/lit/ - Literature

His worldview was finely honed, and he was incredibly psychologically resilient. This coupled with his natural gifts made his speech and action manifest his thoughts. All the writings since are better viewed as attempts to assimilate the core of his teaching into the writer’s life. It is immensely difficult and time consuming to arrive at any state approximating that of the Buddha’s.

>>15985253
refuted by Shankaracharya

Buddha wasn't a Chang, he was a Poo.

He literally didn't though. He didn't address most things. It makes sense because getting caught up on them at the baser levels won't get you anywhere but still.

>>15985351
>He didn't address most things
Nagarjuna would tell you that the Buddha didn't address anything at all

>>15985323
low iq post

>>15985336
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_characteristics_of_the_Buddha#The_32_Signs_of_a_Great_Man

Buddha was from modern-day Nepal and Indo-Aryan.

>>15985370
And he would also say just because Buddha didn't address anything, that doesn't mean he didn't address nothing.

Don't reply to the Shankara guy, he's gonna ruin this entire thread.

>>15985336
he was scythian

>>15985398
Let’s put it to the test. How did Shankara refute Buddhism? By saying there is a self or perceiver, right?

I agree OP. When I experienced my first Jhana I immediately knew I don't need to read or practice anything else in my life and since then I just assume the suttas are just right.

>>15985370
why is his depiction make him look so mischievous compared to gautama who looks calm and wise

>>15985424
I'm not him. I don't care about the Shankara vs Buddha retardation that he infects every thread with.

>>15985460
It's just this one in particular, the rest are much better.

>>15985431
How long do you have to sit to achieve the first Jhana? I can barely sit still for twenty minutes before it becomes intolerable I've read that it a good session generally needs an hour or more.

>>15985482
I think 45 minutes at least, it's around that time when mind starts to really settle and you get your first taste of hindrances slowly dropping. In the end everyone is different and I prefer shorter sessions for example but I use an unusual object (fire kasina)

>>15985460
it's a cheeky smile

he's waiting for you to say something so he can spit out a clever one liner.

>>15985514
>>15985482
I've been reading a book on meditation that intertwines with Buddhist teachings and says meditation sessions should be 1-2 hours. To become enlightened it can take up to 7 years with 2 hours of meditation every day.

>>15985253
you think you understand buddha or jesus? by just reading??? insects have more functioning properly brain matter.

>>15985391
>Thighs like a royal stag
>Area below armpits well-filled
>Saliva that improves the taste of all food
>Tongue long and broad
Sounds incredibly homoerotic.

>>15985563
The longer the better obviously! If you can go all in

>>15985563
>To become enlightened it can take up to 7 years with 2 hours of meditation every day.
If any book, text or person tell you such things, just drop it altogether. Meditation is done either guided by a guru (prefferable) so that he can help you shape your practice to best suit you, or on your own, the harder way, by experimenting and seeing what's best for you.
Forcing yourself to meditate in any particular way just because a book said so will only frustrate you further.

I recommend reading Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (pictured) to give you an idea about what meditation should be and feel like.

>>15985587
Of all of the characteristics describing the man, the thiqq thighs, big lats, and long tongue are what weirded you out? Not the fact that a literal reading of these descriptions also has him having hands that hang down to his fucking feet, solid blue sclera, and webbed flipper hands/feet?

Buddha is an avatar of Vishnu.

>>15985620
Ok thanks I will check it out

>>15985581
A main point of Buddhism is that you aren't just supposed to believe the teachings of the Buddha, but that you realize their truth through practice.

>>15985778
>that you aren't just supposed to believe the teachings of the Buddha,
Except the part where he says that Parinirvana is not an annihilation but fails to explain why or otherwise distinguish it from a dissolution into oblivion; and you're supposed to accept that it's not annihilation just because he said so

>>15985253
>only to eventually realise some Chang from 2500 years ago already figured it out and you wasted all that time
>only to eventually realise some Chang from 2500 years ago
>realise some Chang
>Chang

>>15985831
>doesn't know buddha and laozi were the same person

>>15985551
truly a master of retroactive refutations ever since primordium

>>15985806
Except he literally says how, when he talks about Nirvana. He actually talks about this a lot.

See: The Mind Like Fire Unbound, which quotes heavily from the Pali Canon, namely the passages where the Buddha talks about this.

I've heard that Guatama Buddha is Nebuchadnezzar II reborn.