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> I can’t really infer anything The point of the video, is that she had zero awareness of the bullet. It all happened in 2 seconds without attracting her atte

by ta8645 3y ago

> I can’t really infer anything The point of the video, is that she had zero awareness of the bullet. It all happened in 2 seconds without attracting her attention. I'm sure if you're honest, you can think of 1000 other examples as well. Physical reality proceeds without your thoughts, it will continue after you and I die, it doesn't need our feelings or thoughts to exists and persist. > Yogachara philosophy of Buddhism says... Tony the Tiger says, "They're great!!"

bowsamic 3y ago
> Physical reality proceeds without your thoughts, it will continue after you and I die, it doesn't need our feelings or thoughts to exists and persist. Sorry, I simply don’t believe in this.
- ta8645 3y ago
  My belief is it is unfounded and ultimately based in narcissism. "I am so important that I create the external reality, I really am the center of the universe, it wouldn't exist without my mind" It's an appeal to self-importance. It can't account for something like the fossil record, that existed before any human was on the planet; other than to say, "I dreamed that up in my own special imaginary fiction!!" Perhaps the primal nature of the world isn't physical matter, but to pretend that we create reality with our mind, is not only silly, it's dangerous and flies in the face of how everyone, even those who claim to believe otherwise, actually act in the world.
  - bowsamic 3y ago
    Well, only deluded beings (including myself) act that way. Buddhas and bodhisattvas don’t. Indeed they can bend so called “physical reality” to their will, manifesting physical bodies and appearances in the minds of others. It’s just simply the following: form is emptiness, emptiness is form
    - ta8645 3y ago
      Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one; time will tell. Wish you all the best. Thank you for talking with me.
      - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
        the parent, bowsamic, is incorrect. This is not what Buddhism teaches.
    - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
      That is NOT what the Buddha taught. It is expressly the opposite. Promoting these types of wrong understandings really distract people from further learning. This turns people away from further investigations that might help them. People that might be aided in their suffering by learning more about buddhism, read some weirdness posted about "buddha can earth bend, whoooo, I learned about buddhism from watching Avatar, I'm a bender", and are completely turned away. Read and meditate further before promoting something that is incorrect.
      - bowsamic 3y ago
        Yes he did, it’s in the Lotus sutra and Lankavatara sutras, to name two. Perhaps you’re a Pali canon fundamentalist or something but thats not my problem, what I’m saying is orthodox Mahayana: Buddhas can create bodies and are basically omnipotent in the Mahayana. The lotus sutra even says that the Buddha faked his appearance on this Earth so that the sravakas would have a nice narrative to believe in Also the fact you said meditate makes me think you are quite ignorant about Buddhism. Most Buddhists don’t meditate, the idea that most do is a western misconception. I’m a pure land Buddhist, which is the most popular in the world, and we mainly engage in recitation and offerings and bowing EDIT and I understand it may just be ignorance but it’s highly offensive to characterise traditional Mahayana Buddhist beliefs as some kind of children’s show. This is effectively slandering the Dharma
        FrustratedMonky 3y ago

by ta8645 3y ago

bowsamic 3y ago

> Physical reality proceeds without your thoughts, it will continue after you and I die, it doesn't need our feelings or thoughts to exists and persist. Sorry, I simply don’t believe in this.

ta8645 3y ago
My belief is it is unfounded and ultimately based in narcissism. "I am so important that I create the external reality, I really am the center of the universe, it wouldn't exist without my mind" It's an appeal to self-importance. It can't account for something like the fossil record, that existed before any human was on the planet; other than to say, "I dreamed that up in my own special imaginary fiction!!" Perhaps the primal nature of the world isn't physical matter, but to pretend that we create reality with our mind, is not only silly, it's dangerous and flies in the face of how everyone, even those who claim to believe otherwise, actually act in the world.
- bowsamic 3y ago
  Well, only deluded beings (including myself) act that way. Buddhas and bodhisattvas don’t. Indeed they can bend so called “physical reality” to their will, manifesting physical bodies and appearances in the minds of others. It’s just simply the following: form is emptiness, emptiness is form
  - ta8645 3y ago
    Well, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one; time will tell. Wish you all the best. Thank you for talking with me.
    - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
      the parent, bowsamic, is incorrect. This is not what Buddhism teaches.
  - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
    That is NOT what the Buddha taught. It is expressly the opposite. Promoting these types of wrong understandings really distract people from further learning. This turns people away from further investigations that might help them. People that might be aided in their suffering by learning more about buddhism, read some weirdness posted about "buddha can earth bend, whoooo, I learned about buddhism from watching Avatar, I'm a bender", and are completely turned away. Read and meditate further before promoting something that is incorrect.
    - bowsamic 3y ago
      Yes he did, it’s in the Lotus sutra and Lankavatara sutras, to name two. Perhaps you’re a Pali canon fundamentalist or something but thats not my problem, what I’m saying is orthodox Mahayana: Buddhas can create bodies and are basically omnipotent in the Mahayana. The lotus sutra even says that the Buddha faked his appearance on this Earth so that the sravakas would have a nice narrative to believe in Also the fact you said meditate makes me think you are quite ignorant about Buddhism. Most Buddhists don’t meditate, the idea that most do is a western misconception. I’m a pure land Buddhist, which is the most popular in the world, and we mainly engage in recitation and offerings and bowing EDIT and I understand it may just be ignorance but it’s highly offensive to characterise traditional Mahayana Buddhist beliefs as some kind of children’s show. This is effectively slandering the Dharma
      - FrustratedMonky 3y ago