When I go to the local Buddhist I Centre I am sometimes afraid left wing aor feminist people who see me on the train wearing my mala could call ne out even though I know that it doesn’t matter what other people think and that I am not wearing it to make myself prettier but as ia tool for my mantra work and also it helps when I face anxiety for instance when the train is crammed I don’t want to pretend to be someone that I have the feeling that if you are interested in spirituality you get
@FatMadiVersA get labeled as an esoteric who doesn’t care about things like cultural appropriation but the Thing is I discussed this topic with a Tibetan monk who said as long as ppl are respectful abd willing to learn etc the most are happy to share I rather get angry when I see malas or other tools and symbols declared as jewelryy or decor
@FatMadiVersA uh yeah, good old left-wing materialism... some people will never be ready to see the difference between spiritual practice outside of what looks like "religion" to them and commercialized, exploitative esotericism.