What does /pol/ think of Buddhism, is it the most redpilled religion?
I'm not religious but I'm spiritual and like Buddhism
>>73941587
buddhim isn't redpilled at all
>>73941587
This thread again...
>>73941587
Buddhism is the religion for retarded white liberals.
>>73941587
jelly dat girls bicep insertions
>>73941717
this
>>73941640
And this is how we know it. Had to make sure to let us know you were not religious first.
>>73941640
DUDE
>>73941587
Buddhism and Hinduism aren't redpilled but they are non violent
Buddhist art is Catholic tier except instead of being regal and baroque it's just straight up mind-blowing.
>>73941907
and I forgot my pic
Why is it redpilled? I think leftists are drawn to it's Eastern mysticism but the beliefs are just as fantastical as any other religion. I put it in the category of religions along with Judaism that escapes criticism from atheists because it's not an easy target like Islam or Christianity.
>>73941717
No, retarded white liberals like to think they're Buddhist because they do yoga but they have no true understanding of it.
>>73941587
moar feets nigga
>>73941640
>I'm not religious but I'm spiritual
>>73941849
DUDE??
>>73941587
Islam has Sufism and Judaism has Kabbalah. However it's too close to home so white people look East to something that's more "exotic" like Buddhism when the teachings are probably the same.
>>73941957
>atheists criticizing Islam
fucking kek
>>73941982
This, tons of white liberals think they are buddhist and give people wrong impressions of it in the west
>>73941587
its not a redpill or a bluepill its more of a philosophy that has no attachments with the political sphere
>>73941587
>There is nothing... but Chad's cock.
>>73941587
>redpill
>religion
You know what to do
>>73941992
Kinda difficult for your simple mind to understand that?
>>73941982
And retarded Buddhists think they are going to die and come back as a grasshopper but they have no true understanding of reality. ~fedora tipping intensifies~
>>73942182
>Buddhism
>religion
The Buddha was a poo-in-loo.
>>73941587
No. Buddhism hasn't done jack crap for the countries who have espoused it.
the ultimate redpill is about suffering
>>73942374
That's kind of the point. Nothing needs to be done.
>>73942424
Oh yeah. Good point homie.
>>73942260
>>73942131
>>73941982
>>73941907
>>73941717
>>73941640
>>73941992
Kenneth is cute AF
>>73941717
conservacunts like you knows nothing about buddhism. it´s not about false love and happiness and shit like hipsters and libtards show.
>>73942201
The point is it's new age garbage for people who believe in retarded ideas like "life force" bullshit so that they can feel all giddy and religious, but turn off their god when it bothers them or tries to make them act a certain way that makes them uncomfortable.
>>73942253
i`m Buddhist and i dont believe in reincarnation because it´s not so important in the core of knowledge, btw i`m practitioner of Zen Buddhism, no fancy shit, no yoga cunts, no veggie sissy, i fuck when i want it, i shit when i need, i eat when i want, plain simple, no gods, no prayers, only here and now.
>>73941587
Or the least redpilled. The epitome of ignorance is bliss.
>>73941587
Buddhism is great personally, though Christianity is fine for the masses, even though it's pretty silly
Buddhism is the true faith of the white man
The ancient greeks both adopted and influenced it in the hellenized era
Look it up
Buddhism is what upper class liberals like to pretend to believe in so they can feel morally superior despite being terrible people themselves
they think if they do some yoga and have some buddha statues around their house that suddenly makes them great people
>>73941587
Buddhism shouldn't even be called a religion.
Sure, there are people who make it a religion, by appeals to superstition and the supernatural.
But at it's very core, it is not a religion, but a philosophy and a way of viewing the world.
And to be honest, this philosophy the THE MOST red-pilled you can possibly get, when you get deep enough into it.
But it is something most westerners cannot appreciate, because the way westerners are conditioned to think is directly contradictory to the basic Buddhist/Hindu/Daoist premises.
Buddhism of course does attract hippies and pretentious douchebags, simply because it represents something foreign and exotic to white liberals who have been taught to hate their own people and culture.
But this should not cause you to dismiss what is ultimately a profound and liberating philosophy of life and reality.
/rant
>>73942374
it pacified Tibetans and Mongolians
China would probably be better off today to if the Communists didn't destroy it
>>73942735
Sounds like how most niggers live
It's shit, like every single other religion.
No, you will not be free if you don't X because of a man in the skies.
No, you will not be free if you do X instead of Y because of a sitting fat fuck.
No, you will not be free if you follow the teachings of a pedophile arabian idiot.
No, you will not achieve "highness" by doing anything that is or promotes self-sacrifice, moralitivism and other cultural bullshit.
The only acceptable path is the one with the Machine.
