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David Chapman
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David Chapman

@Meaningness

Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. We're A Plague Ship Not A Coffin‏ @TristanSevers 30 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @Meaningness

      "Baron Von Killington" is comic.

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      It’s sort of awkward that my yidam (“tutelary deity”) has a row of skulls on her headdress #makesyouthinkpic.twitter.com/KVQhaaY2Nh

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    3. Arun Nanda‏ @arunnanda 30 Jan 2017
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      the tutelary deity also has severed heads of balding men on her trident...iconic!

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    4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      That’s called “the tantric joke,” technically. There’s three impaled heads, a freshly-severed one, a rotting one, & a bare skull…

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      which represent the trikaya, and the three wisdoms of clarity, bliss, and emptiness, respectively!

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    6. Arun Nanda‏ @arunnanda 30 Jan 2017
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      I find it hard to imagine how a rotting head symbolizes bliss...but thats tantra for me.

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      Well, it’s a joke :-) But, the logic is that the sambhogakaya, corresponding to bliss, is intermediate between nirmana- & dharma-

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    8. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      … just as a rotting head is halfway between freshly killed and a bare skull! (No accounting for tastes…)

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    9. Arun Nanda‏ @arunnanda 30 Jan 2017
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      they sure could use a little marketing finesse... but oddly enough, picturing rotting heads makes one rather pensive and somber

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @arunnanda

      I think that’s also part of the point. Horror and openness to suffering and the bliss of enlightenment are inseparable…

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 30 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @Meaningness @arunnanda

      I wrote about this at https://vividness.live/2012/08/22/charnel-ground/ … and https://vividness.live/2012/09/11/pure-land/ … (best read together!)

      10:09 PM - 30 Jan 2017
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        1. Arun Nanda‏ @arunnanda 30 Jan 2017
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          cheers! I'll check them both out!

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