I will judge your wisdom in the Mahayana. Answer me this question. What is Buddha?
I will judge your wisdom in the Mahayana. Answer me this question. What is Buddha?
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Oh shit, he's that guy I killed on the road the other day.
My dick will judge your ass
10 pounds of flax in a 5 pound bag.
It's a kind of cake
the Bhuddha was that one rich poojeet homosexual who ditched his wife and started larping as a mystic, hence why all of his followers are larpers who make their own fanfictions about his life and the role of the Bhuddha
>be buddha
>grow up as a prince
>has literally endless pleasure
>women, power, money, food, anything the heart desire
>goes out of his way and becomes and hermit
>tells all us poorgays that to forget about pain, desire, materialism and all things from the ego you just have to ignore it and not want it
homie that's easy saying coming from some rich prince that has literally spent the best days of his life in luxury and pure bliss and now telling us that we should not go for that?
Buddha was literally just a historical version of the hipster "enlighten" rich kid travelling the world and acting spiritual while flying on daddys privat jet.
Buddha is the one who looks for Buddha, but finds nothing in his place. What a fortune!
Amateur coming through lets fricking go.
>buddha is
>buddha simply is
>there was no attachment
>no suffering
>immense power and absolutely no desire to inflict it upon anyone
>connected to higher realms of consciousness
The more verbose I try and get, the worse it gets for me, and I know this. Buddha is.
also this dude said it pretty well.
Keyboard clacking and a mouse clicking
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Whatever I type, whether or not I'm aware of it or not.
Siddhattha Gotama.
'Buddha' is always represented as very obese, but to my knowledge, he was not so corpulent at all.
Siddhattha Gotama was a man of normal stature, with a height of 170 centimeters and a weight of 67 kilograms.
All statues or visual representations concerning his figure and entire body are based on distortions, as this is also the case with regard to various interests of his teachings, which were not only misunderstood by his students, etc. but which consequently became misinterpreted and widespread.
Not the type of answer i was looking for.
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Not what I was looking for.
Legends woven around him, which were invented by his followers
to make more of him than he really was,
namely a simple yet educated person,
but who was not very informed of
and not well-educated in the real spiritual interests
and in the spiritual-creational laws and their relationships and their workings
and who even misunderstood many of the facts of the teaching
and also wrongly taught these as a result.
Now the judge is judged.
He was a wise misunderstood meditation teacher.
>Mahayana
The same also goes for followers of false religious teaching which will permit humans to be killed for committing shameful acts, in which case the killing - as it is represented by, for example Christianity, Islam and Mahayana Buddhism; religions which speak of love and in their evil and degenerated negative criticism condemn humans to death -
is not due to lower reasons, happens without egoism and is for the benefit of the fellow humans.
From that alone, it emerges that bad, evil and negative criticism
brings great and unspeakable suffering
over the humans, poisons the will
and seeking after true love and neighborly love
and makes life hell for so many.
>Not what I was looking for.
Its the wisest quote in the world.
Infinite love and infinite wisdom
understanding of death
The movement of life according to the eightfold wheel and the realization thereof?
The only thing I know is that I don't know anything?
Waiting for the next breeze.
Amazing. You have understood zen very well.
Not bad.
(me)
I liked this anon's answer more.
Larper
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You have a high level of understanding. One of the best answers so far.
Too much taking it seriously. Not bad, but could be better.
That's a literal answer, but not bad.
fallen toast
buttered both sides
teacher
the object of focus
Its too simple to get it. It can't be that simple right? Right?
There are many correct answers. It is profound yet simple. No words can describe the Buddha correctly. Because words are empty of nature and meaning.
Words are the shadow of meaning.
> It is profound yet simple
This is what baffles me most. You tell people to walk through the door of the neighbour, and they stare at you in disbelief. You tell them them the same thing, but this time you let them walk around the city, taking them days to end up at the neighbours doors, and they feel that that is the correct way. People don't want to be awakened, as they like the practise more than the ultimate goal.
Buddha saw a path and he walked down it; not a master but a path-maker; he showed how far one could go down the path but it is not the only path
Ok. I am starting to believe his is the only true path, but I'm still in your Position.
Alright
>some stupid Western white boy beatnik zen aphorism because I read the Blue Cliff Record once.
Me in the future, but also you, the phone I'm writing this from, the rock, the grass, the dog and the cat. Not to mention the frog
A pajeet
buddha is a sanskrit word which means above the mind. it is a title ascribed to many throughout time, but gained popularity after a man holding the title who was also called gautama was written about. usually means someone who's enlightened, someone who's broken the cycle or rebirth, that sort of thing. usually a boddhisattva will become a buddha but is restraining himself to help others.
I am Buddha.
Not bad. But it's a bit magnanimous.
What is Buddha? Primordial and fundamental ground state of being, unconditioned. It is the resplendent israeliteel free of stain or imperfection. This is the mirror in which phenomena are displayed and reflected but which remains pure and unaltered by said phenomenon.
If you mean the dude, then he was just a dude that realized this fact about mind and it's relation to the ground state, and taught about it. It is also those who oath themselves to become like him in that realization, and teach how to make that realization for the benefit of others.
In both cases we're talking about the same function/outcome. Enlightenment. Specifically about the root of suffering and how to sever it. In the vagaries of mind and how to tear them up at the root, leaving only fertile soil. About the very literal embodiment of the Perfection of Wisdom.
