Comment on Anon seeks enlightenment
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 6 months agoAs heartening and insightful as this story might be, I find it difficult to imagine that someone with this much hate would at the same possess enough composure to state his problem clearly, take part in the Buddha’s spiel about it, and then not punch him in the face at the end.
And I’m not suggesting that this would be a better outcome by any means, rather, that stories like this are sadly sometimes woefully inadequate to deal with the amount of anger and rage that continues to pervade modern society.
0xD@infosec.pub 6 months ago
You’re missing the point. This is about the Buddha not accepting the hate and thus not being frustrated over it.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 6 months ago
No I get that. I’m just saying in a real life situation, the other guy might not give a damn about whether you accept his hate and let you have it anyways.
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
That doesn’t matter, Buddha DGAF
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I mean, there IS the story of Angulimala, a vicious murderer who had already slain 999 victims and was looking to make it a round thousand when he ran into the Buddha, but try as he might, he could not catch up to him, even though the Buddha was walking calmly.
So clearly, he does indeed NGAF because he is in possession of some mysterious force powers likely reserved only for the enlightened, but what is an average person to do in such a situation?