本文以湾区派对为背景，讽刺性地描绘了当下年轻人对佛法、自由和“假新闻”的理解。文章中，一位风险管理部门的员工和一位名叫“Astra”的女性，围绕着“将佛教带到西方”这一话题展开讨论，并引发了对佛法、自由和“假新闻”的全新解读。

😂 **佛法与自由：** 文章以一位风险管理部门员工和一位名叫“Astra”的女性，围绕着“将佛教带到西方”这一话题展开讨论。Astra认为，佛教的精髓是“自我解放”，而保守派人士恰恰热爱“自我”和“解放”。因此，将佛教重新解读为“自由”的概念，可能会更吸引保守派人士。 **观点分析：** 这种将佛教与“自由”概念联系起来的解读方式，反映了现代社会对佛法理解的转变。在过去，佛教被视为一种超越世俗的宗教，而现代人则更倾向于将佛教与个人价值观和生活方式联系起来。这体现了现代社会对精神追求的个性化和多元化趋势。 **具体细节：** Astra将佛法中的“涅槃”翻译为“自由”，将“玛雅”翻译为“假新闻”，并认为佛经中关于“无色界定”的描述，与保守派人士对“多样性”的厌恶不谋而合。

🤣 **“假新闻”与保守派：** Astra认为，将“玛雅”翻译为“假新闻”可以更好地吸引保守派人士，因为他们对“假新闻”非常敏感。 **观点分析：** 这种将“玛雅”与“假新闻”联系起来的解读方式，反映了现代社会对信息传播的焦虑。在信息爆炸的时代，人们更容易受到“假新闻”的干扰，因此对“真假”的辨别变得至关重要。 **具体细节：** Astra认为，保守派人士对“多样性”的厌恶，与佛经中关于“无色界定”的描述不谋而合。

🤯 **“自由”与保守派：** 文章以一位风险管理部门员工和一位名叫“Astra”的女性，围绕着“将佛教带到西方”这一话题展开讨论。Astra认为，佛教的精髓是“自我解放”，而保守派人士恰恰热爱“自我”和“解放”。因此，将佛教重新解读为“自由”的概念，可能会更吸引保守派人士。 **观点分析：** 这种将佛教与“自由”概念联系起来的解读方式，反映了现代社会对佛法理解的转变。在过去，佛教被视为一种超越世俗的宗教，而现代人则更倾向于将佛教与个人价值观和生活方式联系起来。这体现了现代社会对精神追求的个性化和多元化趋势。 **具体细节：** Astra将佛法中的“涅槃”翻译为“自由”，将“玛雅”翻译为“假新闻”，并认为佛经中关于“无色界定”的描述，与保守派人士对“多样性”的厌恶不谋而合。

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[Previously: Every Bay Area House Party, Another Bay Area House Party]

People talk about “fuck-you money”, the amount you’d have to make to never work again. You dream of fuck-you social success, where you find a partner and a few close friends, declare your interpersonal life solved, and never leave the house from then on. Still, in the real world you clock into your job at Google every day, and in the real world you attend Bay Area house parties. You just hope this one won’t focus on the same few topics as all the others . . .

“There’s no alpha left in bringing Buddhism to the West”, says a guy in an FTX Risk Management Department t-shirt. “People have been bringing Buddhism to the West for a hundred years now. It’s done. Stop trying to bring more Buddhism to the West.”

“That’s so cheems mindset,” says the woman he’s talking to. Her nametag says ‘Astra’, although you don’t know if that’s her real name, her Internet handle, or her startup. “There’s no alpha left in bringing Buddhism to California. When was the last time you heard of someone preaching the dharma in a red state? Never, I bet.”

“I don’t think red state conservatives would really go for Buddhism,” says Risk Management Guy.

“Cheems mindset again!” says Astra. “Think about it for five seconds! Buddhism is about self-liberation. Conservatives love the self, and they love liberating things! The only problem is a hundred years of western progressives interpreting it in western progressive terms. Have you even read David Chapman? You just have to rephrase it in the right language.”

“And what’s the right language?”

“Glad you asked! I’m working on a new translation of the Pali Canon. I translate nirvana as ‘freedom’, maya as ‘fake news’, and Mahayana as ‘monster truck’. Gādhrakūta is ‘Mt. Eagle’. Some parts don’t even have to be retranslated! The sutras say that you attain the formless jhanas by ‘passing beyond bodily sensations and paying no attention to perceptions of diversity’. See, it’s perfect! Red state conservatives already hate paying attention to diversity!”

“That’s offensive,” says a man in a t-shirt with a circular labyrinth on it.

“Oh, and you’re some kind of expert in offense?” asks Astra.

“As a matter of fact, yes! I’m Ben Dannis-Arnold, Offensiveness Consultant, at your service.” He hands Astra a business card.