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>The path to happiness?
>Just stop thinking, bro
>Just don't identify with anything
>Trust me, that's what happiness is

>> No.13263511

A brainlet attempts to understand eastern philosophy

>> No.13263515

>>13263500
This but unironically

>> No.13263522

>>13263511
That's exactly what eastern philosophy is about though

>> No.13263524

does a shitpost have buddha nature?

>> No.13263525

>>13263522
No it’s not.

>> No.13263529

>>13263525
What is it about then?

>> No.13263550

>>13263529
Which philisopher? They’re as diverse as western but you don’t care.
Let just assume you’re saying Buddhism.
In the most meme answer Buddhism is about following 8 methods of proper behavior and understanding that your latent unhappiness comes from your desire to change the present moment from something other than what it is

>> No.13263560

Where were you when you realized that the Good is the unity between the individual will and the universal will?

>> No.13263564

>>13263550
And that desire comes from ignorance, and that ignorance is identifying with the khandas. i.e. >don't identify with anything bro

>> No.13263575

>>13263560
Lying on my bed contemplating on which alignment I should make my DnD character.
Not joking btw

>> No.13263584

>>13263564
>identifying with the khandas. i.e. >don't identify with anything bro
desu identifying with the aggregates is just holding onto pain - the aggregates are transitory and you will die someday

>> No.13263589

>>13263564
Fine but that’s just 1/4 ideas of Buddhist philosophy

>> No.13263594

>>13263500
I have NEVER seen a westerner argue against this without going like: “I mean it’s wrong bro, it’s just sitting there is obviously wrong bro”

>> No.13263608

just like that, in 4 half-assed greentexts, Buddhism was epically destroyed. We did it reddit

>> No.13263619

>>13263608
Except he just defined in a meme answer why it’s right

>> No.13263623

>>13263594
Most people categorically reject nihilism on principle

>> No.13263630

>>13263594
the premise is wrong, he says that life is suffering because you're not always fulfilled. This is retarded. youre fulfilled sometimes, and you suffer at other times.

>> No.13263631

>>13263623
>Buddhism is nihilism
I’ve argued this too many times on /lit/ so instead I’m just going to call you a fat reatrded faggot with honey mustard dripping out his head instead of a brain.
Also your mother is a whore

>> No.13263636

Attachment is suffering

>> No.13263640

>>13263630
You just defined Buddhist thought?

>> No.13263644

>>13263631
Nice right speech you got there

>> No.13263649

>>13263630

you might think that human suffering is defeated because your fat ass can shitpost in a lazyboy reclining chair with air conditioning, but trust me it isn't

>> No.13263654

>third worlders starving to death
>earning 2 cents an hour making sneakers
>bro, just let go of your body
>just meditate, you don't need food
>your hunger isn't you, suffering is an illusion

>> No.13263660

>>13263654
Yes?
You think Buddhism came from a time when that same shit wasn’t happening in India?
That’s precisely why Buddhism was invented.

>> No.13263669

>>13263660
So it's literally cope: the religion?

>> No.13263671

>>13263669
And you’re literally brainlet: the poster?

>> No.13263681

>>13263522
lol brainlet

>> No.13263682

>>13263654
A monk only needs a bowl of rice a day
Why does someone need more?

>> No.13263684

>>13263649
the joke is on you lad my body is nice and I have no air conditioning because I never get too hot AND Im not sitting in a chair

your reading comprehension is abysmal anyway I said that life is sometimes suffering, sometimes fulfillment, not that 'suffering was defeated' whatever the fuck that means

>> No.13263690

its also important to note that buddhism is primarily about transcendence of the rebirth cycle, not "becoming happy" or anything else that it may entail as a result of transcendence. if you choose to ignore that on purpose, you might be better off with a xanax or a lobotomy

>> No.13263695

>>13263690
Most western LARPers prefer to pretend rebirth doesn't exist

>> No.13263697

>>13263690
Meh that was siddhartha’s search.
Most forms of Buddhism these days are not about achieving nirvana.
Buddhism and Siddhartha did not teach the same things

>> No.13263705

>>13263695
>>13263697

i'm not trying to sound hateful or rude, but frauds and ignorant people that mock for no reason need to be exposed wherever they are

>> No.13263716

>>13263684

>the joke is on you lad my body is nice and I have no air conditioning because I never get too hot AND Im not sitting in a chair

wow!

