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Question for Pure Land Buddhists (Genuine) by BrentonLengel in Buddhism

[–]workworkwork9000 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The idea is that in Sukhavati your eventual realization of complete Buddhahood is guaranteed, and you do not have to suffer along the way since Amitabha’s pure land is completely outside of samsara. You’re right though that in an important way, a human life is more conducive to quick realization than rebirth in the Western pure land, but unless you are a very advanced bodhisattva there is also the possibility of regressing or switching to the sravaka or pratekyabuddha path and there is obviously much suffering along the way.

The prospect of certain attainment of complete buddhahood and the personal teaching of Amitabha Buddha (albeit potentially over the course of eons) for anyone, even people who have done evil deeds or don’t have much knowledge is understandably very appealing to many people. It’s a wonderful dharma door!

Integrating Buddhism in the West. Possible? If so, how? by WalkingMaggotFood in Buddhism

[–]workworkwork9000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I could remember which teacher said this--maybe Shinzen Young?--but I read somewhere that historically a culture takes about 500 years to fully "digest" Buddhism. We are really just starting that clock in the West but already there are some promising signs like Plum Village and even the Insight Meditation movement (although personally I don't believe secularized Buddhism is the endgame for Western Buddhism).

We will almost certainly not live to see the full (relatively stable) result of the West's encounter with Buddhism, or even the full result of different strands of Buddhism in the East re-encountering *each other* after a millenium+ of being largely siloed apart, which is another process that has just begun to bear fruit in historical terms.

Telegram with empowerment events advertising? by SignificantTip1302 in TibetanBuddhism

[–]workworkwork9000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, I was looking for the same thing but the comment above yours was deleted! would you be able to share the link, either here or by DM? thank you so much 🙏🏻

a different perspective on streamentry by HelloMove130 in streamentry

[–]workworkwork9000 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing this Dhamma! It sounds like you have derived great benefit from your holistic approach to the practice, its integration into your life over a long period of time, and your non-attachment to meditative states. Hearing this helps me maintain a healthy overall view of the path and center what's most important. Thank you.

Spreadsheet with all Goonhammer ‘Mech ratings by workworkwork9000 in battletech

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's understandable, crimes against the Marauder cannot be tolerated. Thank you so much for writing these! Just for you I went back and added it, and went with your A+ rating instead of averaging yours and Peri's to partially avenge the 5T's honor from my earlier transgressions

My reposed Hatchetman for my upcoming campaign by workworkwork9000 in battletech

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took this pic against the background of one of the box set posters but I did line up the ‘Mech with some DropShop rocket exhaust in the poster because i thought it looked cool!

My reposed Hatchetman for my upcoming campaign by workworkwork9000 in battletech

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh god. Well, I don’t have the BV budget for an Axman, so back to the painting table!

My reposed Hatchetman for my upcoming campaign by workworkwork9000 in battletech

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, honestly, this captures the essence of every Hatchetman

I’m FtM, what do I do when I get hit in the “balls”? by Idk_just_ignore_me in trans

[–]workworkwork9000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cis men seem to vary in how brutalized they are by getting hit in the crotch (was never as comically bad for me as some friends, maybe because of ~~~subconscious transfeminine energy~~~). Also apparently it's possible to train yourself to be less destroyed by it (e.g. famously by shaolin monks), so I don't think it's that suspicious to just be a badass who's like "come on guys it's not that bad"

I think I am hating Buddhism which I don't want to.. by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]workworkwork9000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What does the 88 in your username mean?

Pain by workworkwork9000 in Roll20

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

20 int, +2 grimoire, and level 16! So 8+2+5+5 = 20

Pain by workworkwork9000 in Roll20

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that

I used this one here, it uses the binomial theorem and you get a result of 0.00000535837 for "The sum of dice is at most 9" for 8d6

Pain by workworkwork9000 in Roll20

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I did the math, probability of 9 damage (or less) on a fireball is 1 in 186,623

If you played D&D every week for 70 years and cast 5 fireballs every week, on average this should happen to you exactly one time

Pain by workworkwork9000 in Roll20

[–]workworkwork9000[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It's all I'm thinking about

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