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An exam system, Voltaire and something that impressed Leibniz don't seem very fundamental impacts to me.

The fundamental ideas in Eastern thought do not seem to have made any penetration whatsoever in Western culture.

For example, the Eastern removal of self consciousness doesn't really exist. Eastern forms of thinking haven't introduced anything new in the West. Hindu veneration for all forms of life equally doesn't exist, except perhaps for some philosophers such as Singer that most don't take seriously.

Can you point out anything truly fundamental in our culture that has come through Eastern thought?

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