/lit/ - Literature

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Bonus if she isn't a menstruating far left legbeard

have any of you used books to attract girls? has it worked? if so, how did you bring up your vast erudition and learning in a subtle way?

>>12736222

Trips of truth, but in spite of that regardless of all the stereotypes, generalizations and despite whatever genuine flaws are present in western conceptions of Buddhism and despite how certain types of eastern Buddhism may have become degraded; if you are a truly brilliant individual none of this will get in your way and you can still study and gain benefits from Buddhist scriptures and philosophy and can benefit from practicing their teachings. Many people may be misguided by the form it takes in the west, but even under some of the most degenerated interpretations if they meditate regularly and try to not be egotistical/materialistic that's still better than being an agnostic/atheist who finds life's meaning in hedonism and entertainment. A bright individual can read through Buddhist literature of all schools and glean what's useful while rejecting certain dogmatic views or hangups or things that are mostly products of historical/cultural circumstance, and this is true both of Buddhists themselves and of people studying it from an outsiders perspective.

>that haphazardly syncretizes with everything it comes into contact with
Syncretism can be but is not always necessarily bad because sometimes it can stimulate intellectual and metaphysical insights in the process of comparison and assimilation. Hinduism itself involved a level of synthesis/assimilation over the centuries providing that whatever assimilated or synthesized was in alignment with the Vedas and Upanishads.

>>12263175
>I am talking about that state of mind, be it Joan of Arc or Muhammad as a warlord where you have such an inner conviction that guides you without hesitation that you will achieve great things in your life only through spiritual fervor and being in constant presence with your personal God

There are a lot of eastern texts where they talk about exactly that, or the effect of reading them leads one to that state some people find.. Here are some examples of free online pdfs you can check out from various schools. Advaita and Daoism are a little more impersonal while Tantra, Vishishtadvaita and Sufism are all more personal. Buddhism has some of these ideas too but that's mostly on the far end of impersonality (viz. God) that I didn't bother including anything. You won't understand a lot of the words in these, but for some of these at least you should be able to pick up on what's being talked about and from there decide if you want to study that school of thought. For the western version of this stuff see Meister Eckhart, Neoplatonism, St. John of the Cross, Theosis in Eastern Orthodoxy etc.

>Sanai - Enclosed Garden of the Truth (Sufi)
http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/hadiqat.pdf

>Ashtavakra Gita (Advaita Vedanta)
https://realization.org/p/ashtavakra-gita/richards.ashtavakra-gita/richards.ashtavakra-gita.html

>Vedartha Sangraha (Vishishtadvaita Vedanta)
http://estudantedavedanta.net/Vedartha-Sangraha.pdf

>Chuang-Tzu (Daoist)
https://terebess.hu/english/chuangtzu.html

>Pratyabhijnahridayam (Tantric Shaivism)
https://archive.org/details/PratyabhijnahridayamTheSecretOfSelfRecognition.Kshemaraja.Tr.J.SinghDelhi1980600dpilossy

>Poetry of Kabir (Sufi/Hindu mix)
http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/100kabir.pdf

>>12008559
>not realizing that creation itself is nonsensical and the true answer is that the only thing that exists is the beginningless and eternal God who never creates anything or changes but just remains blissfully content in its own nature.

>>11934824
Eastern philosophers mostly all agree on the same ultimate understanding but while using a large variety of external forms and terminology to explain it. Western philosophers almost entirely use the same terminology and forms as each other while agreeing about very little.

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it's the haflway point of the year. what are the 2 best books you've read since January 1st, 2018?

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>>6273962
Who would you say are the very few that can pull off good short fiction?

I ask because I've been on a short fiction binge lately. Hated Updike, Cheever, Fitzgerald, and Wallace, enjoyed Hemingway, Salinger, Carver, and Joyce.

Thinking of going to Nabakov next.

Is there a good book to learn all of these grammar rules?