Only when mankind will drop its flesh body in favour of the supreme metal everyone will be actually free and eternal.
>>73942771
Practicing expanding your conciousness and becoming more one with your spiritual self is literally the antithesis of ignorance, it is quite blissful though.
>>73943357
Except you'll be dead long before this becomes an option so basically this is psychological masturbation.
Considering it's the fashionable go to for white women that want to feel whatever the fuck "spiritual" means while still being able to do Christmas and shit, I'm going to say no. Pic related probably was, but Buddhism seems to have gone through the same pussification process that Christianity did to make it more palatable to modern people, at least in the west. It'll be interesting to see how peaceful the Tibetans really are when hostilities with China continue to increase.
Most redpilled religion? Definitely Islam.
Acknowledges that to come up on top, you have to either submit to them, assimilate with them or drop dead.
>>73943624
THIS version of Buddhism I'm completely on board with. That guy's pimping.
>>73941587
Nihilism cult.
>>73943776
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaased Nietzche.
>>73941717
Sternberg ended up following Buddhism, and he was the most brutally violent and redpilled dictator in human history.
>>73943530
Probably, yes.
It doesn't matter.
Maybe it will take 3000 years, maybe even more.
Until then, wars will be fought. fauna extermination will continue, harvesting of this planet's resources will go on.
Humanity will probably mix and maybe even annihilate itself in the process.
But in the end, everyone will realize that our future in this universe is completely unexistant if we do not embrace the Machine.
Even the Dalai Lama itself agrees with me.
It is our ultimate goal as a species, to drop the flesh and embrace the eternal metal.
>>73943624
Those sandals
if you're talking about Nietzsche and your summary is: nihlism. You're functionally retarded and assgrabbing as bad as the lefties who also gobble up everything their professor said. Read ANYTHING by Nietzsche. He speculates on the greek gods and Christianity more than muh nihilism
>>73943908
Mexico must be a really boring place, huh buddy?
>>73943267
Enlightenment isn't as amazing profound and unachievable as average people think. Once attained, life goes back to normal. Nothing is any different but just your mindfulness and appreciation for the world around you.
>>73944514
Only a fool would prefer "inner peace" or "afterlife peace" when we can all be immortal through the Machine.
>>73941587
Nirvana is death.
Is that red pilled?
>>73944929
Nirvana is a recognition that there is no self, rendering "death" a meaningless construction of the ego.
>>73944589
Enlightenment is the opposite of this thread
>I'm too smart for church
>I'm too dumb to stop smoking pot
>I think I'm a poo in loo
Buddhism
>>73944929
That's essentially the same thing. The goal of Buddhism is to escape the cycle of reincarnation and let go of the self, with all of its worldly obsessions that lead to suffering. Once stripped of its Hindu cosmology Buddhism is essentially an anti-natalist death cult. Nirvana can only be truly achieved by death.
>>73945451
Oops why the fuck did I quote myself. Response to this: >>73945025
>>73945447
>I'm too smart for church
This is legit though... Go in a church, you will find idiots.
>I'm too dumb to stop smoking pot
buddhism has nothing to do with pot. I don't smoke pot.
>I think I'm a poo in loo
nah pretty sure I'm a white dude.
>>73941717
I kind of agree with this, but I don't like the harsh tone.
Thing is, Buddhism is seen by white liberals as a non-political religion. They also like Hinduism for the same reason. (Yes, I know both Hinduism and Buddhism are political as FUCK in certain countries, like India and Burma, but I'm talking in a Western context.)
These people seek to have some mystical beliefs and experiences, without going to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. These religions seem too charged and political.
In all honestly, Sufi Islam is actually pretty mystical and a lot more chill than the other sub sects.
I don't wanna sound mean to these people, but this guy makes a decent point. In fact, in the Simpsons, they had Lisa Simpson convert to Buddhism and I thought it was actually kind of perfect when I grew up to see what the buzz was all about.
Full dislosure, I'm Sikh so. I've looked into Buddhism and just found it too... uninspiring. Maybe I went into it looking for something which it never professed to offer, but I just never got comfortable with the whole, "Get ride of your desires." thing.
>>73941587
buddhism is literally the blue pill anal suppository
complete opposite of red
it is the ultraviolet pill
>>73945451
>let go of the self, with all of its worldly obsessions that lead to suffering
>essentially an anti-natalist death cult
I fail to see how these two are connected...
>Nirvana can only be truly achieved by death
Nonexistence cannot experience Nirvana, because nonexistence cannot experience anything.
Nirvana can only be experienced in life, because only life contains experience.
>>73942201
good on you for having the same outlook on life as a 16 year old girl
duuude spiritual but not religious
might as well fucking kill yourself if you are legitimately that retarded
>>73941587
There is a reason the Chinese government is more lenient upon Buddhism and more opposed to Taoism.
