you say i twist your words into something else...Queequeg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:21 pmYeah. Bodhisattva Gordon Gecko. They have a temple dedicated to that one down on Wall Street. The problem was, he got arrested before he could give all that money away.
Show me someone who is actually living that, someone who gets rich just to give it away. That is fantasy.
Do you actually understand the mantras you have to chant to yourself to amp yourself up to be hedge funder? How narrow minded you have to be, ignoring all the ways you have to cheat to succeed? And the disgusting society of moms in yoga pants and bratty private school kids you create with that money? Nice dream.
And where did I suggest one would feel compelled to retreat into a cave? The extraordinary ones among us, yes. And I wish that the numbers who choose that path increase dramatically so that we can increase the chances that among them will emerge great teachers who will bring benefit to the world.just cause you understand sunyata does not make you want to enter a cave...and has nothing to do withorOnce you know this, its not possible to rouse the burning intent to acquire anymorefor me,both statements lead to a nihilistic view..and for me are depressing.Chanting for money and things loses its appeal once you start to see emptiness
"Hey, you can chant for anything! Would you like to come to a meeting?"
"You mean I can chant for money?"
"Yes!"
"I can chant for p****y?"
"Yes!"
"Sign me up!"
And then you have a little echo room of people sharing "experiences" about how they chanted for a car and got a Mercedes!
You know how many people I have watched over the decades who got sucked into that game, and then, decades later, when the "benefits" no longer made them happy, they found the practice disappointing?
sometimes it is because i misunderstood you. but in this case ..your way of talking about emptiness is off and nihilistic.
why you decide to give me a lecture on the outcome of money in the hands of wall streers and the like i have no idea..i just pointed out that one could redistribute it..personally i have always given away more than i have....for real...
Yeah. Bodhisattva Gordon Gecko. They have a temple dedicated to that one down on Wall Street. The problem was, he got arrested before he could give all that money away.
Show me someone who is actually living that, someone who gets rich just to give it away. That is fantasy.
the below quotes by you have nothing to do with how you describe what happens when you realize Sunyata...in fact they are misleading and dangerous for one trying to understand sunyata
Once you know this, its not possible to rouse the burning intent to acquire anymore.
No where does Lotus Buddhism ask one to enter the cave...that is a whole other practice..Chanting for money and things loses its appeal once you start to see emptiness
it would not work in Lotus Buddhism for it is a practice for oneself and others...simultaneously.
it is not something one does on their own...
as for the whole chant for stuff...
there is a thing in the Lotus sutra where it states you increase your fortune...that covers health, money, popularity, life span, personality, compassion, ability to help others....the list is endless....
so when you say
i used the word cave to describe your style ofAnd where did I suggest one would feel compelled to retreat into a cave? The extraordinary ones among us, yes. And I wish that the numbers who choose that path increase dramatically so that we can increase the chances that among them will emerge great teachers who will bring benefit to the world.
Once you know this, its not possible to rouse the burning intent to acquire anymore.
again the cave practice is for something else...there is never a time or place to practice Lotus Buddhism in a cave by yourself...Chanting for money and things loses its appeal once you start to see emptiness
i think your having a bad day Q for you seem off your best before date...