> be Siddhartha Gautama> born with god tier RNG> generational warlord money> your dad gets ancient spoilers from some seer: “Your son will either rule the world or fuck off into the woods to be a wandering hippy”> dad chooses "rule the world"> also dad: “okay we’ll just... not let him see anything bad ever”> goes full helicopter parent> builds palace so cushioned it’s basically a sensory deprivation chamber made of silk and grapes.> no death, no sickness, no sadness allowed> entire childhood is just scented oils, dancers, and gold plates> never worked> never done laundry> never even stubbed a toe> thinks the worst thing in life is running out of mangoes> marry hot cousin and have a son> name him Rahula, meaning fetter, as in ball and chain> one day, bored rich kid moment> “I want to meet the commoners.”> ride into town on chariot, feeling cute> first guy you see is old, skin like a raisin> never even seen someone with a wrinkle> “is this a prank? What’s wrong with him?”> your driver’s like “lol that’s what happens from age bro, happens to all of us”> panic begins> second guy you see is sick. > “gross. Why’s he leaking and coughing?”> “that’s illness, my dude”> panic intensifies> third stop, there’s a literal corpse> you: “the fuck is that?”> “sir, that’s death”> what the FUCK> fourth guy is a random monk> this mf doesn’t care> you want whatever that bald dude is on> ride home completely silent> wife: “hey babe, how was the ride?”> you: “we’re all gonna die….”> nothing hits right anymore> brain stuck on “wtf is the point”> how tf do you live knowing this?> emotional support elephant isn’t helping> build monk starter kit> cut hair> toss out royal drip> put on poverty cosplay.
> starts loitering in forests with barefoot philosophers who smell like incense and armpit.> everyone LARPing as mystics> try every spiritual trend in the woods > everyone’s like “suffering is good actually,eating is cheating”> decide maybe if you starve yourself hard enough, the universe will tell you a secret.> eats one grain of rice a day.> start hallucinating from starvation> maybe starving myself is just making me suffer more?> one day you pass out in a ditch > random village girl offers you rice milk.> You eat it because your dying> lose all street cred> followers: “you sold out, bro”> also followers: “you tasted milk dude, you’ve been corrupted”> you: “I almost died, Brad”> monk bros leave you to go make a diss track> crawl under a fig tree out of desperation and hypoglycemia> Vows not to move until enlightened.> sit there for days> fight off hallucinations, intrusive thoughts, sleep paralysis demons, and probably jungle bugs> it finally hits you: I’m suffering because I want not to suffer, if I stop wanting, I stop suffering> holy shit, I wasted my life for that? > dissociation disorder reaches enlightenment levels> call it Nirvana> basically inner peace through emotional numbness> “yo, figured it out: just stop giving a fuck”> not too comfy, not too starving> remind everyone that the ancient Hindu texts say a Buddha was predicted to be born.> Totally unrelated though. You now identify as “The Buddha.”
>>41387521>>41387523> Family name still carries clout so rich kings simp for you> give TED talks under banyan trees> say wise things like “just don’t want stuff and you won’t be disappointed.”> give suggestions on how not to suffer so much> take an L to food poisoning. > says “everything’s impermanent, later nerds”> followers: “it’s fine, he’s just transcending”> also followers: turn your mental breakdown into a world religion.> followers start writing fanfic> mfw I became content> mfw I just wanted to go outside once> mfw enlightenment is just radical acceptance of “idk bro”
> have a son> name him Rahula, meaning fetter, as in ball and chain> one day, bored rich kid moment> “I want to meet the commoners.”This things happened the other way around.> through emotional numbnessRegulation, not numbness.>You now identify as “The Buddha.”He rarely or maybe never referred to himself as that and mostly as a tathagata.>Family name still carries clout so rich kings simp for youFamily name didn't hurt. But they did this because he became a calming and inspiring presence for the people through compassion and giving advice. Other than those things, pretty intelligent writeup.
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>>41387521> emotional support elephant isn’t helpingkek
>>41387521To our lord Allah we will return and be judged accordingly.
>>41387521> name him Rahula, meaning fetter, as in ball and chainBased
>>41387521>>41387523>>41387525All spot on.
>>41389866Agreed.
