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Aw that's hilarious! I made sure to give a 5 stars and add it to my favorites! One part that particularly stuck out to me:

"You don't think I'm pacifist? Come up and say that to my face, b***h! I'll separate your teeth from your lips!"

I couldn't hold back my laughter from that!

Fantastic video. This really was hilarious and I'll be showing it to a lot of people when the chance presents itself. I also agree that it's a pretty accurate parody of the Western image of Buddhism and Eastern philosophies in general, especially regarding aforementioned individuals that only associate with it for the image and keep it at that kind of superficial level.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the vast majority of responses to the video were positive, since in most cases comments are my least favorite thing to see when viewing stuff on Youtube. Indirect conversation really can bring out the worst in a lot of people.

Personally, I also don't advertise my philosophies to avoid being considered a "new convert" kind of Buddhist myself, as well as simply because I hate discussing religion and ESPECIALLY politics with most people (even some of my friends). Both topics seem to be way too inflammatory to bring up casually, and far too many people can't handle other people disagreeing with them over anything.. or just having ideas that aren't carbon copies of their own.

Anyway, it's time for me to go nail a 45 minute meditation in 10 and make the powers of now look like the powers of then! But seriously, thanks again for sharing the vid. =D

xd That was ridiculous. Made me laugh though. Definitely mocks the stereotypical Western views on Buddhism.

I havent had to deal with many people like that. I have had to deal with friends and family that think that though. They learned quickly that their views were wrong. 3nodding

I've also had to explain why I had a swastika on my desktop before. My friend thought I was a Nazi for a second. Again, she learned quickly that I wasn't.