/lit/ - Literature

>>18049408
When I had twitter I noticed that there were a lot of users that got their ideas from shitposts here.If /lit/ was into Gnosticism, they would be too a few months later. There's probably some maniac out there right now using Guenon memes to fuck lonely 15 year olds right now. People online are really fucking stupid, they don't really get the whole anonymous "post whatever idea you have to help your own understanding" thing that happens here all the time.

I have little idea what gnosticism is, but I like the memes. Post whatever gnostic meme. Yo are aloud to post other /lit/ memes too

>>16784985
>no one region's Buddhism is said to flow out of a single man
Sariputra and Theravada
Upali and the Vinaya school
Mahakasyapa who founded many pre-sectarian schools
Likewise Maudgalyayana and Ananda are considered the founders of distinct philosophical branches.

The Christ & Buddah patterns are identical in the abstract particulars of biography and theological doctrine: A prince gave up his birthright to teach the masses about a cosmic refinance scheme. He also had supernatural powers which he passed on to some members of his inner circle. This is how you know he was legit. They also weren't motivated by politics or money. So you –really– know it's on the up and up.

They differ in the substrate of their host cultures. How do we conceive of our cosmic debts and what's the usual penalty for default? How do we organize poltically around teaching these doctrines? This is where the Christ and Buddah stories differ. What relationship do we expect a savior figure to have with divinity? What kinds of personal struggle will make the bio compelling? Again, this is the stucco the portrait is painted on.

Where this gets weird is that both men existed and there's better evidence for their biographies than nearly anyone else up until that time. It's exactly the same pattern on two different continents just three centuries apart. What happened? Did everyone figure out sin accounting in the same era and realize their debts were basically unpayable? Was the Demiurge facing a giant default crisis and worried the loosh remittances would stop coming in? Did Sidartha just get a really good rundown on Christianty and decide to adapt the passion play for local audiences?