On /r/Buddhism the following was banned in such a way that it could not be seen by the public that is posting on various Buddhist subjects. This, evidently, is not Buddhism!
Nirvana transcends our all too human body and its world which in the final analysis is suffering. We find that the truth of our human bodily life is death. After death the body—now a corpse—is no longer anything but a mass incapable of producing those former motions, the sum total of which constituted our life. But what exactly animated the body? And where is it now since the corpse is motionless? To cut to the chase, Siddhartha discovered what animated the body which is deathless. On the same track, he also discovered the important role of desiring the wrong things and how this causes us to become embodied having, as a consequence, to experience pain.
This passage needs editing. But I have elected to post it in its raw form. Anyone who follows The Zennist has some idea where I am coming from and what the Buddha actually taught vs what the modern Buddhist public imagines he taught. In my own defense, I have no problem getting round pegs into round holes, but the modern Buddhist still insists that its square pegs, with some force, can be put into the round holes.
Oh, before I forget, I would guess that about 80 percent of the people who post on /r/Buddhism are close to being hardcore materialists which means they don't believe in rebirth. This does not bode well for Buddhism or Zen. :(
Adasatala,
I think that already happened when I took 2 tabs of LSD for the first time during a rinzai zen seshin.. Talk about Samadhi :)
Posted by: Nobody | June 27, 2018 at 04:24 AM
N. Yeti:
Look, look, no hands!
Posted by: Adasatala | June 24, 2018 at 02:53 PM
Adasatala,
If you're good with a cut and jab, you might come in under Manjushri's arm. You couldn't do that with Avalokiteshvara, of course.
Posted by: n. yeti | June 20, 2018 at 03:09 PM
Nowadays it is not about discovering Buddha-nature. Both teachers and disciples are only seeking some comfort in ignorance.
Posted by: Darek | June 19, 2018 at 01:32 AM
Nobody: Best not take that statement as something final. While it does sound nice, it still doesn't get you even a hair's breadth closer to the issue at hand.
When Manjusri's sword plunges straight through your skull, what then?
Posted by: Adasatala | June 18, 2018 at 06:48 PM