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Human, student, non-Buddhist Buddhist, intellectual masochist. Confident only of my own ignorance. Don't believe anything I say.

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    1. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      Anyway, for Buddhism specifically: I agree that suffering is a fundamental part of experience. Totally. Unequivocally. I don't agree that it's always a useful lens through which to *interpret* experience.

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    2. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      There are a lot of tremendously useful Buddhist techniques. Many parts of Buddhism are essentially improvements on (at the time) antiquated Hindu sutras. But that doesn't mean the metaphysics are very useful to people.

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    3. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      If we reference Finno-Ugric myth, we do find suffering as an ever-present concept. What else would you expect? These peopled lived in extremely harsh environs. Maybe 2% of us today would survive in the North of antiquity. It's a harsh place to live even today.

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    4. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      The entire cosmology, all the myths, all the stories, default to this harsh reality. When you die, you don't go to heaven. Your bones are ground to dust in the river of death. You may end up tormented there, as a shade, forever. There is no happy ending.

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    5. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      So what do you do? You don't overcome or surpass suffering. You simply get on with the day. You persevere, but not out of some mystical attainment - simply because that's the only option in the face of such a hopeless state of affairs.

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    6. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7

      And so suffering is a fact of life, yes. It's ugly, yes. But it's not worth obsessing over. You just do you, and do it as well as you can.

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    7. ru‏ @rubot Jul 7
      Replying to @Triquetrea

      One interpretation I once heard of the Mahayana ideal is that they know it's impossible ultimately. The Boddhisatva's mission cannot be completed. You do it anyway.

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    8. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7
      Replying to @rubot

      Okay - inserting some basic self-awareness - that's pretty close to how I live my own life, actually. It's also extremely perverse to inflict on others. My life has arguably been made much worse for it.

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    9. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7
      Replying to @Triquetrea @rubot

      Continuing my tipsiness-fuelled confession, I'm the sort of guy who can't let it go when I see someone else suffer. I get obsessive about that shit. That's a demonstrably terrible way to live life. I've not only harmed myself doing that, but often also the people I tried to help

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    10. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 7
      Replying to @Triquetrea @rubot

      Not just in Buddhism, but everywhere in life, the people who do the most harm to others are often the self-professed healers - those who believe they can "fix" others. Distancing myself from that identity is a work in progress. It's difficult, but probably worthwhile.

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      Failed Buddhist‏ @Failed_Buddhist Jul 7
      Replying to @Triquetrea @rubot

      This is why all of the actually good Buddhist teachers don't tend to teach at big centers. At IMS & Co., and virtually every spirituality book, you're sold the idea that the teacher/practice can help fix your reality. A real teacher would help you see that you're stuck with it.

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        2. Jason Snyder‏ @cognazor Jul 7
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Triquetrea @rubot

          Yes and no. My reality has improved dramatically in the last five years since I started meditation.

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        3. Jason Snyder‏ @cognazor Jul 7
          Replying to @cognazor @Failed_Buddhist and

          It’s not about fixing your reality, but instead, relating to it differently. As it happens this can result in a better reality as an epiphenomenon.

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        4. Sindre‏ @Triquetrea Jul 8
          Replying to @cognazor @Failed_Buddhist @rubot

          Yeah. As I got into in a really long discussion with @iwelsh here, I overstated this particular point. Not ground I feel like retreading today, but I think we agree on this. (In short, my issue is with the thrust of much of Buddhist philosphy. I know the techniques work.)

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        1. ru‏ @rubot Jul 7
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Triquetrea

          And of course, that you are stuck with this reality....

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        1. ru‏ @rubot Jul 7
          Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @Triquetrea

          My teacher stresses this all the time "you have to do it, I can just help provide the space for it to happen"

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