This is so funny because I once heard enlightenment described as “the final disappointment.”
Before I start, I have a lot respect for Buddhism, I think that there are good lessons that we can take from it but considering the historical connect where you had this religious nobility preaching to their literal slaves that the source of their suffering is actually their fault for “wanting things” to begin with. Then you have zen masters in WW2 imperial japan teaching their soldiers techniques to disassociate themselves from what they were being forced to do which is the exact same thing Himmler did with the Bjahagavad Gita which is about a soldier who sissy want to go to eat but must go to war. All very self-serving.
Are these things inherently bad? Fruit from a poisonous tree and all that, maybe that’s just a cliche or maybe its like a knife, it can be a tool or a weapon depend on who’s using it.
This is so funny because I once heard enlightenment described as “the final disappointment.”
Before I start, I have a lot respect for Buddhism, I think that there are good lessons that we can take from it but considering the historical connect where you had this religious nobility preaching to their literal slaves that the source of their suffering is actually their fault for “wanting things” to begin with. Then you have zen masters in WW2 imperial japan teaching their soldiers techniques to disassociate themselves from what they were being forced to do which is the exact same thing Himmler did with the Bjahagavad Gita which is about a soldier who sissy want to go to eat but must go to war. All very self-serving.
Are these things inherently bad? Fruit from a poisonous tree and all that, maybe that’s just a cliche or maybe its like a knife, it can be a tool or a weapon depend on who’s using it.