God, dont let me lose my mind….
Confucius’s fundamental idea was “ren\jin” 仁 – humanity, kindness. And its essence is that you need to think of others more than of yourself. This resonated with me, and I remembered the words of one christian monk: that you should do good without expecting gratitude from people, that you should do good not for the sake of thanks, but for God, and God\Karma will repay you.
I’m studying ancient philosophy now. It’s interesting that in the 5th-4th centuries BCE, ideas that would later appear in world religions and political systems had already been articulated.
For example, Plato’s idea of the Demiurge as a creator is quite close to the biblical narrative – in both a man was first created after a women. He also had his own version of a socialist system, according to which the ruling class (philosophers and warriors) should own no property, money, or families – neither men nor women. The lower classes, however, may have all these things.
It’s also interesting that Pythagoras believed in reincarnation and was a vegetarian for that reason. The first recorded idea of saṃsāra and karma appeared in Upanishads in India earlier, in the 8th century BCE.
It’s also worth noting that the Christian ethic of humility was preceded by the ideas of the Stoics, who taught that an ascetic life elevates the spirit.
In short, the Buddha Gautama said that the Dhamma (the teaching) has always existed, and the role of past and future Buddhas is to rediscover the eternal teaching for people who have forgotten it.
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.” Tao Te Ching
| To be average. To live without meaning and still wake up on time. To wear a comedy mask while rehearsing a tragedy no one bought tickets for. In the morning you catch a thought – blurred, anxious, unfinished. A thought about emptiness. A thought that maybe nothing was ever supposed to mean anything. In this ordinary reality, this awkward, almost ridiculous world, you give up the idea of being unique. You repeat Newton’s laws out loud, forces applied to a body, as if physics could explain why the body keeps moving when the will does not. You imagine shifting a proton, changing coordinates, altering something fundamental – just enough to escape your own limits. The limits of flesh. The limits of a brain that feels separate, like it’s lying somewhere in a glass jar, connected to electrodes, observing you from a distance. And still this absurd sorrow floating in a cloudy solution does not become smaller. As if it always belonged here. As if it was never a mistake – just another fragment of the story. *** We’ll meet there, and see how fear Has seeped through cracks in the concrete floor. We’ll meet there, and watch it clear – Those thoughts that I will die once more. | Быть посредственностью Жить в бессмысленности Ходить в маске комедии Играть героя трагедии С утра поймать себя на мысли На мысли смазанной и тревожной На мысли об отсутствии смысла На мысли, что кажется невозможной В этой банальной реальности Такого смешного, нелепого мира Отказавшись от уникальности Долго бродить по квартире Повторяя законы Ньютона О силах приложенных к телу Изменить координату протона Подойти к своему пределу К пределу возможностей тела И мозга, что кажется отделенным Что лежит, похоже, в банке Подключенный к электродам Но, от этого абсурдное горе Плавающее в мутном растворе Не кажется сильно меньше Но, кажется частью истории *** Мы встретимся там, и увидим, как страх Просочился сквозь щели в бетонном полу Мы встретимся там и увидим, как в прах Рассыпаются мысли о том, что умру Nastya Kalinina https://t.me/metaphysic_intoxication |
I found some gaps in Buddhism.
The Buddha refused to answer two questions:
He said the first question is not useful for practice,
and the second one is beyond human understanding of beginning and end – like a singularity outside time.
Because of this, it doesn’t really work to say that nirvana is the beginning of samsara.
It’s unclear how a perfectly enlightened being, who has reached nirvana, could suddenly produce initial karma that starts samsara (the wheel of rebirth).
Also, the word “eternal” feels strange.
“Forever” doesn’t really exist – never forever, keep the beat.
