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I don’t think you have to be hypercritical of that part. Sure, rose-colored glasses could play into it but he calls the bad stuff bad and doesn’t justify it via the good stuff. Also the stuff he describes seems plausibly achievable through buddhist spiritial practice: In many ways MAPLE delivered: life-long friendships, freedom from past addictions and limiting self-narratives, strengthened character, and, for many of us, profound spiritual openings and realizations. This Soryu figure seems fairly well accredited in that department. He just also happens to be a megalomanical control freak. (Also, why does he have to share a name with Asoka? I’m dying a little.)