Are there any neat or comfy Buddha cartoons, /co/?
>>79171691
Isn't that Budai?
>>79171691
Gautama Buddha wasn't fat.
>>79171798
>>79171794
Budai is considered an incarnation of Buddha, particularly of Maitreya.
>>79171898
That's some retcon bullshit though.
It's /a/, but Saint Young Men is fantastic.
>>79171963
The Chinese ARE all about making knock offs.
There is more than one Buddha, there are billions.
>>79171691
Why do so many white hipsters convert to Buddhism?
>>79172035
Because Abrahamic religions are pretty retarded.
>>79172035
They dont. They say theyre going to, but never actually do.
The furthest they get is buying a budai statue and like one or two cheap dalai lama books.
>>79172099
Compare successful countries run by Christians, Jews, and Muslims to third world countries run by Buddhists
>>79172157
Those religions are much easier to build a solidified social structure around, sure, but that doesn't mean they inherently have any other merits over Buddhism.
>>79172157
Case in point.
Buddhism and Hinduism are like the closest to my personal beliefs... I'm not religious, but if I had a partner who was devoutly Buddhist, I'd probably convert if I felt it would help me find a sense of purpose and give me some peace of mind, as well as get closer to my partner.
But I'm a white American, so maybe it's just the exotic nature that attracts me and the jaded attitude toward Abrahamic religions that enforces that.
it's /a/ but it's One Punch Man
Think not? Think it's simple muh powerlevels?
He's unemployed and seeks actualization beyond existance: sounds a lot like Nirvana. He cares not about what super egoic pressures are put on him yet the show focused on these ridiculous pressures. He takes care of himself and carries a zen gait.
>>79172392
And he's bald
>>79172383
Buddhism and Hinduism have the best, most cohesive lore and backstories.
Abrahamic mythos doesn't even have top-tier golden age wackiness. It's just try-hard and derivative.
>>79172392
>picking something from /a/
>not Saints Young Men, where Buddha and Jesus are roommates
>>79171691
I'm watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnvzKrd9qh0
And so far Buddha's mom is a hardcore MILF
>>79171963
Yeah but all the best stories with Buddhism are crazy East Asian Bastardizations.
Without it, Buddha is just some reach sheltered asshole who sat under a tree after he learned people have harder lives.
Sid isn't flipping his shit on an OP monkey and turning his fist into a mountain.
>>79172439
>religion as comic books
I'm liking this idea. Religions are just comic books from thousands of years ago. Priests since then have just been a bunch of neckbeards arguing over what is and isn't canon, and preaching to/condeming to hell the normies.
>>79172499
Does anyone have the cap?
>>79172499
You're not entirely wrong.
>>79171691
Wander almost was. But then disney.
>>79172499
well, greco-roman and egyptian religions are yeah.
>>79171898
i thought that was hotei, a shinto god of luck and prosperity
>>79172975
It is. Hotei is the Japanese interpretation of the Chinese Budai.
I know this is not /a/ but there is a manga version of Buddha's story. sure some of the charters are OC but it still follows close to his read story, its a good read from Osamu Tezuka. you might know his stories from the original Astor boy. There are 8 volumes in total and a amazing read.
>>79172003
They really are. I think it was on BBC world news but I saw a report about Chinese knock offs. They showed counterfeit Harry potter books, such as Harry potter and the crystal ball, and Harry potter and tiger walk up to Dragon.
They counterfeit things that don't even exist.
>>79173686
This is what you're looking for, OP
>>79172157
Like that 3rd world shithole Japan?
>>79177814
They're not even real Buddhists. They're just Shinto and other folk religions dressed up in Buddhism.
Buddhism is sickening, its disgusting. Its literally just well-packaged nihilism.
You are literally trying to destroy your soul to stop reincarnating and wanting things as a buddhist.
>>79177857
Buddhism isn't a religion it's a philosophy
>>79178293
Nah. The goal is not cessation of desire but cessation of attachment. Middle Way and all that.
>>79178391
Depends on your definition of religion, but there are elements of faith and the supernatural, varying between different Buddhist traditions.
>>79177814
Buddhism has certainly had an impact on Japan, but I think other traditions have had more dominant influence. I certainly wouldn't say Japan is run by Buddhists.
>>79178293
>not drinking or doing drugs
>not being obsessed with shit
>not getting upset over dumb
>being kind to people
>destroying the soul
>>79178761
Buddhism is only religious when people are using it as a tool to control other people, which goes against Buddhism
Are there any neat or comfy Mohammed cartoons, /co/?
>>79178925
All new Ms. Marvel.
Buddhism is the indulgence of pure apathy.
It raises some decent points but in the end its just a way for people to rationalize living a life of complete inaction.
>>79179019
Sounds like what my friend and every other average mid-20s fucker is doing now. Fuckwad can't even think of concrete activities to do.
>>79172499
There was an entire /tg/ thread dedicated to the idea of pop culture becoming religious sects post-apocalypse.