>your reading comprehension is abysmal anyway I said that life is sometimes suffering, sometimes fulfillment, not that 'suffering was defeated' whatever the fuck that means

you might figure it out a few years from now

>> No.13263728

>>13263716
>le smug white buddhist face

>> No.13263837

>>13263500
a shame every Buddhist thread is filled with
>smug western materialist LARPers who try to say it's not a religion
>people who used to be Western 'Buddhist' LARPers but got over it, dismissing anyone else's interest in the religion as a phase like their own
>perennialists
>people shitting on their idea of Buddhism that is just Schopenhauer + rebirth
>sam harris posters
>just plain shitposters
>druggies/hippies

>> No.13263844

>>13263837
>people who used to be Western 'Buddhist' LARPers but got over it, dismissing anyone else's interest in the religion as a phase like their own
me irl

>> No.13263922

>>13263631
what is it then

>> No.13264034

>>13263669
Not him but you know Siddharta was a prince by the tradition, what do you think was the point of the people writing this? think.

>> No.13264148

>>13263500
4CHAN INTERNET """BUDDHIST""" NIHILIST RETARDS ETERNALY BTFO
>m-m-muh emptiness!!
lmaoing @ you lobotomized retards

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bCyPbOJgFxQ

>> No.13264157

life is suffering. i'm an extremely emotional person and aspects of stoicism and buddhism have helped me achieve a certain happiness that i would not have without it.

>> No.13264215

>>13263922
Buddhism as a region is about the idea of us all having an internal “Buddha nature” that can be brought out through great contemplation and discipline.
It’s ltierally the opposite of nihilism as it provides you with a lifelong goal to reach for

>> No.13264224

>>13263837
It’s why Hindu threads can garner such good discussions on 4chan.
Everyone knows they’re a religion and accepts the faith that comes with that.
Buddhism got co-opted by materialists who latched on to its apparent agnosticism and tried to wrap it around their own beliefs.
It’s a shame because it’s such a powerful philosophy to see immediate change.

>> No.13264243

>>13264148
this guy SUCKS

>> No.13264252

>>13263500
The state of ego-death is rather harder to achieve than "just not identifing with things" yes.

>> No.13264541

>>13264243
t. brainlet who fell for a meme

>> No.13264545
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>>13263500
>46 replies
>no image
Let me ruin this shit

>> No.13264554

>>13264252
I think I accidentally did something similar to this to myself

>> No.13264557

>>13264224
true

>> No.13264782

>>13264148
i lost it at 3:15 when he pulled at the massive hole in his earlobe

>> No.13264932

>>13263500
>be rich
>see the plebs suffering
>tell them "its ok bro suffering is just in the mind, you only experience suffering because you want to not be poor"
They ave so much to teach us.

>> No.13265089

>>13263500
You don't have to stop thinking, you just have to detach your ego from the mind.
Instead of being the one doing the thinking, be a neutral observer observing the mind doing the thinking.

>> No.13265216

>>13264932
Are you implying suffering is caused by a lack of material good?
Are you implying that happiness is not a state of mind and instead based upon the possessions you own?
I’ll just assume you’re trolling

>> No.13265245

>>13265216
No, he's being ironic, Buddha was rich.

>> No.13265340

Protip: if your answer for living a good life leads to a bad life, it's a shitty answer. You have to start from the end and work backwards.

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13265367

>>13263500
Basically, the whole Eastern philosophy can be summarized as "get in the state of the flow, mate". Just a cognitive science mechanism, nothing fancy.

>> No.13265534

>>13263522
this obsession with 'happiness' is more of a side effect of white girl yoga and middle manager mindfulness than actual eastern philosophy

>> No.13265892

>>13264148
This guy represents /lit/

>> No.13265924

When did you guys realize Zoroaster is the superior eastern prophet and teacher?

>> No.13265926

>>13264148
>But he's calm and happy
>Please lets be realistic here

What a supreme /lit/ gentleman

>> No.13265974

>>13265924
Shankara is better

>> No.13265976

You're not identity. You are what you are.

>> No.13266116

>>13265367
>neuroscientists trying to talk ontology
>dude it's just a flow state

Nah.

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>>13263500
No, the path to the cessation of suffering. And suffering is different from pain. Pain is inevitable, suffering is all your own doing, because of your desires.