ITT: movies that you periodically rewatch because they make you think.

>>211649547 (OP)
you can tell it was written before america had been exposed to any real historical knowledge about the early Christian church

Have you got blessed by the algorithm too, anon? kek

>>211649547 (OP)
such a cringe film. could have been good if it hadn't turned out that he was Moses, Jesus, the Buddha and everyone else

>>211649777
>Buddha
he said he sat with the Buddha, you dumb fuck, and he said he was the wisest person he ever met.

>>211649777
no, no, anon, he merely learned at the feet of the enlightened Buddha. that's the thing that separates Christianity from the Jewish sects of its time, you know, its focus on extricating yourself from the wheel of samsara

>>211649547 (OP)
Jesus Christ unironically WOULD become a history teacher.

I find it cool as fuck that Buddha knew he was "special". Dude had some powerful hax on his belt.

>>211649874
>>211649881
This was the most disgusting, the most muttmerican shit in that cucked movie.
Buddha was a fabrication that worked as a political stooge for ruling elite. Every bit of criticism that Christianity receives could also be as easily applied to Buddhism. This notion that Eastern religions have some deep mystical knowledge that you can't find in Western traditions is absolute sham.
But, of course, historically illiterate shartburgers with their penchant for self hate, with this bizarre white guilt, and oriental fetishism would enjoy making Jesus kneel to some Eastern idol.

>>211650317
>This notion that Eastern religions have some deep mystical knowledge that you can't find in Western traditions is absolute sham.
Of course there's no mystical trick, but meditation works. They were clearly onto something.

>>211650380
meditation is not exclusive to the buddhists

>>211650380
Varieties of that also present in Western traditions, abrahamic and local pagan included.
It's not that I despise Eastern spirituality. I'm against the idea that it trumps Western one.

>>211650488
how about theyre all a sham? they are just thier to part people from thier money

>>211650529
this is the most 60s boomer critique of religion, it fits very well with this movie, nicely done

>>211650529
Not against that line of thinking. For me, it's a cultural thing first and foremost. North Americans and most of Western parts of Europe have that obsession with hating their roots that made them the dominant cultural force on the planet. Insane cucks!

>>211650415
Yeah but it not something Christcucks ever figured out. They just wip themselves to atone for being born.

>>211650646
>They just wip themselves to atone for being born
That's based and you're just a huge faggot.

>>211650646
you know meditation is an english word, right? it's not borrowed from an eastern language. how do you suppose that came to be?

>>211650620
Western societies succeeded because they fostered a culture of open debate, introspection, and even discomfort with their own legacy when necessary. The scientific method itself emerged precisely because thinkers like Bacon, Descartes, and Newton refused to blindly accept received wisdom and insisted on testing ideas against reality. Cultures that discourage criticism and suppress dissent tend to stagnate.

>>211650734
Meditation in the Augustinian sense has nothing to do with meditation in the Buddhist sense.

>>211650841
I mean, you can assert that, but it's flatly wrong

>>211650785
Yes, I agree. I fail to see how your statement is in opposition to mine, though.
I never opposed the criticism of Western traditions per se – my beef is with blind glorification of Eastern thought by Western people.

>>211650884
No, chud.

>>211650785
They will hate you because you tell the truth. Let's not forget that enlightenment arose due to the failure of the Catholic Church to provide good governance. Thinkers thought it would be better to do away with that murdering shit because it would killed them all. They saw the death cult for it was.

>>211650943
What a retarded mutt.

>>211650884
In the Christian tradition meditation is a discursive activity, a rational exploration of divine truth. Buddhist meditation is non-discursive, non-conceptual awareness, aiming for liberation from suffering (nirvāṇa). The emphasis is not on God, but on seeing reality as it is through direct observation of mind and body.

>>211651016
I'd tell you to learn a bit of history, but I doubt you are interested in learning anything at all.

>>211651059
Sure, they have different philosophical/theological aims due to their source texts having different aims, but the practice of mediation is often quite similar between them.

>>211651016
The Catholic church literally banned people from saying that the earth is a sphere (many chuds are still flat earthers to this day). Do you think Columbus would have tried a way to the Indies by sailing west if he hadn't believed that the world was round? Do you think the Europeans could have achieved global dominance without discovering the new world?

>>211649628
Elaborate?

>>211651132
A Christian monk sitting quietly with folded hands in a candlelit chapel might look quite similar to a Buddhist monk sitting in lotus posture focusing on the breath. But what’s happening internally is very different. In Christian practice, thought is engaged, used to probe mysteries, to understand scripture etc. In Buddhist practice, thought is often seen as noise to transcend. The goal is not to analyze or interpret, but to see through thought, noticing its impermanence and learning to let go of it entirely.

>>211651181
Think Sinead O'Connor getting cancelled for talking about the child fuckers in the Church.

>>211651172
oh shit, we got one, there's really still people who think people in Columbus' day thought the earth was flat

>>211651284
That's not what anon said.

>>211651322
it's 100% what he meant

>>211651065
What a brainless golem like you can know about "learning"?
Accumulating knowledge is pointless if you can't analyse it proper.
You stated a bunch of disconnected shit that had little to do with discussion at hand like a clueless moron.
Overwhelming majority of Renaissance thinkers were still Christian, even those that were excommunicated and executed by the Catholic Church. Seeing the failure of papists never made those people less Christian, and they would despise you for that "death cult" statement. They were deeply spiritual people and motivated in their research by the desire to find the divine.
Fuck it's like listening to a fedora tipper from mid zeroes.

