Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 09/12/2024 23:15, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 10:43:00 +0100, D wrote:
 

Are you a buddhist or do you subscribe to some form of personal
spirituality? Or is it just an intellectual interest? You seem very
knowledgeable!

 I have had a lifelong interest in Buddhism, as my bookshelf reflects. I'll
admit it stemmed from being a 10 year old beatnik wannabe. I could also
blame Kipling's 'Kim' for an interest in eastern religion. I would say
it's mostly an intellectual interest though I find much of Buddhist though
parallels my understanding of the world.
 However I have the same problem as I have with Christianity. If you don't
think the world is 'dukkha', which I find similar to the concept of
original sin, salvation isn't a goal. It is the same as Schopenhauer
contra Nietzsche.
 

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The guy who wrote Jonathan Livingstone Seagull is a committed Christian., IN one of his books he likens sin, to stalling an aeroplane. Them's the rules, break than and shit results
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"He who shits in the road, will meet flies in his return"

Excellent book! I highly recommend it. Hmm, long time since I last read it, I should try and dig it out of a moving box next time I'm back in sweden.