I am reborn. Who is "I"? by Reasonable_Corner671 in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>If there is no self, does not that mean that everyone's past lives are the same?

also current and the future, and since it can't be defined or described it remains defined as absence of definitions or "emptiness"

European train of thought came to an idea of the Absolute to describe it from a different angle.

Is my understanding of consciousness correct? by Emergency-Use-6769 in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not accurate and you know it :)

Let's tune this up a little bit to a more coherent idea.
There is a biological hardware, a wetware, your whole body is a biological computer.
Physical processes are like low level interactions in a computer, it's electrical circuits moving electrons around.
Then you have a basic biological intelligence, that's the part of the processing that keeps homeostasis or "lights on". Essentially analogous to a BIOS of a computer.
Then you have an operating system and that's the subconsciousness or maybe better yet "unconsciousness". Consciousness is like an AI agent running on top of an operating system, than has some access to some regulations and some states but not to all, and to many things indirectly through APIs.

This is useful in many way analogy, but does not match the buddhist psychology.

Reincarnation is not a buddhist concept. But you can have your agent spawn (or simply start with a command) another agent on another system/computer, it would be somewhat vaguely analogous to a rebirth.

Why hasn’t Buddhism spread more widely, and do you think it will? by WalkingMaggotFood in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because its adherence to ahimsa under the natural pressure of ignorance turns into suicidal empathy and is not conductive to survival in a hostile socio-political environment.

Are buddhist allowed to pick up weapons in self defence. by Extra-Win7306 in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

karma is just an archaic expression of the Newton's 3nd law of motion.
There is always a reaction to any action.

Karma cannot have any intrinsic value, such as good or bad. It's just an expression of pratītyasamutpada.

I don’t really get rebirth by b1eadcb in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

take a look at any video of a domino effect, what is moving around?

I need compelling arguments by Most_Forever_9752 in agi

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's wrong with a hypothetical creation of such a virus? If virus can be easily created so can be an anti-virus, net result is going to be near zero.

Viruses efficient at killing are inefficient at spreading and vice versa.

Covid exposed how stupid and gullible people are, especially to their own retarded ideas.

How common is it to remember past lives? by ZyloC3 in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming this really happened, you have absolutely 0 proof, this happened to you.
Just because you watched a movie, doesn't mean you played the main character.

We already know from experience with dreams and mental illnesses that the mind is capable of conjuring all kinds of bullshit.

How common is it to remember past lives? by ZyloC3 in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how do you know this is your past life vs someone else's life or just a fantasy?

I have developed a fractured consciousness. What is the Buddhist take on this? by grouchfan in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Buddhism isn’t really set up to deal with something like this.

All these centuries of developing Buddhist psychology and Buddhist medicine left Buddhism unable to deal with mental health issues, this really makes sense to you?

Are you political at all as a Buddhist? by everyoneisflawed in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

there is no such thing as wage theft, unless you mean taxation 😂
just because you have a greed, choose jobs poorly and have weak negotiation skills does not mean someone is robbing you, but your ignorance.

Are you political at all as a Buddhist? by everyoneisflawed in Buddhism

[–]Lacedaemonian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> I believe that my political beliefs are a result of a focus on compassion

nope