Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Why the world doesn't need more Buddhas

26 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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Vishen Lakhiani argues that spiritual practice should produce active change-makers, not passive mystics. He calls for 'Buddhas who are badasses' who combine inner work with outward action, warning that total retreat from the world resembles cult-like withdrawal.

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I believe the point of spirituality is not just to go within, it's to go into introspection so we can emerge and actually shake up the world. I call it the unification of the Buddha and the badass. You want to merge both. The world doesn't need more Buddhas. The world needs Buddhas who are badasses from Moses to Padmasambhava to Jesus were not feeble minded mulctoes. They were movers and shakers. From bullwhips in the temple to subduing entire continents, they rattle the world with the force of their ego. So as you embrace personal growth, it doesn't remove you from the world. If you do. That is not personal growth. That's probably a cult. You want to embrace personal growth where you worship the Buddha, you go within, but you use the insight, the satori moments, the intuition from that to get out there and fucking shake up the world. Agree.