

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 28 Nov 1770 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The Buddha's teaching is pragmatic and agnostic: he left questions about the soul and life after death undeclared. The Buddha's teaching is pragmatic andagnostic: he left questions about the souland life after death undeclared. Last stated 30 years ago 22 Jun 1996 SB Stephen Batchelor — holds since 1996-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Buddhism has repeatedly lost its agnostic dimension by becoming institutionalised as a religion with dogmatic beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it Buddhism has repeatedly lost itsagnostic dimension by becominginstitutionalised as a religion withdogmatic beliefs. Last stated 30 years ago 22 Jun 1996 SB Stephen Batchelor — holds since 1996-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Students of the Buddha should dispense with Buddhism as a religion. — tap to centre the map on it Students of the Buddha shoulddispense with Buddhism as areligion. Last stated 21 years ago 19 Mar 2006 SH Sam Harris — holds since 2006-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling the man who claimed divinity merely a great human teacher is patronising nonsense; he left no such option — tap to centre the map on it Calling the man who claimed divinitymerely a great human teacher ispatronising nonsense; he left nosuch option CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Doubt is not pleasant, but certainty is absurd, since we know nothing of first principles — tap to centre the map on it Doubt is not pleasant, but certaintyis absurd, since we know nothing offirst principles Last stated 256 years ago 28 Nov 1770 VO Voltaire — holds since 1770-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Buddhism and Christianity probably contradict each other more flatly than any two institutions — tap to centre the map on it Buddhism and Christianity probablycontradict each other more flatlythan any two institutions GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most philosophical propositions and questions are not false but senseless, arising from not understanding the logic of our language — tap to centre the map on it Most philosophical propositions andquestions are not false butsenseless, arising from notunderstanding the logic of ourlanguage LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: In the broadest terms, religious life may be described as belief in an unseen order and in adjusting ourselves to it as our supreme good — tap to centre the map on it In the broadest terms, religiouslife may be described as belief inan unseen order and in adjustingourselves to it as our supreme good WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: You must make the effort yourself; the Buddhas only show the way — tap to centre the map on it You must make the effort yourself;the Buddhas only show the way GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The Buddha's teaching is pragmatic and agnostic: he left questions about the soul and life after death undeclared. Last stated 22 Jun 1996 · 30 years ago Holds Stephen Batchelor Read this korrent →