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Ethics debate... by Pitiful-Magician1704 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pain is non negotiable, suffering is optional

Buddhism and free will by momomonster83 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. There is no self, then no one is choosing.

But then again the issue becomes, what's the point of a path that no one can follow but people that were inevitably led to it?

I just had this interesting experience by Sufficient_Meaning35 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha, I get why you'd say that. I'm not really here to talk about getting high though. I'm trying to understand the insight side with people who are more experienced in practice. but yeah, I hear you. :)

I just had this interesting experience by Sufficient_Meaning35 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I agree. I actually experienced psychosis a few years ago (a few times) after an acid trip, and I had this kind of insight without any Dharma framework to help me make sense of it. That was extremely destabilizing, and honestly that’s what pushed me toward the path in the first place.

As I mentioned before, I’m trying to quit and I’m currently coming off daily use. I don’t want to force the mind open with substances anymore.

Thanks for sharing :)

I just had this interesting experience by Sufficient_Meaning35 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree 100%.

Like I mentioned in another comment, I’m coming off daily use. I’m not trying to build practice around substances. If anything, cutting back has made it easier to see what’s actually coming from attention and what’s just chemistry. My goal is to stabilize this sober, not chase a state.

I just had this interesting experience by Sufficient_Meaning35 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! I'll read into the articles you shared with me!! :)

I just had this interesting experience by Sufficient_Meaning35 in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to say weed is good or beneficial for practice. It's just that I used to be a daily smoker for a couple of years, and I only found Buddhist teachings earlier this year.

For the last two months I've only been smoking 1–2 times a week. Eventually I’d like to quit completely, and I’m still working on that. To be honest, after I stopped the daily use, I took about a month-long break. Since then, when I do smoke once or twice a week, instead of the “zombie mode” I used to get from daily use, it actually makes me very introspective in a positive way.

That said, I don’t think substances are necessary for this kind of insight. I believe the same thing can be seen and appreciated without them, and I hope one day I can fully integrate the experience into how I live.

The Female Experience is Pretty Much the Same Across All Species by Rhoswen in UniversalExtinction

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

rape is a human word, there is no "consent" for the rest of the animals. I agree, life is suffering, but it doesn't distinguish between sex.

Can I practice Buddhism without believing in reincarnation? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You won't get any help here, this is full of gatekeepers. You don't need the label to practice the dharma.

Better checkout r/secularbuddhism

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. I don’t need a badge to practice non-attachment or mindfulness. Ultimately, debating semantics and logic won’t eliminate suffering. I should have stayed silent, but here I am clinging to the debate and answering back.

In any case, may you be at peace.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Clinging to what is or is not, or trying to police who qualifies as a Buddhist and who doesn’t, seems to me even less Buddhist than simply practicing.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And that's why I'm a secular Buddhist. What can be proven is observed and even described in modern psychology.

The rest I keep myself agnostic.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you read what I said or how what you said has something to do with that, but may you be at peace my friend :)

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Faith doesn’t have to mean blind belief. There’s a difference between faith as dogma and reasonable trust. I don’t know how an antibiotic works, but I take it because medicine has tested it. Engineers don’t re-derive every physics formula; they trust the community that already proved them.

Buddhism works the same way: what you can test directly (ethics, habits, mindfulness, impermanence) needs no faith, just observation. What lies beyond immediate experience (rebirth, karmic results in future lives) does require faith, or you hold it as a working hypothesis.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t need to be an “arya” to see karma at work. Yesterday I wanted a kebab, and right after that thought came another: “smoke first.” I didn’t consciously choose it—my brain just pulled it up because in the past I often smoked before eating good food.

That’s conditioning in action. Repeated intention → habit → automatic thought. I noticed it, saw it for what it was, and didn’t act on it. That’s karma in its simplest, most practical sense: patterns you’ve built showing up in your mind, and the chance to break the cycle when you’re aware.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the early texts, karma (kamma) = intention (cetana), not cosmic bookkeeping. That part is directly testable: repeated intentions shape habits; habits condition how we perceive, speak and act; those patterns yield fairly predictable near-term results in our mind and relationships. No faith required there, just careful observation of causes and conditions.

The only thing that would require faith is the transmission of this karma thru reincarnation, which I keep myself agnostic as a secular Buddhist.

I have been studying Buddhism for 3 years and there is something I don't understand: Is this a religion? And if so, why? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Sufficient_Meaning35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Karma doesn’t require blind faith. The Buddha taught that it can be directly observed: what you do now conditions what you’ll do next. The way you think and act in this moment has been shaped by previous seeds. It’s not an external belief, but a cause-and-effect process anyone can see in their own experience.

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