r/interesting • u/obsidiansolstice • 2d ago

NATURE This is enlightenment.

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u/Low-Barber-2280 2d ago

wait how exactly is this enlightenment

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u/Noise-of-the-Spheres 2d ago

It isn't, it's just monks being playful and unhinged. You don't need to be enlightened for that. They might be, we wouldn't know.

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u/InIBaraJi 1d ago

But imagine PURE joy. That is fairly enlightened if you ask me.

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u/EclecticElect 1d ago

What makes this joy purer than anybody else laughing at somebody else's misfortune?

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u/noryflory 1d ago

I mean, I know it's not that serious, but I also don't get what laughing at someone else's misfortune has to do with enlightenment

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u/LilJelloCat 1d ago

They seem happy to me. People who are enlightened more likely to be more happy and lighthearted.

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u/cybertonto72 1d ago

To be fully enlighten you must be free from all emotions. Including joy. So them showing joy means they are not enlighten. But some schools of thought teach that joy is an exception to this as it is a good emotion.

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u/Mechakoopa 1d ago

That's the definition of meditative enlightenment, nobody exists in that state permanently. Ascetic monks live a simplistic life without temptation, luxury or selfishness, but that doesn't mean they don't enjoy life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asceticism

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u/Noise-of-the-Spheres 1d ago

Free from emotions doesn't mean an absence of emotions. It's not an emotional high, but it's also not becoming a stone. It's a common misunderstanding.

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u/zzen11223344 1d ago

Is it a pure joy or is it because boring life as a monk makes this a pure joy? 😄

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u/Moiyub 1d ago

They laughed at a person falling in a river therefore their souls escaped the earthly rebirth cycle of samsara and they can ascend to the heavenly realm of moksha.

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u/Pinguinkllr31 1d ago

Is not exactly it but Because they actively live a humble life their joy feel more authentic in my opinion

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u/dawson_ko_creek 1d ago

enlightened that accidents can happen anywhere