#post-buddhism

Yesterday, I wrote about arriving at the mind of voluntarily quieting all narrative thoughts.  I sent it to one of my main teachers, the great Shinzen Young, for his comment.  As usual, he blows my mind with the depth of his wisdom.  In his reply to me (quoted below), he tells me that what I am experiencing is only one of four possible paths towards enlightenment ('enlightenment' with a small 'e'), and goes on to explain the other three.  Fascinating stuff.

I sometimes think of myself as part of the first generation of Post-Buddhists. By “Post-Buddhists” I mean people who have been profoundly influenced by the methods and discoveries of the historical Buddha but who attempt to maintain a thoroughly modern, skeptical, evidence-based, and critically-minded perspective on things. Organizations such as Buddhist Geeks and Secular Buddhist provide a platform for people sympathetic to that perspective.