@12from12 desire is part of the human condition and is what drives us, but our awareness of it and our ability to not let it control us is very important.
@anubis2814 I agree with you totally the problem is western society is entirely built on exploiting desire. Hence though you are correct I fear that our society has to evolve alot. I just read "end of history" by fuk?? can't spell it. Anyway I have never disagreed with a paper so much. Are you aware of it? My point is desire is harder to control when people constantly seek to exploit it. But yes I do agree with you.
Interesting vid. What books are out there that I can read more about the Buddha's teachings? I've read that the Buddhist scriptures are called the Tipitaka, but I don't think the library near my home has a translation of it.
Look for a book by Osho. Specifically "Buddha" and "Tantra". Of a compilation I have called "Buddha Tao Zen Tantra" The zen and the tao parts are interesting but there are better books on the issue the Buddha and tantra parts are phenomenal.
I'm not sure if contentment is that good -without desire we would be catatonic, we would not have risen above nature, or survived. With our laws of nature, and human psychology and physiology, i can't see us ever living peacefully, unless one of the two changes; we just aren't built to be content or harmonious, because that wouldn't help us survive.
Not sure if we can sustain our rise above nature, without climbing up on the bodies of billions, so unsure if life isn't suffering (averaged out).
As I said, our emotions are so overwhelming, that we have to attempt to eliminate them all. Believe me we never will. It is the middle way verses extremes. Allowing ourselves to indulge in our desires is perfectly fine if we are fully aware what kind of emotion letdown we are potentially setting ourselves up for. Just like with any drug we must treat it like a gun or wild animal and respect its power.
Buddha wasn't fat, that's a western misconception, bad pic bad.
"[If only Tiger Woods would turn to xtianity, all his addictions to sex would be forgiven.]" Said the silly Fox News anchor that new nothing of Buddhism.
Spes is out of the box, and she's not going back in. The Fall and the Resurrection are just a different version of the same type of story as Pandora's Box. But it seems that many worship the Alpha Omega Bomb of the movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Well there are 2 descriptions of the fat Buddha. 1 it is the Buddha before he went off the seek enlightenment. 2. It is another guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of him. I used him to represent Buddha as the prince. What is Spes?
Spes, in the Roman Religion, was the goddess of hope. She was the only thing left in Pandora's Box after it was first opened,.Pandora opened the box again later, and Spes, i.e.hope, was on it's way into the world. But since evil left the box first, hope was always trailing evil and could not stop evil from happening...but hope was always on her way.
The "fat Buddha" is not Siddhartha Gautama at all. It's a depiction of Hotei/Budai, a folkloric figure in Sino-Japanese mythos representative of good luck.
I don't know of anyone who actually believes the "fat Buddha" is a representation of Siddharta Gautama at any point in his life.
There are probably just as many splits in Buddhism as there are in any other religion including a purgatory concept called "pure land buddhsim" and one claiming that faith is all you need to reach nirvana. Its crazy
I always took the disappointment at not achieving the objects of your desires as a form of suffering, that since our fulfilled desires are instantly replaced, outweighs our desire and the good in life for those who still have desire? I'm not sure if its an active form of disappointment (consciously percievable "aww its time to get up already") rather than a passive you just won't get enough to fill your infinite stomach and be content in life?
Yes its not, and emotion can be a great driver in life. If I could bottle motivation, I would be the richest man alive. However most of the time peoples desires can cause them some form of disappointment especially if they expect more than what is attainable or realistic. Television has a lot to answer for this.
much of what you say is correct. But desire is always going to be there.
12from12 1 year ago
@12from12 desire is part of the human condition and is what drives us, but our awareness of it and our ability to not let it control us is very important.
anubis2814 1 year ago
@anubis2814 I agree with you totally the problem is western society is entirely built on exploiting desire. Hence though you are correct I fear that our society has to evolve alot. I just read "end of history" by fuk?? can't spell it. Anyway I have never disagreed with a paper so much. Are you aware of it? My point is desire is harder to control when people constantly seek to exploit it. But yes I do agree with you.
12from12 1 year ago
Yogi? Hey Boo Boo! Whadaya say we rustle us up some pikinic baskets.
exodus21v20 2 years ago
Wow, i'm so glad I subscribed.
pedroquintero 2 years ago
Interesting indeed.
