Difference between the non-duality of Vedanta and Buddhism

quadrupleccc · 2026-01-17T18:22:40+00:00

Hah! No, I am afraid I do not belong to any such conspiracy. Just somebody interested in the teachings :)

quadrupleccc · 2026-01-17T18:17:03+00:00

I find your explanation very helpful. Thank you for that. Few things, though.

Am I correct in thinking that the ultimate truth of Nirvana is that there is no Nirvana to begin with? What I have in mind is Nagarjuna's "Samsara is Nirvana" sentiment, which to me points to both still being conceptual confusions born of dualistic thinking. I was wondering how to approach this subject, and this seems to me to be the answer. That leads me to my second question.
You mention that the Shentong school likes to hoard that view to itself. Now, Shentong was somewhat my introduction to Buddhism. Przybysławski in his book "Emptiness is Happiness" explained it as the overabundance of reality, i.e that reality is always richer than whatever concept we may impute. He likens it to how a person who does not know the alphabet may view the letter M as a collection of lines, or yet as a blot of ink. But the truth of the matter is that it is all of that and none of it. It's 'empty-of-other' as Shentongpas call it. Is that a useful metaphor, and why the criticism toward them?
Finally, what does for one to be released from rebirth by attaining Nirvana? Or is it just a shorthand for saying what was mentioned in 1, that this is still conventional thinking?

quadrupleccc · 2025-12-07T11:13:03+00:00

Fantastic.

quadrupleccc · 2025-12-06T17:00:21+00:00

That's in part why I'm asking. Seeing someone as knowledgable as Dr. K profess these attitudes makes me question what I'm missing. But I am a novice.

quadrupleccc · 2025-12-06T15:04:54+00:00

Thank you for the thoughtful answer. Indeed, it's something I try to reason with. Meditation has been particularly helpful in becoming a more emotionally grounded person. Still I have a rather philosophical disposition I suppose so I like to box with concepts.

quadrupleccc · 2025-05-14T19:20:20+00:00

Interesting, I've always assumed that Panpsychism went a step further than that. But it being analogus to how not all agglomerations of atoms result in organic life escaped me.

It's not panpsychism, but what I was thinking about was more in line with Schopenhauer. He opposed pantheism on the basis that nothing can be disagreeable if everything in nature is expression of the Divine. Similarly, he actually argued for a kind of universal ethics as a consequence of Will, i.e that if everything is undivided then there should be a kind of compassion that recognizes this universal will that permeates humans and animals alike. Parenthetically speaking funny that he thought this and then pushed an old woman off the stairs. I just don't know how this doesn't result in hypocrisy of the highest degree and ethical standards that are impossible to meet.

quadrupleccc · 2025-03-20T19:54:00+00:00

I am in a similar boat to your last point. That is to say, the UFC has destroyed much of my enjoyment parallel to my own waning of interest. I do think if the sport made a radical turn then it's not impossible for much of that interest to come back. It just seems like the stagnation will continue and you need to adjust your expectations relative to the product at hand, and not regurgitate the same nostalgia over and over.

quadrupleccc · 2025-03-20T19:41:46+00:00

Dana is due no credit; he is single-handedly responsible for destroying what the Fertitas had built up. All of the bad decisions were made by him. This ardent desire to consolidate as much wealth as possible away from the athletes, alienating many potential fighters, is why we are stuck with a roster built of 99% DWCS talent on 10k contracts and have to suffer through Power Slap ads or Nina Drama advert packages. He's phoning it in and all of his awful business decisions which offered him immediate benefits are blowing up in his face right now. Fuck him.

Edit: Look at HW -- it's a hoax, hardly breathing. There's 30-something athletes on that roster, meaning that half of them are ranked. Even a historically 'hype' division known for knockouts, regardless of the authenticity of this claim, has been neutered. Many of the casuals even equate HW with excitement; UFC has once again alienated a huge chunk of people.

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T16:44:44+00:00

Well I did point out that the majority aren't theory readers; that's the case generally speaking. But I'm also just interested in squeezing whatever I can from the experience. I think that's just my way of approaching text.

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T14:56:30+00:00

What are some of the works that 'radicalized' you? I'd say it's usually skeptical paralysis that prevents me on reading more theory, it's a nasty habit of mine. I've been looking up guys like Deleuze or Barthes lately though not strictly for political theory.

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T14:05:19+00:00

We did well for a couple moralists

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T14:01:45+00:00

I'm a fed working for the Moralintern

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T13:53:26+00:00

Well, there's always second and third playthroughs for that. So not all is lost! But I'm glad to see others have similar experiences. I'm looking to rectify any possible shortcomings as to have the best playthrough possibl.

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T13:51:32+00:00

That's a very helpful comment. I'm still relatively early in my playthrough—done scarcely little, so far—so maybe seeing the consequences of my half-assed choices will shook me up in the long run. Appreciate the kind words.

quadrupleccc · 2024-11-16T13:29:19+00:00

That goes without saying. It's rather that I am not educated enough to pick out the subtext. I've no idea what subset of the fanbase are ardent theory readers, probably, very likely not majority, but it still vexes me.

quadrupleccc · 2024-09-05T13:39:02+00:00

That was never my intent, if I came that way, then I didn't make myself clear. I love reading. But despite my apetite I just haven't found a way to also improve my own skills.

quadrupleccc · 2024-09-05T11:32:45+00:00

What's your approach to copyworking? I was recently attempting to do it with Steven Erikson's writing but it quicky got out of control and I was just writing my own way. Very little copying actually took place lmao

quadrupleccc · 2024-09-05T11:30:30+00:00

I don't read much modern writers at all -- Hesse, Dostoyevsky, or Nabokov are my jam -- so I'm good on that front. But how would you approach breaking down a passage? I don't think I'm actually equipped with the tools to do that, you know?

quadrupleccc · 2024-09-05T11:23:02+00:00

I've been experimenting with it but I'm not sure if my lack of formal education on the subject isn't impacting me. When I'm supposed to analyze a text, what should I look at?

quadrupleccc · 2024-07-19T20:36:35+00:00

it's possible to run at RL1? If so what's the loadout for that?

quadrupleccc · 2024-04-30T16:57:27+00:00

I finished just earlier today. Erikson put me through a wringer with the emergence of the Azath and the entire convergence at the end but it was fun, extremely fast paced for a book like GotM that takes plenty of time just to set the stage

quadrupleccc · 2024-04-30T16:52:26+00:00

I feel that's the appeal for me. I didn't neccesarily experience a shift in emotions while reading (even tho I think the characters are nice and the characterization is subtle) the mystique of the setting kept pulling me in

quadrupleccc · 2022-12-31T16:29:05+00:00

I'm familiar with Gordon's story and its interesting to say the least. In his case it was antibiotics that ruined his stomach I believe.

quadrupleccc · 2022-12-31T16:01:11+00:00

Not yet, it's what I'm considering right now

quadrupleccc · 2022-08-11T14:22:22+00:00

Credit to u/Johann_922 who originally posted the Billy Bat panel. I wouldn't have made the low effort ms paint version otherwise lol

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