>>79179033
With the internet and other factors the 2000s onward are basically dominated by a time of filthy statists elites and so many people have come to realize this and are bummed the fuck out, which is why hedonism and such is making the rounds again. we're due for a big collapse or at least a revolution in the west in the next 100 or so years, and the people in power are clamping the fuck down to prevent it and the little man on the street wise to this whole deal feels so detached from it all its the best he can manage to distract himself or embrace death.
At least thats my take on it.
Buddhism is just a codification of apathy and the cyclical nature of the world.
So the mainstream Hindu stuff, (mainstream, not the ascetic philosophy shit), is based entirely on psychedelic experience, right?
>>79178813
The end goal is still destroying your soul
>>79179109
In the west? Basically. Can't speak for the east other than uneducated savages being uneducated savages.
>>79178813
Don't forget not killing/eating animals.
>>79179129
Consciousness arises and imprinted upon the soul, however the soul itself is not a conscious thing, merely a collection of experiences much like a biography. You are not your soul, this life is all you have.
>>79172383
There are several Buddhist divisions
Also Abrahamic religions are as European as they are Asian
The problem is Western degenerates used Eastern spirituality as an excuse for their own egos, so they pretty much ruined it for anyone white
>>79172157
>Countries run by Muslims
>Good
>>79180393
technically speaking they're more Asian than Abraham religions are european since they're actually from Asia albeit from West Asia which is overlooked or thought apart from the rest of Asia.
>>79178293
Sounds perfect to me.
Why be attached to this fake reality and it's lures? You know it's not real, but it keeps your attention by feeling so real, by making you want and desire physical shit.
Ceasing to exist is the one true freedom.
I'm not even Buddhist.
>>79171963
>retcon
Not at all. He is A buddha, not THE buddha.
>>79172499
>>79179038
God damn it I thought this was a cool and unique idea I came up with. Oh, well.
>>79171691
Can Buddha beat Jesus? They both have reality warping powers but Buddha's done his on a wide scale in myths, while Jesus hasn't. But this is comparing Jesus the man versus Buddha the deity. Jesus Ascended would probably rekt any deity.
>>79179038
Religion is but a fandom with its own army.Originally it was about "natural"/"artifical" languages but pretty much applies here.
>>79180850
what is real, then?
>>79180993
I have no idea and that is the worst part, I'll probably never know.
Fuck, quantum physics pretty much proved that we perceive reality in an illusory manner for years now.
To keep reincarnating on this same system of of simulation for eternity sounds to me like the worst curse an individual could endure.
>>79180924
considering they both preach pacifism to the point of martyrdom, probably neither?
>>79173790
>They counterfeit things that don't even exist.
I remember an interview where it was explained that it's part of the mindset where they consider imitation flattery. A lot of people also consider it proof of their capability. "You think you're so great because you made XYZ? I can make XYZ too- and make it even better!"
Plus, they just don't have businesses being so up in arms about protecting their exclusive access to profits. Harry Potter fanfiction is a thing anyone can read online for free, but if someone tried making money off of it by publishing their own books, they'd just be sued out the ass. Shit barely even goes public domain anymore, because businesses make too much on legal wrangling to maintain copyrights that should have expired years ago.
>>79178293
>You are literally trying to destroy your soul to stop reincarnating and wanting things as a buddhist.
"Death of the soul" as most people would understand it loses a lot of its punch when you realize that it's supposed to be possible to achieve Nirvana while still alive.
You're not ceasing to be, as many would infer from "destroying the soul". You're just escaping the process of reincarnating into the world.
So in the context that most anyone else would actually understand, the "soul" continues, but just exists outside the world in a perfectly non-suffering state.
>>79171691
I love it when white people thinks that Buddhism have comfy materials.
>>79181427
Wait where did this happen?
I know they are a long way from the cushy Californians
>>79181472
Wtf, you don't know about this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c
>>79181472
South Vietnam. The monks were protesting President Diem's cruel anti-Buddhist regime.
But the entire practice was prevalent in any country with Buddhist cultural influences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation
>>79181414
Isn't it more accurate to say it's the death of the self? Not as in physical death, but killing your sense of ego?
>>79181497
Yes, it's fairly well known. Perhaps mainly from the RATM album cover
There was a guy from Israel who did a similar thing years back
>>79171691
It's /a/ more than anything, but Saint Young Men is pretty comfy. Jesus and Buddha decide to take a vacation in Japan, and comedy ensues.
>>79181497
>>79181472
To be fair, an heroing by showing total peace in a brutal death is comfier than how other religions try to achieve similar means.
>>79181559
Christians burn witches. Buddhists burn themselves.
>>79182063
early christians were crucified bruv
>>79182063
To be fair, Christians burn women whose property they want to steal. Not actual witches.
>>79182091
How is that relevant? A more apt comparison is their martyr fixation granted a good amount of martyrs were crucified including the two most famous and they were jews. But in a modern context Christians religious demonstrative suicide seems rare. That's more a muslim and Buddhist thing.
>>79172392
Yeah if you're going to go with /a/ it's more >>79172466 and of course Tezuka's Buddha (which Buddha reads in Saints Young Men because he's that much of a self-centered faggot).
