Stoicism & Buddhism

<p>I&rsquo;ve been thinking about the relationship between Buddhism and Stoicism lately. Top of mind are recent conversations I had with&nbsp;<a href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N0b2FtZWRpdGF0aW9uLmNvbS9ibG9nL2dyZWctbG9wZXotb24tYnVkZGhpc20tYW5kLXN0b2ljaXNtLz91dG1fc291cmNlPXd3dy5zdG9hbGV0dGVyLmNvbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXJlZmVycmFsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zdG9pY2lzbS1idWRkaGlzbSIsInBvc3RfaWQiOiI1OTYzZTUyMy01NzY2LTQ2YWItYmEwZi0zYzNmN2MxMGFjZGMiLCJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbl9pZCI6IjgwOTg4MzkzLTZkZWUtNGMzYS1iODAzLWE1YTM1OTY3MDhjNSIsInZpc2l0X3Rva2VuIjoiNTM5OWIyMTMtNzcyNS00YmJkLWIzZDEtNzQyNTMwZWVmNDUyIiwiaWF0IjoxNjk3NTI4OTIxLCJpc3MiOiJvcmNoaWQifQ.Q1NkBwucv6PaVBxCjSf6uGnOZbzIBwVD0BQqm11lKV8" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Greg Lopez on Mindfulness</em></a>&nbsp;and with&nbsp;<a href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3N0b2FtZWRpdGF0aW9uLmNvbS9ibG9nL25vYWgtcmFzaGV0YS1vbi1idWRkaXNtLWVwaXNvZGUtODYvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9d3d3LnN0b2FsZXR0ZXIuY29tJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09cmVmZXJyYWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXN0b2ljaXNtLWJ1ZGRoaXNtIiwicG9zdF9pZCI6IjU5NjNlNTIzLTU3NjYtNDZhYi1iYTBmLTNjM2Y3YzEwYWNkYyIsInB1YmxpY2F0aW9uX2lkIjoiODA5ODgzOTMtNmRlZS00YzNhLWI4MDMtYTVhMzU5NjcwOGM1IiwidmlzaXRfdG9rZW4iOiI1Mzk5YjIxMy03NzI1LTRiYmQtYjNkMS03NDI1MzBlZWY0NTIiLCJpYXQiOjE2OTc1Mjg5MjEsImlzcyI6Im9yY2hpZCJ9.G6qjm0gTYYtDSaIhCcNiOgqWKNlAgWuFmoviWUlYMSY" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Noah Rasheta</em></a>, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2Ftem4udG8vNDhSeWdGdT91dG1fc291cmNlPXd3dy5zdG9hbGV0dGVyLmNvbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXJlZmVycmFsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zdG9pY2lzbS1idWRkaGlzbSIsInBvc3RfaWQiOiI1OTYzZTUyMy01NzY2LTQ2YWItYmEwZi0zYzNmN2MxMGFjZGMiLCJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbl9pZCI6IjgwOTg4MzkzLTZkZWUtNGMzYS1iODAzLWE1YTM1OTY3MDhjNSIsInZpc2l0X3Rva2VuIjoiNTM5OWIyMTMtNzcyNS00YmJkLWIzZDEtNzQyNTMwZWVmNDUyIiwiaWF0IjoxNjk3NTI4OTIxLCJpc3MiOiJvcmNoaWQifQ.ze_R_BqhlsvFz6phFkH0fSCcT3uLOYflTEvGk959Eys" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>No Nonsense Buddhism</em></a>.</p> <p>There are differences with Buddhism of course. But Stoicism has been called the Western form of Buddhism for a reason.</p> <p>Noah Rasheta talks about attending a seminar on the meaning of life understood from the perspective of major religions. Most presenters simply answered the question from their perspective &mdash; this is what Christianity says, this is what Islam says, this is what Hinduism says, and so on.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/stoa-meditation/stoicism-buddhism-91dba446278d"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>