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Re "samsara", I am sure you know that in the Hindu/Buddhist sense it is more than just the physical samsara, whereas idleness necessarily refers to inaction. B
by HenryTheHorse 10y ago
Re "samsara", I am sure you know that in the Hindu/Buddhist sense it is more than just the physical samsara, whereas idleness necessarily refers to inaction.
By avoiding action and therefore responsibility, one could still be awfully entangled in samsara. (Just ask any developer who's browsing HN or Reddit while struggling to meet a deadline!)
That said, I did like your interpretation of "making no karma", even though Buddhism makes it very clear that karma-making occurs even with the skandhas, the "sense-gate" or mental/emotional fabrications.
- qntty 10y agoYes, in the Buddhist view, you accumulate karma no matter what you're doing (even if you're procrastinating something), so long as you have an idea of self. So the only way to "really do nothing" is to free yourself from samsara (not a physical place, but the continuity of craving).