why do you think the third commandment is ignored so fervently

it's popular to ignore it

a mere thought is a graven image

Sorry, my mistake. It wasn't Kohei, it was SOHEI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dhei

I'm excited to see the metanarrative of Swaraj unfold in India.

The Sohei were legit fucking chads

Reminds me of the early formation of the US.

let alone a fucking **shrine**

Actually buddhism is much more of a self centered belief system.
It’s not about alleviating the suffering and impurity of others. It’s about doing that for yourself.
So you can mediate and eventually achieve nirvana.

blah blah

@Scale_e I have read mentions from individuals who've red the hard material

It’s kind of the pinnacle of selfishness.

what is wrong with selfishness?

Enlightening the masses so they can achieve Nirvana is more of the job of the Bodhisattvas (and the various Buddhas, too) IIRC

According to Buddha, nothing.🤷‍♂️

Is love the most self-less or self-ish

Buddha gave up the enlightened god-state in order to return to the world to help others try do the same

Ya well, you can always argue selfless people are really being selfish

depends on context

well, think about it for a second

You can be selfishly selfless

two true statements: 1)Hardest thing is to watch the one you love, love another. 2) Love is running into a buring buildning withno thought to yourself

Just me that finds it odd how much women like horses

@HunDread And here’s where you get into the weeds. There’s a bunch of different Buddhist sects that differ on this stuff.

Yes

these are contradictory at first glance

Is it a sexual dominance thing

@Scale_e there's always different sects that focus on different specifics

BUT no if you consider that when you love someone, they become apart of you

so the thought of losing them is like asking you to disconeect an arm or a foot

I just find it sad that the only differences mentioned in Christian sects are fundamentally methodological in terms of the rituals happening in the Church as a building.

most of us would rather be dead that cut off a limb

thus, love is the most self-ISH

Or whether all or only some of the apostles are given due attention.

This exists

Religions can break themselves because of the many individuals that contributed to building them.

It's the entire wizard of Oz sorry

Story

In juggalo form

It's the worst and the best