RankAndFileGuy 2 years ago
Are you aware that you put three 'o's in "Roots"?
BionicDance 2 years ago
No thanks for the spell check I put it up this morning and was a big groggy.
anubis2814 2 years ago
A BIT groggy, geeze long day at work.
anubis2814 2 years ago
Interesting vid. What books are out there that I can read more about the Buddha's teachings? I've read that the Buddhist scriptures are called the Tipitaka, but I don't think the library near my home has a translation of it.
GuineaPigDan 2 years ago
Look for a book by Osho. Specifically "Buddha" and "Tantra". Of a compilation I have called "Buddha Tao Zen Tantra" The zen and the tao parts are interesting but there are better books on the issue the Buddha and tantra parts are phenomenal.
anubis2814 2 years ago
I'm not sure if contentment is that good -without desire we would be catatonic, we would not have risen above nature, or survived. With our laws of nature, and human psychology and physiology, i can't see us ever living peacefully, unless one of the two changes; we just aren't built to be content or harmonious, because that wouldn't help us survive.
Not sure if we can sustain our rise above nature, without climbing up on the bodies of billions, so unsure if life isn't suffering (averaged out).
unassumption 2 years ago
As I said, our emotions are so overwhelming, that we have to attempt to eliminate them all. Believe me we never will. It is the middle way verses extremes. Allowing ourselves to indulge in our desires is perfectly fine if we are fully aware what kind of emotion letdown we are potentially setting ourselves up for. Just like with any drug we must treat it like a gun or wild animal and respect its power.
anubis2814 2 years ago
Buddha wasn't fat, that's a western misconception, bad pic bad.
"[If only Tiger Woods would turn to xtianity, all his addictions to sex would be forgiven.]" Said the silly Fox News anchor that new nothing of Buddhism.
Spes is out of the box, and she's not going back in. The Fall and the Resurrection are just a different version of the same type of story as Pandora's Box. But it seems that many worship the Alpha Omega Bomb of the movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
MinervaInTheBrain 2 years ago
Well there are 2 descriptions of the fat Buddha. 1 it is the Buddha before he went off the seek enlightenment. 2. It is another guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of him. I used him to represent Buddha as the prince. What is Spes?
anubis2814 2 years ago
Spes, in the Roman Religion, was the goddess of hope. She was the only thing left in Pandora's Box after it was first opened,.Pandora opened the box again later, and Spes, i.e.hope, was on it's way into the world. But since evil left the box first, hope was always trailing evil and could not stop evil from happening...but hope was always on her way.
MinervaInTheBrain 2 years ago
The "fat Buddha" is not Siddhartha Gautama at all. It's a depiction of Hotei/Budai, a folkloric figure in Sino-Japanese mythos representative of good luck.
I don't know of anyone who actually believes the "fat Buddha" is a representation of Siddharta Gautama at any point in his life.
Vic92084 2 years ago
I used to O_O, it's probably the common mind's eye view of Buddha in the western world among people who don't know much about Buddhism.
sciencemile 2 years ago
Whoops, I should have said I don't know of any Buddhist who believes such. I do realize it's a common Western misconception.
Vic92084 2 years ago
I met a Buddhist who did. She was from India I believe. Being a prince he was most likely naturally fat, as only rich people could afford to be.
anubis2814 2 years ago
Huh. I guess there are problems with catechesis among Buddhists as well... ;)
Vic92084 2 years ago
There are probably just as many splits in Buddhism as there are in any other religion including a purgatory concept called "pure land buddhsim" and one claiming that faith is all you need to reach nirvana. Its crazy
anubis2814 2 years ago
I always took the disappointment at not achieving the objects of your desires as a form of suffering, that since our fulfilled desires are instantly replaced, outweighs our desire and the good in life for those who still have desire? I'm not sure if its an active form of disappointment (consciously percievable "aww its time to get up already") rather than a passive you just won't get enough to fill your infinite stomach and be content in life?
unassumption 2 years ago
Yes its not, and emotion can be a great driver in life. If I could bottle motivation, I would be the richest man alive. However most of the time peoples desires can cause them some form of disappointment especially if they expect more than what is attainable or realistic. Television has a lot to answer for this.
anubis2814 2 years ago