/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15063901]

Why are Buddhists on r/buddhism and /lit/ so pedantic and angry?

[Anonymous No.15063919]

>>15063901
Sir, my pizza is 20 minutes late.

[Anonymous No.15063928]

>>15063901
go back.

[Anonymous No.15063971]

>>15063901
so it's all about skulls and jaws?

[Anonymous No.15063981]

>>15063901
it's caused by the disassociation and confusion produced by them believing that they don't have selves (which wasn't even taught by Buddha ironically enough but I digress)

[Anonymous No.15064036]

>>15063901
buddhists are crypto edgy nietzschean atheists and hindus are crypto buddhists

[Anonymous No.15064040]

>>15063901
Because middle class white trash bastardize Buddhism on their desperate search for anything capable of giving any semblance of meaning to their wageslave lives.

[Anonymous No.15064321]

Because redditors and chantards are pricks

[Anonymous No.15064619]

Anyone who has discovered the path to enlightenment understands that browsing 4chan and reddit does not help achieve that

[Anonymous No.15064642]

Because they are either this guy >>15063919 or have only read into the subject so they can synthesize some sort of identity which they conceived before engaging with the ideas in the texts. An identity is fundamentally meaningless and terribly fragile when removed from it's vacuum so anons struggle over each other to prove themselves the most unique (chan) or most luke warm (Reddit). Meanwhile, the actual concepts of Buddhism, likeost spiritual endeavors, require the utmost persistent and dedicated discipline, and absolute adopting of the practice. It is formed from the inside out, but anons try to form it from the outside in, prioritizing their image of a Buddhist before anything else.

[Anonymous No.15064660]

>>15064040
>on their desperate search for anything capable of giving any semblance of meaning to their wageslave lives
those are the stoics

[Anonymous No.15064824]

>>15063901
probably because most enlightened people probably aren't posting on reddit and /lit/

[Anonymous No.15065381]

>>15063901
because they're developing schizophrenia trying to espouse Buddhist beliefs while living american lifestyles

[Anonymous No.15065400]

>>15064660
Other than a few techbros, nobody read the Stoics. And the Stoic lifestyle is pretty different from the "modern liberal lifestyle".

[Anonymous No.15065407]

>>15063901
I don't know about r/buddhism, but it's a religion designed fot male Kshatriyas, i.e. man who desire to kill enemies, conquer adversitied etc, so that's why true Buddhists are very violent individuals

[Anonymous No.15065484]

>>15065407
>but it's a religion designed fot male Kshatriyas, i.e. man who desire to kill enemies, conquer adversitied
sauce

[Anonymous No.15065514]

>>15065484
The Dhammapada

[Anonymous No.15065552]

>>15065514
Which version should I read? Because I've read a short version of it(Penguin Little Black Classics) and I don't remember there being any warrioresque in it.

Got any quotes?

[Anonymous No.15065662]

>>15065407
That's the biggest cope ever, Buddha preached non-violence and compassion, just become a Hindu if you want a religion with testosterone

[Anonymous No.15065674]

>>15065662
You never understood Buddha.
>Better to die in battle than live in defeat.
These are His words.

[Anonymous No.15065736]

>>15063901
Probably a combination of the impact of anonymity on human behavior online, Buddhism's negatively-framed teachings and the subsequent impact on confused individuals, along with surface-level misunderstandings of concepts that serve to fill a void of tenuous identity so very common in the human condition.

Add a liberal sprinkling of dunning kruger and you have lots of people figuring out what good intentions are by trying to be the first crab to pull the others down from the edge of the bucket.

Of course, if you withdraw your projections, you will understand it is not they who are pedantic and angry, it is only yourself.

[Anonymous No.15065746]

>>15065484
The Doctrine of Awakening

[Anonymous No.15065971]

>>15065674
Doesn't involve killing enemies.
>>15065746
So, no source?

[Anonymous No.15065984]

>>15063901
I guess most people would get bitter if most people you met fundamentally misunderstood what you believe and think you're a LARPer.

[Anonymous No.15065999]

>>15063901
just like stoics are all plagued with anger issues

[Anonymous No.15066011]

>>15065746
It's unfortunate that you tell people in every thread that Buddhism is a warrior religion but you can literally never back it up. Why not just get your act together and start writing some of the arguments down?

[Anonymous No.15066027]

>>15064660
That's everyone anon.
Companies and society sell meditation, eastern philosopies and whatever else to workers as a way of keeping them docile.

[Anonymous No.15066085]

>>15065999
This is Chancellor Greg Sandler, BA, MA, PhD, and a BMF besides. I do NOT HAVE AN ANGER PROBLEM YOU LITTLE PUNK!

[Anonymous No.15066111]

>>15066027
what about Islamic fundamentalism
checkmate atheists

[Anonymous No.15066127]

>>15066111
We are talking modern, civilized, societies. Even then, westerns have started practicing islam also.

[Anonymous No.15066168]

>>15063901
What do you mean op? Give examples

[Anonymous No.15066201]

>>15063901
You could have just asked why redditors and anons are angry.

[Anonymous No.15066254]

>>15063901
>Why are Buddhists on r/buddhism... so angry

The reason reddit buddhists are angry is that they were the standard western secular woke buddhists until a couple of actual asian turned up and started berating everyone for secularising their religion and claiming appropriation. That made the whites angry but they cant shout at minorities so their impotence shines through on everyone else.

[Anonymous No.15066425]

Does anyone know any actual good Buddhist discussions?