/lit/ - Literature

>>15458742
The only valid ascetic path is one of complete mortification, completely ceasing to will anything whatsoever. A positive persuit of enlightenment throught texts and meditation and manasticism, etc. is already a huge cope and is responsible for the misconception that the dissolution of the illusory individual into the infinite nothing (ie. dying) is anything but the faith all men equally share. This then leads to further impurities such as mahayana inventing al sorts of '''''states''''' (theravada is nor free of this either) and demons and hells and punishments and not least of all: literally conceived ideas of reincarnation.


>>15460930
Remember that Buddhist monks and Christian monks manage to sustain their monastic life in the way you describe because the larger public recognises them as a (somewhat) legitimate institution, because they traditionally fulfill a cultural role due to them not renouncing the flesh and the world completely as I described above.
>''This gives my life purpose''
Just shows how delusional this young man is. Samsara, is individuality, samsara is the force of strife we humans see in nature: bacteria start feeding off of each other, a wolf tears apart a wild hog, men persue earthly power in an act of domination over others, ... In the end all benifit gained is illusory, and fabricated in our mind. The ascetic recognises this trick that maya plays on him and stops willing. The only valid way for an ascetic is death through fasting as even suicide by gun would mean wanting to actively put an end to your individuality which itself affirms thus individuality. All other practise is cope and only fulfills a cultural function.
Do I find this a good path? No, because you are essentially at war with the universe itself and the fabric of reality in this instance. Better to affirm your own will and to inflict suffering on others insofar as you dominate others in a persuit not driven by the fear of death. Deny the fear of death.

>>15461035
If you had read any Buddhist text you would know that asceticism concerns renunciation of the will entirely, the will to overcome delusion is a trap itself, they never tire of repeating this you fucking retard.

>>15461676
>The abbot of his monastery drove a Rolls, unless it was the weekend when he liked to take his Ferrari out
kek

>>14548462
By declaring supremacy of the biological worldview over the morfological-historical one??