>>73945935
people can't have spirit or faith without organized religion?
ITT people who don't know anything about Buddhism, criticizing or praising a philosophy they know nothing about.
Also Buddhism is not a religion. The spirit and ancestor worship is done to satisfy culture and human frailty and are borrowed from Hinduism. Buddha never talked about worship of any kind.
>>73941587
Is no one gonna talk about the fucking alligator?
I thought I liked Buddhism, but there is too much old baggage, just like Christianity. I like Buddha and Christ, but not their old religions. Both religions were also adopted by the state and became violent shortly after.
Taoism is the shit though. Just absurdity and non-violence. Seek peace, look to nature, take it easy, the Tao is everywhere.
As it is concerned with removing ignorance and foolishness, I personally feel it is as redpilled and based a philosophy as can be. If you cut through the mythological bullshit, it concerned only with perceiving the true nature of reality moment to moment.
Dumb question but is Buddhism the same as the concept of Zen? If so it seems pretty cool, Zen is a nice concept that's about finding peace and embracing the chaos of the world.
>>73946063
They totally can. Humans are spiritual creatures, we love spirits, gods, entities, ghosts, mysticism, etc. Each of these things along with the "big questions" is up to the individual, not some ruling class of clerics.
Believe what you want and fuck everyone else - this is literally the beginning thought in every major religion.
>red pilled
I don't know what that means.
I'm totally neutral in religion but Buddhism doesn't blame anyone else for their problems. That's good enough for me.
Most states of religion and ideology are about nothing but blame. It's refreshing to see a portion of humanity that doesn't create any place of blame.
>>73946488
Zen is like an add-on that came in later when Buddhism made it to Japan. You can have one without the other.
k
ITT:
Weebs circle-jerking over what they imagine buddhism to be.
Stay special, snowflakes.
>religion
>red pilled
PICK ONE!
Taoism and the New Testement is the only religion you need. Greek and Roman Mythology is pretty cool though.
Buddhism with a little Daoism sprinkled on is the perfect way to go
Your actions have consequences + Some things just are they way they are and you can't fight them
Meditation is actually very good and more people should do it. Fuck all the chanting and incense and orange robes and shit. Don't be some douchebag white buddhist hippie fag
>Go to youtube
>Search Alan Watts
>listen to his shit on the Dao and on Buddhism
>Feelsenlightenedfam
Nietzsche said that it was the most "real" religion out there, because it teaches you to acknowledge and cope with suffering, versus building a fictitious world around you that only aids to your suffering.
I know nothing beyond that of Buddhism, but I trust Nietzsche cause he was one of the greatest minds to ever exist
>>73946050
I have long thought that Daoism is a secret redpill, an instruction manual for surviving psychopathically evil (or typically Chinese) governments.
>>73946675
I don't pretend to know what you are, but I want to ask. What are you? I'm not a Buddhist, but I like their principles. There's nothing wrong with the attempt to achieve inner-peace, nor should there ever be.
I guess it's alright--I think there are profound discoveries and meanings in all religions (except for Islam, personally) and you can see it in the genuine believers.
>>73941992
>Hasn't red any Carl Sagan.
feg
>>73946740
+1 for Alan Watts. I love "the potato speaks".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4nGuEVs-JA
Like every other thread on /pol/ I see no one is interested in any real discussion.
You talk shit about reddit but at least there are real discussions and back and forth debates there. Here people spam a response to OP and then abandon thread to spam another. Or shitpost...
Every post is useless here.
Buddhism has a lot of different types, the stereotypical hollywood kind is just plain buddhism, and is your typical religious mumbo jumbo scam for idiots
Other types like zen and taoism are more philosophy than anything else
Look up some alan watts lectures on youtube, good stuff
What is the philosophy/religion thats basically like "there is no beginning and no end" and shit like that? is that buddhist, zen, tao?
>>73947090
How so?
What useful discussion do you want? A dialogue is two people in speech. Don't be so obstinate just because you don't have an echo chamber.
>>73943924
Ah, the ol' Manlet-hancement device
>>73941875
>non violent
fuck no, they'll beat your ass like any other major religion it's just they demand you convert or die.
>>73941640
>I'm not religious but I'm spiritual
This is one of those statements that immediately identifies and idiot
>>73941992
>he thinks his institutionalized superstitions are canon
>>73946798
Buddist are more roll over and take it b/c we're all One, anyway.
If you must protest, set yourself on fire.
Taoists are more we are all One and therefore equal, all have a right to life and a right to defend that life.
>>73946740
I love you, anon! Thanks for Alan Watts.
>>73947090
>You talk shit about reddit but at least there are real discussions and back and forth debates there
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>>73947153
This.