>>41387521>>41387523>>41387525>everything is sufferingWhen you put it like that, kinda seems like the dude was just a spoiled rich kid that got depressed and went through an emo phase
>>41391206Is it not more that "everything involves/contains suffering"? I'm under the impression that the "good things are bad, actually, you mental midget, you numbskull" thing is a western mistranslation
>>41387521Best green text I’ve seen in a while OP
>>41387521I still don't understand how he was supposed to become a great king when he was raised in a protective bubble.
>>41387521The religion of narcissists
>>41391535how could they love themselves if there aint no self
>>41391309I think it’s explicitly, life is suffering. This is the first I’m hearing otherwise.
>>41391206>>41391309>>41392361Dhammacakkappavattanasutta"Now this is the noble truth of suffering. Rebirth is suffering; old age is suffering; illness is suffering; death is suffering; being coupled with the disliked is suffering; separation from the liked is suffering; not getting what you wish for is suffering. In brief, the five grasping aggregates are suffering. "
>>41391472Parents will do extremely retarded things if they think it will help their child.
>>41392558I love this sutta because he doesn't outright say life is suffering, just that almost everything that it is, is suffering. It BTFOs annihiliationists/nihilists that want to say ALL life is suffering but also toxic positivity optimists who wanna say suffering somehow doesn't exist. I love Buddhism bros
>>41387521Gayest religion ever
>>41387521>>41387523>>41387525Kek'd all the way through
This is pretty good. Makes you realize how human the Buddha was
Not bad. Do one for jesus
>>41387521Yo that’s pretty good I haven’t seen it before
Bump
>>41392592nice
>>41391351Yeah that was a great greenbelt, and also how I've viewed buddhism for a while. It is such a weird nothingburger; telling that it became such a useful new age tool.
>>41396332Greentext*
>>41387521> remind everyone that the ancient Hindu texts say a Buddha was predicted to be born.> Totally unrelated though. You now identify as “The Buddha.Is this true? The idea of a coming Buddha was already a thing? That’s kinda funny if you think about it in modern terms and with Christianity instead of Buddhism / Hinduism. Imagine some homeless dude with disassociation disorder living in the forest came out of the woods one day and declared he was the second coming of Christ. No one would bat an eye.
>>41387521What if the living world is the silken deprivation chamber of pure niceness compared to what's outside once we leave it?
>>41397426Then I’d probably experience severe distress, have a spiritual crisis and fuck off to go find answers. Likely developing some mental illness along the way.
>>41397408The concept of the prodigal son/ a man who goes on spiritual journey and comes back to help the people, is much older than any religion
>>41397523Where does it originate?
>>41389866>>41391028It's chatgpt though
>>41397408>Is this true? The idea of a coming Buddha was already a thing?Are you joking?
>>41397544The "wilderness" was much larger and more conceptually important for most of human history compared to today, when it is relegated to protected patches of usually the least productive/ habitable lands of a country. This is because there were less people and more wild animals, less development, et cetera. a man going out into the wilderness might never come back, and if he did, he usually came back with food or esoteric knowledge. does this make sense
>>41397572I personally had no idea Buddhism was to Hinduism what Christianity is to Catholicism. I thought they were separate for a long time.
>>41391540The fundamental state of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is shame. Subconsciously they believe they don't deserve to exist. So when they find a way to negate their 'self' it's very appealing because it speaks to both their unconscious shame, and their more superficial projection of themselves as special. What could be more special, more unique, than an individual who has no self? They always knew themselves to be simply perfect, and now they have a path which guarantees it.There's a guy who used to post here on x/. I haven't been here for a while so idk if he's still here. But he's a monk, "advanced", totally oblivious to his own ego. Daft.
>>41397408>The idea of a coming Buddha was already a thing?Shrimad Bhagavatam predates Siddhartha Gautama by a good 2400 years
>>41397544Read The Hero's Journey by the anthropologist Joseph Campbell.pic not related
>>41398537>The fundamental state of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is shameIs that true? That actually makes a lot of sense.
>>41398554Sounds like something Jordan Peterson is always saying.
>>41398547That’s lame. Really cheapens the whole Siddhartha story. So he basically just stole it, do you think he did it to get people to worship him?
>>41398555According to the psychologists.>>41398571Well whatever you think of Peterson, he is a Clinical Psychologist so he will be aware of the literature.
>>41398586No hate towards Peterson. I have just seen a lot of clips about him talking about archetypes and slaying the dragon. Also I didn’t know that narcissism comes from Shame. I know someone I would consider a narcissist and it really makes sense. Today I learned.
>>41388980Why do you worship your demon Baphomet?
