/lit/ - Literature

Going forth is hard, it’s hard to be happy;
life at home is hard too, and painful,
it’s painful to stay when you’ve nothing in common.
A traveler is a prey to pain,
so don’t be a traveler,
don’t be prey to pain.

One who is faithful, accomplished in ethics,
blessed with fame and wealth,
is honored in whatever place
they frequent.

The good shine from afar,
like the Himalayan peaks,
but the wicked are not seen,
like arrows scattered in the night.

Sitting alone, sleeping alone,
tirelessly wandering alone;
one who tames themselves alone
would delight within a forest.
>Dhammapada

>>19275719
>No? How's China today?
Today being the aftermath of Western imperialists spreading Enlightenment atheism and nihilism. Atheism did not arise there, it was exported, just like communism and industrialism.

>>19276016
Buddhism teaches veneration of and refuge in the divine bodhisattvas (e.g. Guanyin) to lay followers, and the path towards becoming a bodhisattva to monks. Where's the nihilism there?

>>15606626
Nah old fuckoos are gross, old people are the worst yuck, young looking people only
>>15606639
This sounds like a good one

>>15594626
I always knew /lit/ was populated by illiterate cowards.