Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

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.
 

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
"He who shits in the road, will meet flies in his return"
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In todays liberal progressive conflict-free education system, everyone gets full Marx.