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13199984 No.13199984 [Reply] [Original]

What is the purpose of reading the teachings of Gautama Buddha or the various masters of the past, when Gautama Buddha didn't need any of them to become enlightened?

>> No.13199991

>>13199984
Well you can sit under a tree and wait too if you want

>> No.13200067 [DELETED] 

>>13199984
shh, they won't be able to sell bead bracelets if you tell people that.

>> No.13200079

>>13199984
it's almost as if religion is nonsense

>> No.13200122

>>13200067
Bead bracelets are /fa/ as fuck, but you're right

>> No.13200129

>>13200122
>>13200067
Monks gotta eat too

>> No.13200141

hopefully to understand what you're doing on a metaphysical level since there will be lots of doubt, and to expedite the process

>> No.13200207

>>13199984
This mindset did some damage to me growing up

>> No.13200219
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>>13200079
>it's almost as if

>> No.13200287

>>13199984
to avoid reinventing the wheel

>> No.13200292

>>13200207
Explain?

>> No.13200309

>>13200292
Did the man who invented college, go to college?

>> No.13200315

>>13200309
Oh, that mindset. Yeah, that one fucked me for awhile, too. Thinking about your thinking about your thinking, that sorta thing.

>> No.13201008

>>13199984
Given enough time, it's possible you might attain all possible insight into the self and the universe, but you are not immortal. Instead, take advantage of the work done by other people and read.

>> No.13201202

>>13199984
so that you can be more sexist toward women

>> No.13201307
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>>13199984
It's something to do...