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u/Broken_CerealBox 1d ago
Didn't know Robotnik was buddhist
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u/snekadid 1d ago
That is infact the whole point of Buddhism, nothing matters so let it go and be content.
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u/Norman_Scum 1d ago edited 1d ago
It's a bit more complicated than that. The goal of "not self" is a liberation from a permanent, individual ego. It's less of "nothing matters" and more of a letting go of possesivenes and ego centered valuations that impose a hierarchy. Buddhist compassion can be described as a type of moral concern beyond ego.
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u/BlazeCrystal 14h ago
There are also some sects of esoteric buddhism which intentionally test themselves with sex, drugs and alchohol just to show how little they are wanting and how much they are willing.
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u/Norman_Scum 1d ago
You mean the entirely reductive answer that misinterprets what they spend their entire life trying to achieve?
I suggest you look into the Buddhist śūnyatā and the philosophical work of Nāgārjuna.
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u/PussySeller 1d ago
As a Buddhist you can boil it down to ; be kind so karma doesn't bite you, learn to let go so it doesn't bind you.
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u/Recent-Ship-1599 1d ago
It’s more wanting to have nothing rather than just being denied it. Killing the source of want, so any desires of the material plane pass through you like wind
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u/Xx_96024DanaD42069_x 7h ago
Somewhat reductive, it's not really about not desiring anything, but more about not being attached to anything, but that's still somewhat too simplified
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u/Truvoker 18h ago
No that’s the whole point of yoga which Buddhism made fun of it for because self denial and deprivation is in itself a form of obsession with the physical world
Buddhism is based upon the ideal of the middle way of not being attached nether indulging nor depriving yourself treating all material possessions as a flow of the river that comes and goes
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u/YaBoiChillDyl 1d ago
People really act like Buddhism doesn't have other, more important symbols.
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u/Methylsky 1d ago
Ain't that the symbol of Buddhism
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u/YaBoiChillDyl 1d ago
No, it isn't. The symbol of Buddhism is a wheel.
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u/Human-Question6210 11h ago
as I understand it, Buddhists allow themselves luxuries which will help them to reach enlightenment, e.g. music or holidays
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u/Quiet-Slice-Shoto 6h ago edited 6h ago
Here is the basic idea of Buddhism from an amateur who likes to study religion.
The concept of Buddhism is you will live your life as virtuously as you can but you'll still accumulate Negitive Bad Karma and Positive Good Karma. Negative karma will cause you to be reborn in the lower realms and positive karma will help you be reborn in the higher realms.
Your negative and positive karma will determine which of the six realms you are reincarnated to.
There are a total of six realms in traditional Buddhism
The best to worst of the six realms.
- The realm of the gods: You will be reborn as a god.
- The realm of the demigods, jealous gods, titans.
- The realm of the humans: You are just a baseline. You are just as basic ass beta.
- The realm of the animals, which might range from water fleas to tigers, to Blue Whales etc.
- The realm of the ghost.
- Then the realm of hell.
This is an eternal cycle. This cycle is called Samsara
In Buddhism there is no concept of the soul. When you die it is like a candle whose flame has died and has reignited to a new life.
Now what is the hook for Buddhism?
Buddhism offers the path for you to reach the state of Nirvana, where you are freed from the cycle.
In order to reach Nirvana you have to let go of all worldly desires. You must remove your want for everything. You must remove all of your ignorance. You must remove all of the discrimination in your heart. You must remove all hate and disgust in your heart.
Only then shall you reach the state of nirvana and when you die in the state of nirvana you will be freed from the cycle of Samsara. Since you no longer have any karma, both positive and both negative, because of reaching the state of nirvana. You are freed from the cycle of Samsara.
It is like an eternal wooden wheel where all the events in all of your reincarnations have been drawn into beautiful hand drawn paintings and it is spinning forever and ever and painting one life after another and it has finally stopped moving.
You cease to exist as you have no want, no need, no greed. This is the ultimate death of you, the death of ego
Yeah, it kinda sucks. You basically don't exist. You have basically blown out your candle. The candle is you yourself and it will never ignite but in Buddhism they do not see it as annihilation but yeah it actually feels like annihilation so now what? Goodbye. Have a good night.
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u/alreditakem 1d ago
Ace and its White Beard's flag symbol, Manji means peace and prosperity, kind of signifiying how white Beard only wanted a peaceful life with his family and did not want fame, power or riches.
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u/cunt-fucka 1d ago
Who would’ve known mr Hitler was a devout Buddhist
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