>>211649932
Based remick. What does he say about him that is special? He just had aura.

>>211651172
Has nothing to do with what that retard said and with mine >>211651355
response to him.

>>211651172
>The Catholic church literally banned people from saying that the earth is a sphere
This literally never happened.

>>211651369
If you want with sound: https://litter.catbox.moe/nypyl84a7kak0ewo.mp4

>>211651420
Church officials opposed Columbus because they thought he would “fall off the edge.” Galileo was forced by the Inquisition to publicly recant his belief that the Earth is a sphere, and famously he defiantly muttered under his breath “And yet it is round.” That is, even if he had to deny it publicly, the Earth still remains a sphere.

>>211651623
>"And yet it is round."

>>211651355
>Overwhelming majority of Renaissance thinkers were still Christian, even those that were excommunicated and executed by the Catholic Church.
>even those that were excommunicated and executed by the Catholic Church.
You gladly admit the Church had this amount of power and you expected them to do what when they witnessed such horrific acts committed in the name of God? To go out in the streets with heir hair painted red claiming to be atheists and calling for the abolition of the Church? Have some fucking sense. They knew they were in deep shit and played their cards close to their chest.

>>211650317
>Buddha was a fabrication that worked as a political stooge for ruling elite
Jesus christ imagine being this much of a fucking brainlet.
its like some edgy athiest who shits on the bible yet has never read it.
Buddhas teachings are empirical evidence into the fundamentals of how reality function, where he explained even the subatomic levels of reality before western philosophers had a fucking clue about what makes the world go round.
You midwit fucking retard

>>211651059
>Buddhist meditation is non-discursive, non-conceptual awareness
Different types of meditation.
Samatha is focusing on one object to increase concentration, vipassana is discursive to inquire about phenomena and jhana is absorption without either. Let alone there are many more types.
You seem to have a trivial understanding of the practice(s)

>>211649547 (OP)
i wish he had done more interviews

>>211652178
Dunk on him.

>>211649547 (OP)
Thinking is overrated, I watch movies to avoid thinking.

>>211652410
I explained as I have experience and understanding but he is right, to a point.
Christian "meditation" (though that word in the common lexicon doesnt mean the same thing) is more aspirational prayer. Can employ visualization too, which some meditations in buddhism as a whole also employ (buddhism is more segregated than all abrahamic religions combined) but ultimately it is not the same thing.
In Buddhism one would try to increase their concentration by practicing samataha, then experience samadhi and with that work on jhana to experience and then further their absorption so that they can penetrate wisdom with insight to understand reality.
Christians, dpending on their skill, would aspire to and external force, god, jesus, mary etc for "divine blessings" to get closer to god, or something of that ilk.
Though it is very presumtuous to assume that high level christian "mediators" cannot get closer to the truths about reality even through christs teachings. Just the way they might interpret the path may be different or obscure.
Have to remember the dharma, i.e the truth, is there to be found., Buddha only pointed the way. He found it by his own effort, as can we.

Still on a generic common practitioner, the major difference is christians pray, Buddhist meditate.
The word meditation does not equate to the same for the practice that average followers of each religion do.

>>211649777
Whole move idea is stolen from 60s twilight zone episode. History professor bragging about being immortal and shit to his prof fren. But more down to earth, no wewuz buddha shit. Of course they do not give credit to that, totally original work my ass

>>211652409
why does he have that pissed expression in every photo, and what is it meant to convey?

>>211652428
Druk is makes you think kino though, imo fren. For example, should I get druk? yes/no.

>>211653542
take a fucking guess dude

>>211653781
free mason

>>211650317
Jesus was a buddhist

Eastern philosophy
>try to be one with nature
Western philosophy
>women are evil and stupid, you should buttfuck your fellow men after a few bottles of wine, kill or be killed

>>211650317
>Buddha was a fabrication that worked as a political stooge for ruling elite
Siddhartha Gautama was a real person.

>>211649777

>>211649547 (OP)
Cringe film.
>I can live for eternity
>I'm Jesus
>You, irrelevant character who were talking for almost two hours, yes, you are my son because you are my son ok? We need fake tension.
>Woman fall in love with schizo who was saying all those cringe and retarded shit
Cringe af. Atheists can't be taken serious after recommending this pile of crap.

>Life is suffering and you must let go of all desire to end this suffering
>He says while being a laughing fatass
All you need to refute Buddhism is to take a single look at Buddha. How does anyone fall for this shit

>>211649547 (OP)
The Star Trek episode was better.
It has potential, though. Maybe in the hand of a better writer.
Also, don't make him too important. He can be present for historical events, but should not be the cause or a major figure in them.

>>211649547 (OP)
The Wackness

Donnie Darko

Requiem for a Dream

Trainspotting

The Rules of Attraction

Just some of the movies I have re-watched several times. I really like the atmosphere of Donnie Darko, its seriously the best movie to put on and fall asleep to, its just got a soothing aura about it - its weird but i like it.

>>211650317
western traditions? do you mean philosphy? then i'd agree. religions dont cover as much useful stuff as the eastern ones do, regarding mindfulness and duality for example. the jewish brand religions are a lot more about controlling your population than oneself. we had a lot better deal with pagan gods prior to being duped by kikery.

>>211658966
>Donnie Darko
I dont know how anyone can enjoy that one more than once or twice. Its good the first time but then it loses its aura imo

>>211658966
>I really like the atmosphere of Donnie Darko
it's also pretty funny at times and not just serious. a good genre mix of sci-fi, horror, coming of age and dark comedy