Whatâs wrong with a little levity?
You have to be careful about rubbing the fundamentalists the wrong way. These guys might wind up getting â I donât know, a stern lecture, disapproving looks from across the room?
If it gets too out of hand, maybe someone will pencil âShintoâ at the bottom of their rice bowls.
Aw, come on, Buddhism; what happened to being the âcoolâ religion?
It started to get ruined in the 60âs and 70âs when our parents thought it would be pretty cool to start saying they were Buddhist without knowing thing one about the eightfold path and the other of the four noble truths. Basically it hasnât been cool since like 1973.
[quote=âpaxsimius, post:2, topic:51848, full:trueâ]Whatâs wrong with a little levity?[/quote]The levity is fine. Itâs the levitation that theyâre in trouble for. Outsiders arenât supposed to know about the true dark powers of Buddhism.
NO FUN IS ALLOWED except on Mandatory Fun Day
The Cat is Climbing Up the Post!
âIt takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friendsâ
A. Dumbledore
For context: In Thailand itâs pretty normal for teenagers, especially those from poorer families, to spend a few years as a monk. Itâs considered âmaking meritâ for themselves and the family, sort of earning celestial brownie points. It also scores you free room and board and a (predominantly religious) education to boot.
After a few years they go out and get real jobs and lives and families in the world, so this whole thing is on the level of âSchoolboys in amusing photo while wearing uniform, headmaster annoyedâ.
Itâs all very Golden Snidget bites man.
We need yogic flyers.
Isnât it pretty hypocritical to complain about people riding on sticks when itâs fairly clear that you have a stick up your ass thatâs of at least equivalent size?
Hey, itâs not like they went and rented a satellite dish so they could watch the World Cup.
As should anyone who is playing such a pointless, nonsensical âgameâ.
13 posts and nobody sniggering about quoting the NOB director in the Phuket news yet?
Allow me to be the first! Giggle, snigger, sniggerâŚ
They would have got away with it,
if there hadnât been a snitch.
well they arenât wrongâŚBuddhists arenât supposed to have funâŚthey are to be stoic and avoid desire and enjoyment and anything that makes life worth living so they can get enlightenment (but they must not WANT enlightenment or they will never get it) always been a sticking point with me when it comes to Buddhism is the idea that the source of all misery is desire (ok, iâm with you so far) so you must get rid of your desire (ok here you threw the baby out with the bathwater. may as well say âliving is the cause of all death so we must stop livingâ)
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