Tech bro claims "enlightenment is basically solved" after 7-day jhana retreat, monk disagrees
prasanna_says · x · 2026-10-25
A viral satire: a tech bro claims enlightenment is "basically solved" after a 7-day jhana retreat. A monk cites the Buddha's four speeds of practice (painful/pleasant × slow/swift, AN 4.16); the tech bro forces it into a 2x2 matrix, vows to "only ship the top right," then proposes building a teachable, scalable process for defilements — to which the monk replies "congrats, you've reinvented the path." A jab at Silicon Valley's habit of productizing everything.
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