Truth be told i seek more intuitive answers, not bookish ones.
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What book do you think I pulled that answer from? I'd love to know this.
Maybe Heinrich harrer five years in Tibet?
My answer surely couldn't be because I'm a student and practitioner of Buddhism, could it?! Right View of doctrine comes from vibes, not study and practice, right?
I think it comes from the inner intuition. Not sure what you mean by vibes.
Oh you can have an inner glimpse that leads to the goal. Hell there are whole practices devoted to pointing that out. But that's not the only valid or even best method, which is why we have three major systems of Buddhism with dozens of schools, emphasis on the school part.
By vibes I mean "whatever feels/sounds right". If you're trying to judge other people's grasp of Mahayana without reference to the pretty massive body of Mahayana literature then what you're doing is essentially masturbation.
Ok. Well the Buddha is mind according to scripture. And i know it. But, i play in this thread, and see how people react.
Even that's a simple reduction. "Mind" is a multivalent concept that gets three distinct words in the Canon, hence why I didn't reference it in my definition.
I get it, FUNposting is fun.
It was a primordial teaching
that showed reliable ways by which willing human beings,
if they followed the teaching,
found inner and outer peace and did everything to free themselves
from all outer misery through their own efforts
and to become true human beings.
So the teaching of Siddharta Gautama at that time was also about –
promoting and maturing a development of consciousness in human beings,
so that they could build up and use their own true abilities
and help themselves.
This was the basis of the teachings of Siddharta Gautama,
called 'Buddha' by the people,
whose life story, teachings and his work etc. were already completely falsified during his lifetime by antagonists,
know-it-alls,
misinterpretations and sect founders,
in order to be falsified even further after his death,
whereby splinterings from the original teaching also took place, which can be called Buddhist sects,
because the basic teachings of Siddhartha Gautama have been changed and distorted to the point of hatred against fellow human beings
and those of other faiths,
resulting in persecution, expulsion, murder, manslaughter,
massacre, destruction and war.
The real life and work of Siddharta Gautama was effectively quite different from what is known today
through completely false and slanderous 'traditions'.
He led a life in which meditation
played a very important role for him,
through which he always gained peace and harmony,
but many things were different from what has allegedly been handed down,
because he explained and told many things in an absolutely different way than the falsified 'traditions'
still present before and since his death.
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Very good.
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rekt
A crying baby.
Not bad.
Comes off as a little forced. But not bad.
Would it have been better with participles?
e.g. shouting at a rising curtain, applauding its fall
The entire thought process is not fully zen. I mean, zen uses everyday things, or things in sight.
A house with unobstructed windows.
Thank you.
Let me ask you a different question. How would you react if you saw the Buddha on the street?
Laugh, curse and continue on my way.
If others choose not to use their blinkers, the destination remains.
I hope you make it! Interesting answer.
As do I, thank you.
How would you react if you saw the Buddha on the street?
Hm, i didn't think of an answer to it myself. Maybe, smile.
And after that?
Continue on my way, being flabbergasted by the supreme wisdom and serenity.
I'd go and say hello, what else is one supposed to do?
OP would say, "Not bad."
Thank you very much. Ahh the sweet dopamine floods my brain and soothes me
Seeking
unenlightened
not OP, but you're also very handsome.
Stop you’re making me blush
I am indeed unenlightened as of yet, but. Are you enlightened?
If the earth did not pull so firm.
What is Seeking?
t. non-buddhist
What is greeting Buddha wearing a smile?
Recognizing him but you also have nothing to learn from him?
Ah, a sunflaps down kind of driver.
How would I recognize him?
That which shouts at a curtain's rise and applauds its fall.
Please oh please tell me I’m smart. I desire very badly for other people to recognize my throbbing intellect. If you don’t approve of my post I am bound to suffer.
Buddha's got wooda. Ha!
Not good. I chuckled though.
Op here, it is just gratitude and appreciation.
Alright.
Well just suppose you would somehow.
OP can you answer
?
Seeking is meditation and trying to grasp the dharma.
An aspirant, basically. Cheers.
You’ve missed the point of
entirely.
>Alright.
Thank you.
A glass of water.
Christ, Mithras, Dionysus.
Idk. Next question.
This post displays a profound understanding of the dharma. Very good.
A jelly fricking donut, a burden on me and on god.
Not good, cursing and disrespecting the Buddha. That's not cool man.
If the diamond sutra is anything to go off of, the Buddha is nothing.
If you are the same poster, first is good. Buddha is certainly not Jesus Christ though.
Thanks for making me laugh. Alright answer.
Jesus guy is not diamond sutra guy.
t. diamond sutra guy
I'm the Jesus guy.
You're alright, Jesus guy. You're alright.
I want to change my answer to Jesus Christ.
>What
Yes
>is
Yes, what certainly “is”
>Buddha
Yes
a karmic blacklight that turns on the self cleaning oven
the doorbell rings, the bathtub drains
the dog barks, the vacuum cleans the rug
sunlight caresses the stairs, anon opens a thread
That is quite something if an answer. However, not very zen.
(Last reply from me, OP, for today, I'm gonna sleep now, most of you all were very friendly and i thank you for that. Farewell or until tomorrow.)
I should be slapped, thank you, I bow
sleep well travelers
>What is Buddha?
A miserable pile of secrets.
perfection of discernment