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Conditional-Sausage t1_jaurz78 wrote

Reply to comment by TheRoadsMustRoll in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal

Interestingly, this is very, very close to parts of the core Buddhist principles, known as the four noble truths. Buddhism also has a lot to say with regards to the illusion of the self (see: Anatman), in that it holds that there is no fixed, unchanging self, but rather a constantly fluctuating combination of five components known as the five aggregates. So any attachment to your ideas of yourself will cause you to suffer, because you will eventually change enough or arrive at the right circumstances to falsify that self-narrative.

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TheRoadsMustRoll t1_jawom1q wrote

>Buddhism also has a lot to say with regards to the illusion of the self

agreed.

and i find the reactions to the OP interesting from an allegorical standpoint: when the Buddha was under the tree seeking enlightenment he was constantly beset by jealous gods that didn't want to let him into their realm. they each plied their talents tempting him and challenging him to remain in the material world.

so here's the OP posting a little bit of truth with some Buddhist flavor to it and he is instantly barraged by people claiming that the self is all-important and that he doesn't know what he's talking about and that we shouldn't be trying for anything beyond sheer materialism.

so i guess Kali and Shiva et.al. have gone digital now lol.

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cutdownthere t1_javqtk4 wrote

I would say I see parallels to this and islam's concept "dunya".

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So_frickin_tasty t1_javzlj0 wrote

Islam incorporates a lot of other religious tenets. This is directly inspired by Buddhism, though typically this focus on mysticism is overlooked (or violently rejected in some cases).

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perldawg t1_javzqeq wrote

Jay Garfield has studied Buddhism for decades, so that certainly aligns

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LBGW_experiment t1_jawcwdc wrote

The article constantly references different Buddhist beliefs and the author is Chinese, so...

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