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What was your face before you were born?

>> No.14508769

>>14508455
What the fuck does that mean? I was dead I didn't have a face.

>> No.14508775

From mirror after mirror,
No vanity’s displayed:
I’m looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.

>> No.14508792

>>14508769
>I was dead
how could you die, if you weren't born yet

>> No.14508797

>>14508769
>what the fuck does that mean?
Literally the reason for questions is to find the answer to those questions. What was your face before you were born?

>> No.14508810

>>14508455
reminder that mahayana is mental wanks by mentally challenged people

>> No.14508836

>>14508797
I didn't have one, what a meaningless question.

>> No.14508845
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14508845

>>14508455
do your own koan homework. back to sitting!

>> No.14508856

>>14508836
>I didn't have one
There’s your answer

>> No.14508862

>>14508856
Great thanks

>> No.14508872

>>14508862
Maybe Eastern philosophy isn’t for you.

>> No.14508888

>>14508872
Why not? I got the right answer, you said so. What now?

>> No.14508912

>>14508888
now you check em

>> No.14508923

>>14508455
Your mom

>> No.14508952

An anus

>> No.14509229

non-face

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>> No.14509241
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>>14508455
I was a shining star, burning bright in the ether.

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>>14508455
Basically this

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14509281

>>14508455
Before I was born, my face was the face of the earth

>> No.14509689

It was not mine

>> No.14509698
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14509698

>>14508455
>this not existing thing is awesome. I got a real sweet deal here. Sure hope some normies don’t fuck it up for me

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14509754

I've got to admit, the prospect of non-experience really does not appeal to me. Life might be painful, but it's the things I enjoy doing that make me want to keep going. The idea that one day it, and I, will just cease to be really does suck.

>> No.14509763

>>14509754
this mentality seems parasitic for some reason

>> No.14509791

>>14509763
That's basically the idea behind Buddhism.

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14509830

>>14509754
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it: white shores, and beyond, a far green country beneath a swift sunrise

>> No.14509940

>>14508845
lol

>> No.14509958

>>14509830
>quoting the movie

>> No.14510010

>>14509830
*hits pipe*
based

>> No.14510835

>>14509698
Non-existence really was the best.

>> No.14510847

>>14509754
>The idea that one day it, and I, will just cease to be really does suck.
And despite it sucking, it will happen, and fighting against that eventuality will do you no end of harm. Fighting the ocean would be a better use of your time.

>> No.14510859

>>14508769
WRONG *hits you with stick*

>> No.14510866

>>14508797
>Literally the reason for questions is to find the answer to those questions
That's not how koans work my amigo.