Originally posted by @karoly-aczel " Let an intelligent person come to me, sincere, honest, straightforward, I shall instruct him and point him towards the Dhamma, so that practicing according to instruction, Before long he would himself know, and himself see. Even so, indeed is freedom from the direct bond, That is from the bond of delusion. " -Gotama Buddha
Originally posted by @philokalia I am wondering, though, if any of the people who are humoring us with Buddhism here believe the underlying metaphysics.
Atheists nodding approval at Buddhism shorn of cosmological and metaphysical significance is nothing new.
I would pour you more from my teapot of knowledge, but you don't appear to have a cup.
This still seems pretty empty, my friend.
It feels more like Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg, the sort of "freedom and peace" you get through some atomized Western materialist lifestyle but you season it with decontextualized eastern philosophy to make it feel like you're spiritual.
But you're not.
But I coul dbe wrong.
You'll not elaborate, though, because you unabashedly admit your contempt for me. LOL, great stuff.
Originally posted by @philokalia This still seems pretty empty, my friend.
It feels more like Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg, the sort of "freedom and peace" you get through some atomized Western materialist lifestyle but you season it with decontextualized eastern philosophy to make it feel like you're spiritual.
But you're not.
But I coul dbe wrong.
You'll not elaborate, though, because you unabashedly admit your contempt for me. LOL, great stuff.
Your previous post to me began, "You are a materialist though, right."
What were the grounds for that question, beyond your prejudgment?
And no, I am not spiritual, nor do I seek to be perceived as such. I'm all about the wisdom, (I also reserve the liberty to discuss Buddhist concepts that I don't personally concur with).