I'm not a Buddhist but the Californian type really bothers me because they're not.
It's just convenient to them and it's rather pathetic.
Practicing Theravda Buddhist here.
Shits pretty chill and you learn to be a better being in the end, even without achieving enlightenment. Few realize what could be gained from a silent mind and a clear concious.
real Buddhism has more dogma then Catholic does.
All westerners know is something about karma and not having desire
>>73947966
I'm a naturalist but I don't consider it part of any religion. I hunt what I eat and I grow what I eat- if I can. I literally hunt with a bow (I'm native american so eh) and keep the skins. What I do is totally natural to me, and I live in a very dangerous part of north america.
I'd go with Buddhism but it feels way too natural to be what I am. I fish as much as I can too but I'm built to hunt.
>>73948130
>real Buddhism has more dogma then Catholic does
lol ur a moron
buddhists are notorious for being anti-dogma... they even burn their religious texts
>>73941655
Checked. Buddhism is a "religion" founded by a man who left his wife and child because he literally couldn't deal with his life.
It is a religion designed for niggers.
>>73941982
Yoga was invented in the 1950's anyway.
>>73948470
>they even burn their religious texts
Because the Lotus Sutra tells you that it's superior to all other sutras.
>>73948363
I understand. Not really hardcore myself with it either. It's true that it comes with a slew of dogmas and some contridictions, but you can't deny the natural cycle of life. Nature itself isn't evil.
>>73948363
How are you on the internet if you're in the middle of the wild? Why don't you just buy a goddamn gun?
>>73943267
Funny you say this :p
>>73949261
I have a lot of them.
Are you implying that I should just live in the wild with animal skins?
Most Native Americans would be conservatives if they had any idea who was protecting their rights.
>>73947558
>buddhism
>we are all one
Jesus.
>>73945823
Nonexistence cannot experience nonexistence.
>mind blown
>>73949677
No, I assumed since you only eat what you hunt/grow that you were living in the woods or something
>>73941587
Too many celebrities are into Buddhism for it to be redpilled.
>>73950000
We're not and we will never be.
Equality isn't real. If it was, it would have already happened.
Humans have no ability to create it.
>>73950088
I'm not a fucking mountain man. I only think it's useful to live without the grid. People lose their fucking minds when you don't go to trader joes or some shit whenever you can for their special on walnuts.
>>73950106
Yeah and too many niggers fuck your mom, but I liked her before she was cool.
>>73945025
>>73945451
The most thought provoking replies in the thread. Kinda scary concepts really.
>>73950196
On a deeper non cultural level. Aren't you apart of the same physical reality as everything?
>>73950478
Sure, but it's always how you choose to exist on that level.
>>73950661
Right, but all levels exist. Why not choose the deepest level and eliminate the falseness of differentiation?
>>73950319
This. Modern society and consumerism creates a unnatural dependency on a very fragile system. People are raised and taught to simply work and consume in a cycle that when broken produces disastrous results. It's like an infant being ripped from the tit of its provider: It will most likely die.
This is especially hard to deny in retrospect with past economic and environmental crisis.
>>73950774
Am I your husband or something?
For fucks sake, why are you splitting so many hairs?
Go yell at somebody that isn't me.
>>73950953
Sorry, tis habit
>>73941717
this
>>73950319
Oh. I thought you were living in a cabin in the middle of the woods or something. I've never heard of someone living 'normally' but still only eating what they hunt and grow.
>>73950804
Lol. That's a bit extreme, don't you think?
>>73941587
Good enough to inspire Hitler,good enough for me.
>>73941992
lol most bluepilled imagemacro response combo of the day
>>73942596
>"retarded ideas like "life force" "
>not understanding proton motive force processes occuring in mitochondrial structures
fag
>>73946560
>doesn't know what redpilled means
is this some kinda zen mode trolling?
>>73942596
Wtf is life force? Buddhist believe in consciousness of the moment. Wtf are you talking about, star wars? Foh
>>73941640
ITT: People not realizing this is from one of Daniel Tosh's stand up acts
>>73947966
>you learn to be a better being in the end, even without achieving enlightenment
Yeah, even if you choose not to subscribe to the dogmatic aspects and non-attachment, the Four Noble Truths are pretty good for daily life.
>>73943677
what is your problem?
I will behead you
Buddhism is the final redpill for all people that are done with this world, for people that see that life will be suffering for ever, because wanting something wordly like a gf, alot of money, always equals suffering, creates greed, greed creates hate and envy, which create wars and other kinds of really bad stuff.
Most buddhists just live in the mountain away from normies just not to get corrupted by the jews again
They even developed super powers
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/07/tibetan-monks-can-raise-the-temperature-of-their-skin-through-meditation/
