RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
April 16, 2012 at 4:16 am
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2012 at 4:22 am by Creed of Heresy.)
I quote Hitchens:
"I find it interesting that the sign before the [buddhist] monastery said 'leave your shoes and your mind at the entrace.'"
You call it enlightenment. I call it ignorance. We both call it bliss.
Also, Buddhism states that Buddha was born from a slit in his mother's side and achieved "nirvana," which basically means "annihilation." And yes, 2500 years of Asian studies can be wrong. WILDLY wrong. They used to think the Dynastic Emperors were godly embodiments. CLEARLY they were wrong. They used to think that the trees and rocks and air and everything have their own spirits that you can commune with at will and that demons infest just about everything as well. Clearly, they were wrong. They thought they could bomb Pearl Harbor and in so doing cripple the US Pacific Fleet long enough to win WWII and that the Emperor WAS a god incarnate, and their buddhist priests told their kamikaze pilots that they were dying for a living god. CLEARLY THEY WERE FUCKING WRONG. Get over your obsession with the east, they're no better than anyone else.
"I find it interesting that the sign before the [buddhist] monastery said 'leave your shoes and your mind at the entrace.'"
You call it enlightenment. I call it ignorance. We both call it bliss.
Also, Buddhism states that Buddha was born from a slit in his mother's side and achieved "nirvana," which basically means "annihilation." And yes, 2500 years of Asian studies can be wrong. WILDLY wrong. They used to think the Dynastic Emperors were godly embodiments. CLEARLY they were wrong. They used to think that the trees and rocks and air and everything have their own spirits that you can commune with at will and that demons infest just about everything as well. Clearly, they were wrong. They thought they could bomb Pearl Harbor and in so doing cripple the US Pacific Fleet long enough to win WWII and that the Emperor WAS a god incarnate, and their buddhist priests told their kamikaze pilots that they were dying for a living god. CLEARLY THEY WERE FUCKING WRONG. Get over your obsession with the east, they're no better than anyone else.
