bright-morningstar

I really liked this answer and I agree with you on that people who are reading Buddhism tries to tweak the texts into what they want to hear, to sanitize it. Do you think the same thing also happens time to time in Stoicism? Also would you say Buddhism is somewhat pretty "Nihilistic", even tho they always claim that Buddha denied nihilism and said choose Middle Way, but the nihilism he was talking about was not the same Nihilism we use as today.

Thanks Donald. One last question if you have time. I'm just begginning to rebuild myself from past issues like depression, childhood traumas and emotional abuses. I'm gonna start using Stoicism and CBT but I find Virtue as the sole good in all circumstances is too over the skies for now. Would it be still good if I just take my time and just take what I find useful for now while try to be more virtuous but without pushing too much?

The real teachings of the Buddha is not applied by many Buddhists, Buddhism was not religion at the first place but a Path and a philosophy to solely aimed at understanding the human suffering and ending the suffering. It didnt deal with anything else. Everything is corrupted now. But if you read directly the suttas you will see that the monk is not representing him.

Can I give the modern translation of Meditations to my brother 15, which he is struggling with emotional abuse and neglect from my mother and having depressive tendencies? I already gave him the Feeling Good book from David Burns. But I want to support him with this wisdom so he can learn to defend his mind even when he cannot control what my mother does or says to him.

Donald what is your opinion about ACT and his book Getting out of your mind and into your life? Would you recommend it with people who specially deal with rumination and feeling guilt about past mistakes?