I don't agree that aspirations and goals are contrary to Buddhism.
You have to bear in mind that such short account is bound to be
an oversimplification. As a Buddhist, you might be less uptight
about achievement, but that could well make you more effective,
rather than less so, living less in the future and more in the
present.
On the other hand, if your philosophy really was contra-Buddhist,
I think it would only be reasonable to ask why you wanted to stay
in a Buddhist monastery. :-)
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Robin Faichney
r.j.faichney@stirling.ac.uk
http://www.stir.ac.uk/envsci/staff/rjf1/