Fundamentalism doesn’t mean you just have a point of view that you like to stick to, for whatever reason.
It’s about a belligerent, dogmatic insistence that only one point of view is right - forever and a day - and that happens to be, your take on reality.
It’s the negative influence of ideology at its worst. Fundamentalists sometimes kill - or are willing to accept killing - as a means to overcome the evil ‘other’.
It creates hatred and ill-will, a seemingly endless cycle of violence. Fundamentalists are fanatics, their minds have been hijacked. The lights are on but nobody’s home*.
In the Dhamma, we don’t kill the ego through practice - like a valiant-warrior - we love it to death. It’s a natural and painless dissolution through ahimsa - nonviolent awareness and kindness.
A wise being once said: The rest hear the words, but do not grasp the meaning; the multitude have no ears to hear, all will be wasted upon them.
It’s a common problem wherever we happen to find ourselves?
It’s better if we respond out of clarity, instead of reacting out of fear. This is what wisdom ‘does’ in life and, living.
The pointless war we wage on our own angst and dissatisfaction - on dukkha - is over, when there’s no fear. Those who have -s let them hear.
To be a disciple of the Buddha requires fearlessness and unconditional loving kindness.
A spiritually evolved being can crack a joke while being slow-roasted on a gridiron: “I’m well done on this side. Turn me over!” - St. Lawrence of Rome
Ajahn Brahm admires St. Lawrence - for obvious reasons.