Is Buddhism worth it?
>>25546751Anything that makes you feel better about yourself without making your life worse is worth it.
>>25546751The Buddha never said that.
>>25546767Maybe he was indignant at southrons worshipping idols or showing uncleanliness.
>>25546751Unironically yes
It's better than Daoism. Fresh OC.>Why does the ultra-healthy immortal need glasses???Chinese and adjacent anons please let me know if it's equally shit in the origin countries too
>>25546762You can feel better about yourself and make your life "worse?"
>>25547282Sure, just do heroin.
>>25546751Wont know until you try it out.Try it out.
>>25547185Taoism is based and it isn't even complicated idk how it filtered you
>>25547330There's a massive scientology-esque market surrounding daoism.
>>25547350so?
>>25546751not a buddhist ,but I would be hard pressed to state that it doesn't work for some people. most westerners fundamentally cant truly commit to it outside of being a self help manual.
>>25546751Not religious but is Buddhist and other Dharmic teachings actually quite good? Here in the West, our theology was dominated by either Platonism or Abrahamic religions. But comparing Eastern religions to them isn't much of a competition, since practically anything is better than the traditional Western worldview.>>25547409>most westerners fundamentally cant truly commit to it outside of being a self help manual.Cause the West was shaped by Christianity. The same way in Early Modern Period, many Asians had difficulty understanding Christianity when they first encountered it and thought Jesus was another Buddha.
>>25547509>Cause the West was shaped by Christianity.Buddhism wasn't native to China, Korea, or Japan either. The west will incorporate it in their own way.
>>25547409>>25547509This is also why when ever the east does engage with 'western' religions is almost always a form of Gnosticism or some aspect/branch of kabbhal, as the east see salvation to be coming from within and not not from without (hence the sympathy with Gnosticism). And even then, (as seen within media) the concept of killing god is also very prevalent as they go out of their way reject salvation of the otherworld and would rather look within.Thats also why there if a westerner does comment to some from of Buddhism it might be something 'fringe' like shin Buddhism
>>25546751no.>>>/his/
>>25547560No one on /his/ reads and everyone there are pusdos (more than here) which religious knowledge only branches to random bible verses and possibly sexually charged hadiths.Not a single one has actually read any eastern texts
>>25546751Is there actual gods in Buddhist belief? Does Buddhism believe in a creator god or gods of the universe?
>>25547589no theres no spacedaddy, just the godhead or pantheism
>>25547282Yes.See: my relationship with my gf
>>25547596>no spacedaddy, just the godhead or pantheismWhat's the difference?
>>25547599>What's the difference?>spacedaddyJewish>pantheismNot Jewish
>>25547604Not what I was asking, Judaism didn't invent the concept of a creator deity.
>>25547599ones dogmatic religion and ones philosophy
>>25547604ironically it was a jew who popularized pantheism
>>25547589the answer ranges from "brahman is just another deluded being/it's not a productive question to ask" to "actually the buddha's third-order esoteric teachings elucidate non-dual interprenetration with the ineffable absolute"buddhism does believe in a vast array of different entities so it didn't have the abrahamic problem of telling everyone their gods are false, what the buddists typically say instead is that those gods won't free you from suffering and are just as bound up in karma as anything else, but this varies
>>25546751It's pretty good, although you have to keep in mind that it is a religion at the end of the day. Your waking experience won't necessarily reflect what's in a book.
>>25547589>Is there actual gods in Buddhist belief?Yes, there are actual gods, and they live in the heavenly realms, and, with good kamma, a man can reincarnate as a god. Yet, even as a god, with bad kamma, a god at the time of death can be reincarnated as something much worse than a human being. The Buddha taught his disciples not to aim just for a godly reincarnation but the end of all reincarnations. This, he said, is the never-ending bliss.>Does Buddhism believe in a creator god or gods of the universe?The Buddha himself did not answer whether or not the universe was created or uncreated, infinite or finite. He considered such a question to lead to a thicket of views where one would be encouraged to cling to a view, and clinging would cause further reincarnation. As for "gods of the universe," well, it's complicated: while Buddha himself is not considered a god, he has godly attributes, especially in the Mahayana and Tibetan tradition, such as omnipotence and immortality. In Pure Land Buddhism, Buddhas are believed to be the lords of higher realms, where, through diligent prayer to that Buddha, a man may reincarnate and assuredly achieve enlightenment in that Buddha's pure land. Some branches are strictly material, though, such as the Thai Forest tradition now popular in the west. In other words, there's no clear answer, yet neither is there an explicit monotheism in any Buddhist tradition. I think that's the clinch: if you look for the same kind of theology that Christianity teaches in Buddhism, you won't find it. There are a lot of parallels between Christianity and the Mahayana tradition, though, because both teach about saviours and salvation. For Christians, their saviour is the Christ; for Mahayana Buddhists, their saviour may be a bodhisattva, such as Avalokitesvara.
>>25547604>spacedaddyJewish>pantheismJewish bank accounts
