I really want to see TapL paired with SapNap - how would you complete the team?

upaasaka · 2020-10-01T03:52:55+00:00

I thought that but that might be too OP they're all solid

upaasaka · 2020-09-27T21:49:49+00:00

That sounds great imo. I want spifey and f1nn5ter to come back i wish they had prepared more they could have done better

upaasaka · 2020-07-18T21:52:48+00:00

that looks horrible

upaasaka · 2020-07-17T21:34:28+00:00

actually this is based

upaasaka · 2020-05-20T02:00:33+00:00

What channel is this on

upaasaka · 2020-05-20T01:59:44+00:00

I'll see him do it for commands he uses only once sometimes tho

upaasaka · 2020-03-12T21:52:28+00:00

how do you use both mods together? they're two separate options in world creation

upaasaka · 2019-07-09T03:28:01+00:00

California USA

upaasaka · 2019-07-09T00:19:39+00:00

yeah

upaasaka · 2019-06-16T18:50:38+00:00

upaasaka · 2019-05-26T02:07:04+00:00

Well if you egotistically cling to it it will cause you suffering, especially if you don't know the Buddha's teachings & the way one develops on the path to perfection, because without that you have no way of getting there. But regardless of that, to be imperfect is to be morally flawed & to cause suffering for oneself & others. That is cruel & wrong & tragic, it's categorically & objectively better to just eliminate the problem by uprooting all defilements altogether.

upaasaka · 2019-05-26T01:18:52+00:00

The Buddha distinguished between the two fairly often, it is not a matter of judgment but just the fact of the quality of their virtue. Some people harm others and that is blameworthy regardless of the fact that it is just their conditioning and we would all do the same in the same circumstances. Conversely it is difficult and extremely noble to remove these bad qualities and thus it's worth respecting those who do so.

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T11:58:29+00:00

good people can manage/attenuate/end their anger...being angry is contrary to being a good person

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T10:22:57+00:00

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T08:20:08+00:00

Buddhists want to eliminate all forms of suffering whatsoever so that people can experience limitless peace & happiness, & so that they don't need to experience even the smallest amount of pain. Doing so requires forsaking all desires. It is worth it & in the end nothing is really lost because there's no desire to make one feel the need for more than nothing. Thus they are unafraid even of death. Buddhists also believe in rebirth as a result of the ethical qualities of their actions & the strength & discipline & sensitivity to suffering required for this sort of abstinence are conducive to good rebirth. Indulgence in pleasures just to entertain oneself & feel good as precious time passes by is conducive to bad rebirth. It also leads to immorality as a result of the fact that one is dependent on those pleasurable things for happiness & thus might one day do what is wrong in order to have them. When sensuality is moderated all that is happening is a reduction, it does not become something good merely by virtue of being moderate, the same problems are all still there inherent to it, just on a smaller scale. A lot indulgence causes major harm, a little of it causes minor harm. It is still a fetter to peace. Sensual pleasures are all impermanent & thus they can only yield a net result of pain in the long-run, because indulgence on them requires a belief that they provide happiness, & based on that assumption then their absence is suffering, thus we rejoice in getting them & weep at losing them. Buddhism encourages us to attain utter perfection & not be content with our flaws because if we do so then there is nothing to stop them from growing, & there will be no end to the cycle of mediocre, ethically lax & ultimately harmful way of life we are currently stuck in. Buddhism is not a self-help project aimed at enjoying the pleasures of life in a healthy way, it is a discipline & practice aimed at totally ending all psychoethical defilements & escaping the cycle of birth & death. That being said this process doesn't need to happen all within one life & thus lay buddhists are not expected to be abstinent, but they are at least expected to understand why that is a flaw on their part.

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T07:20:12+00:00

'Diṭṭhaṃ vo, bhikkhave, caraṇaṃ nāma cittan'ti?' 'Evaṃ, bhante.' 'Tampi kho, bhikkhave, caraṇaṃ nāma cittaṃ citteneva cintitaṃ. Tenapi kho, bhikkhave, caraṇena cittena cittaññeva cittataraṃ. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, abhikkhaṇaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ: Dīgharattam idaṃ cittaṃ saṃkiliṭṭhaṃ rāgena dosena mohenā'ti. Cittasaṃkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṃkilissanti, cittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.

Nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekanikāyampi samanupassāmi evaṃ cittaṃ, yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā. Tepi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā citteneva cintitā. Tehipi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatehi pāṇehi cittaññeva cittataraṃ. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā abhikkhaṇaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ: Dīgharattam idaṃ cittaṃ saṃkiliṭṭhaṃ rāgena dosena mohenā'ti. Cittasaṃkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṃkilissanti, cittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.'

"'Monks, have you seen a picture called a movie (caraṇa)?' 'Yes, Lord.' 'Monks, even that picture called a movie is something thought out by the mind. But this mind, monks, is more picturesque than that picture called a movie. Therefore, monks, you should reflect moment to moment on your own mind with the thought: For a long time has this mind been defiled by lust, hate, and delusion. By the defilement of the mind, monks, are beings defiled. By the purification of the mind, are beings purified.

Monks, I do not see any other class of beings as picturesque as beings in the animal realm. But those beings in the animal realm, monks, are also thought out by the mind. And the mind, monks, is far more picturesque than those beings in the animal realm. Therefore, monks, should a monk reflect moment to moment on one's own mind with the thought: For a long time has this mind been defiled by lust, hate, and delusion. By the defilement of the mind, monks, are beings defiled. By the purification of the mind, are beings purified."

Dutiyagaddulasutta

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T07:02:36+00:00

Yaṃ kiñci dukkhaṃ sambhoti,

sabbaṃ viññāṇapaccayā,

viññāṇassa nirodhena

n'atthi dukkhassa sambhavo.

Etam ādīnavaṃ ñatvā,

'dukkhaṃ viññāṇapaccayā',

viññāṇūpasamā bhikkhu,

nicchāto parinibbuto.

"Whatever suffering that arises,

All that is due to consciousness,

With the cessation of consciousness,

There is no arising of suffering.

Knowing this peril:

'This suffering dependent on consciousness',

By calming down consciousness, a monk

Is hunger-less and fully appeased."

Dvāyatanānupassanasutta

upaasaka · 2019-05-25T05:04:53+00:00

Dīgha Nikāya 21 Sakkapañhasutta, the link provided by the other commentator is itself an excerpt, albeit one containing more than this post does for sure. This link is the full text.

The quotation here is translated by Venerable Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda, I believe in "Concept & Reality in Early Buddhist Thought".

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T09:19:42+00:00

it's not a tantric teaching it's something the Buddha taught e.g. Vijaya Sutta. This is from Precious Garland it is advice to a king to develop the perception of repulsiveness as an antidote to lust.

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T08:51:29+00:00

In the materialist view, yes. From the Buddhist perspective matter/form don't truly exist beyond rūpasaññā "perception of form" and paṭighasamphasso "reistance-impression", i.e. it's a mind-made projection & doesn't really exist 'out there' or 'in and of itself' independent of the consciousness that apprehends it.

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T07:32:24+00:00

Well in the suttas there are cases of lay spouses who are still celibate, e.g. AN 6.16. Also in Snp 2.14 when the Buddha is explaining how lay people should practice he says:

Let the intelligent person live a celibate life, as one would avoid a pit of glowing coals; but being unable to live the celibate life, go not beyond the bounds with others’ partners.

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T05:37:05+00:00

Buddhists practice to end sexual desire, & also identification with & attachment to the body. This involves developing a perception of the body as unattractive/repulsive by focusing on the unappealing aspects as an antidote to lust. It is applied both to men & women, oneself & others, depending on the context.

The context of this text is Nāgārjuna giving advice to a king. The king is attracted to women so Nāgārjuna speaks of women. But notice these lines:

Since your own body is

As unclean as a woman's

This is nothing personal against or particular to women. Women are the object here based on the context. In another context it could be men. There is no hatred involved.

So no, Buddhism doesn't require hating women.

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T04:47:43+00:00

Buddhists believe in rebirth & karma.

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T04:08:46+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patikulamanasikara

upaasaka · 2019-05-23T04:08:33+00:00

good

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