Buddha says suffering is from desire Why not stop desiring to be a women so u don't suffer?
stop pretending you give a single shit about buddhism
>>43658326Because then you'd desire things that are related to masculinity. Coming from a real Buddhist.
>>43658333Ur mad cause u desire me to get mad :) im at peace>>43658376You can desire nothing
>>43658326>get captured by isis>they strap you to a chair and begin twisting your fingernails off with pliers>scream in agony until i remember old buddha's advice>let go of my desire to have fingernails>...>pain doesn't actually stop>thanks buddha
>>43658326More suffering makes the eventual achievement much more worth it
>>43659587tfw I read this as Isis the goddess
>>43658326The overwhelming majority of human beings do not have the ability to arbitrarily choose their mental states.
>>43659587>>they strap you to a chair and begin twisting your fingernails off with pliers>scream in agony until i remember old buddha's advice>let go of my desire to have fingernailsYou let go desire of hatred, pain and fear that causes suffering. Pain and pleasure at end of day are two sensations that you merely labeled as good and other as bad.
>>43658326you desire replies
>>43659587yeah well there's no trick 2 this
>>43662029If you think that pain isn’t inherently disvaluable, try putting your hand on a hot stove.
>>43658326I'm gonna cum in your butt
>>43662151Yes it hurts but because it hurts doesn't cause suffering. It's your internalizing of pain that causes suffering. That detachment makes it less painful and inevitably you'll be able to cut your own hand off with no remorse >>43662219Why do you desire that anon? Pleasure is but fleeting
>>43658326Trying to end a desire is a desire. This is why tao te ching says thay we should do only what we must, and only in the way we must. Trans women should accept that they are women as they are and do only those things they feel they must. For many of this, this will include a large amount of what we would call "transitioning" but even in that if we do not doing, everything will be done. Repping is not freedom from desire.
>>43658326You can only control your desires so much.t. stopped wanting to be a woman, then involuntarily started again
>>43662252Pain is inherently displeasing no matter what mental gymnastics you do. But this is beside the point: You don’t give a shit about Buddhism; you just want to relentlessly demand that trans women stop taking estrogen and cut off their breasts.
>>43658326Buddha said suffering is caused by attachment. He also said his way wasn't about eliminating suffering, or removing desire, but to cast off attachment. It's silly to get mad at traffick, but it makes sense to grieve for loved ones lost. Buddha was not preaching to rid yourself of the latter.
>>43658388you can desire nothing and take hrt
>>43664359This
by the same logic you could say,"if buddhism says desire causes suffering, then why do buddhists desire not to desire anything? checkmate, buddhists"if you knew anything about buddhism you would know that all things are empty of inherent existence. gender is empty, too. gender isn't something that people want, gender is something that people simply become, the way that people become sick, or become old, or become dead. people become afflicted with cancer, or become disabled, or become nearsighted. gender is something that simply happens to a person, too.there is a concept in buddhism called anatta, meaning "no self" or "no soul." it might sound scary but all it really means is that if you investigate yourself as deeply as possible, it is impossible to actually find a single core element that makes "you." are you your brain? are you the electrochemical activity in your brain? are you your body? are you your senses? no, you are an amalgam of very many things working in tandem, and all of those things change over time. your brain develops and changes, your body develops and changes, your surroundings develop and change, and so you necessarily change.you are empty of inherent existence. your "self" is not permanent, you like things and dislike things that you didn't like or dislike 10 years ago. you didn't decide to like or dislike new things, that is simply what happened to you. kindly consider the implications of this.
I say a little suffering is fun.
>>43658326it is orders of magnitude easier to transition than to truly rid yourself of want. if you were a real buddhist you would know this
>>43665276Thank you for this, sister. Gender is as empty as the sky.
