Thread 40981760

You don't really exist. This is what the Buddha teaches.

>>40981760 (OP)
Easy for the Buddha to say, he's long dead.

>>40981802
And soon everyone will die too.

>>40981760 (OP)
Thanks. I needed to read this.

>>40981818
No problems

>>40981760 (OP)

Go tell me something new. But the coffee should just do its job and keep the pattern stable. :D

>>40981760 (OP)
Reminder that OP is a literal 14 year old Chinese nationalist who larps as a 42 year old antiracist and no-one should listen to anything he has to say

>>40981760 (OP)
depends on what sense you're using 'you'
i gotta feed myself
but what am i feeding?

>>40981988
you feed The shell of your mind.
But both of these things are neither ephemeral nor sustainable, they always change. And you can't force it. Therefore, it is not yours, it is not you, because your mind is constantly arising and passing away without end.

>>40982001
good response!
i like your cat, too

>>40981760 (OP)
define existence.
also, what is thought and sensation in this worldview?

>>40981760 (OP)
I don't? All this pain and suffering sure makes me feel like I exist.

No one exists yet.

So called profound Buddhism is just claiming to be able to intuit an infinite set of phenomena the only common property of which is that they don't "exist" (whatever that means).
This infinite set of non existent phenomena also contains phenomena that just as intuitively appears to really "exist" (sense perception, mental activity). Importantly, intuition itself also does not exist (being contained in the set)
Don't ask how the Bhuddists intuits this inifinite set with a non existent intuition.
Don't ask why it doesn't fold back in on itself and become a completely redundant argument that anybody would in principle agree with if phrased differently (i e. all the exists really does exist).
Don't ask about ex nihilo creation and how the "Bhuddist" would really have to in principle agree with the basic description of a God given in any mainstream monotheistic relgion.
It is retarded

>>40982091
>Don't ask how the Bhuddists intuits this inifinite set with a non existent intuition.
The whole point is that there is nothing to intuit lmao

>>40982134
>The whole point is that there is nothing to intuit
Yes that is exactly what is believed. But in order for something to be believed it must be intuited somehow. When you say there is nothing to believe or experience you as a matter of fact are experiencing something and categorizing it into the ever expanding infinite set which you alone can magically be certain is exactly as you believe it to be. TLDR you are just saying everything can be doubted except doubt itself, which is absurd

>>40982091
Those questions will not save you from your suffering. And there's no point in paying attention. Buddha therefore did not answer and did not encourage anyone to search for answers.

The wisdom of the Buddha and the workings of karma are not something that a man whose mind is fixated on sensual and worldly matters can understand by reasoning.

>>40982051
You think that all this suffering is you. There is suffering but no one is suffering. See it but don't become it.

>>40982038
thx :)

>>40982050
The definition of existence is that something does not change from the state it was in before.
Ice evaporates and turns into vapor. The ice was gone, no longer there, and the ice had turned into water. Human language creates this illusory state of perception.

analcockman makes me feel nostalgic about pigchan, can't believe the gook autist could do that

>>40981760 (OP)
True, but neither does anything else, depending how you look at things
However I think this means more that the thing you think of as you isn't you.
Electricity can't love, neither can meat.
The ghost in the machine does.
(You) are the fluctuations in the interface between your spark and your meat. You don't exist in any definable space or sense, other than as a function of other things just ticking along

Reminder: Determinism is real and objective. Individualism and freedom are illusions of your ego. You do not exist. The destiny of every being is to dissolve into the void. Humanity will evolve into a genderless, hive-minded race. Race mixing will be the norm of the future, even with aliens.