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A friendly reminder to keep your practice of spirituality, regardless of wherever you may find yourself in life at this point and later.
Through the good and bad, prosperity and despair. Dont forget your sacred commitment to the divine, prayer, offerings and contemplation will carry you through.
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As promised, I would elaborate on my thoughts regarding the subject of Paganism.
I know what you think, I think that way too. A lot of reconstructionist efforts are goofy asf and let their understanding of the ancient religions be influenced by contemporary ideologies, individualist mindset and abrahamism as their reference for understanding religion.
However, fractured as it may be. Paganism can have a future should a solid group of people gather and revitalise what is left, paganism now shouldn't be reenactment of the iron age or the mediterranean bronze age etc.
Now to the main point, yes, paganism is a materialistic form of religion. We are however material bodies, in a material world with material needs. And very few have the karma to pursue a path that transcends religiosity that is concerned with making good material conditions, or elevating such in their view as supreme.
Even in the darkest places, we claim our right to act. There are no forbidden lands, no lost causes, no irredeemable beings.
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Bruh... Is Shrek a tantric practitioner? ๐ณ
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Certain actors make these silly statements as well about my faith, Vajrayana Buddhism.
"The Phurba is Bรถnpo in origin!!!!"
"Vajrakilaya is a shamanic spirit in origin!!!"
Ok sure, some of these things might trace their origin to the Bรถn religion. But they have been transformed to act as vehicles for supreme awakening instead of just accomplishing worldly ends.
They have been fundamentally transformed for Buddhist ends.
No one, absolutely no one:
Pagans: ACTUALLY, DOORS ARE PAGAN IN ORIGIN!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS PAGAN?
ROADS!!!
Predeterminism is fake and gay, so is the idea of Tabula rasa.
Free will is real, you are responsible for everything you experience.
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Which one are you?
Serpent Kvltist or Eagle worshipper?
At long last, OC
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It is impossible for the atheist to come to any other conclusion than materialistic nihilism.
It would be a contradiction to have it any other way as the result of atheism, and yet atheists believe in such things as social rules and boundaries, that some things are right and others wrong. When in reality, such things would bear no meaning in a world that only operates on material mechanic causality.
The issue with atheism is not about being a "non-believer" or whatever, atheism is a evil because it reduces the world to only be material, and that consequences of your actions in such a world could only be material or social.
Cannibalize secularists
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If you like Christianity so much, then I suggest you try following the most popular Christian tradition of all: converting to Atheism
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Hot take: Conan the Barbarian was on his way to Enlightenment.
"I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content."
"In short, attaining and bringing to completion all the bodhisattva deeds, and, likewise, attaining and bringing to completion the perfections, levels, forbearances, concentrations, superknowledges, retentions of teachings heard, dedications, aspirational prayers, confidence to speak, and all the qualities of a buddha are contingent upon the guru. The guru is the root from which they arise. The guru is the source and creator from which they are produced. The guru increases them. They depend upon the guru. The guru is their cause."
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No, I don't believe paganism to be an appropriate vehicle for enlightenment. Spiritual insight and realizations? Sure, but that is not synonymous with supreme awakening.
This is just a matter of perspective however, as I'm first and foremost a Buddhist; I will put the doctrine, the Buddhas and all of those gone to bliss on the top of my hierarchy.
Btw, why are RW pagans having an issue with Platonism? This is some infiltration bs conflict to cause division.
There are no issues to be found, all European faiths are valid.
(In extension Egyptian, Vedic, Aztec-Maya religion etc)
Do not mourn the dead. Mourn the living who still believe they are alive.
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My opinion regarding Paganism has changed quite a bit. In its current state it suffers from being fragmentary, having illegitimate authorities, individualism and more.
Stay tuned!
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Ok, sure. Christianity as a formal religion developed in a culturally European environment, so it's not that big of a stretch to assume that elements of Paganism made it's way into the image of Christ and the religion as a whole.
But in defense of Christians, can't they have something that's just their own? I'm under the impression that anytime elements of Christianity comes to the surface that are not a part of the mainstream religion; some pagans are quick to assume that it's pagan in origin, which it could be sure. But whatever paganism that was has been transformed for ends and purposes to further the Christian story and message.
Did people shake hands before Christianity? Did we drink water before Christianity?
"If, incidentally, you accumulate the collections and purify the obstructions, make requests to the deities and your guru, and contemplate insistently with perseverance, then even that which you think will not come about for a hundred years will come about effortlessly, for conditioned things do not remain static."
- Dรถlpopa
In other words; do your practice and the results will come.
You can have a kiss on the forehead and hold hands.
And still be dark, distant and mysterious.
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People often ask โwhy do the Buddhist Yidams not have extensive lore and mythologyโ
We all love to read the stories, because we want to externalize these deities, see them as other.
But when you take initiation, you are reborn as the deity.
Or more accurately, you are introduced to something thatโs always been there, you just werenโt aware of it.
So whatโs their story?
Itโs your story.
Their story is in the conquering of the malignant form inside of you, and you emerging reborn, as the enlightened version of that old malignancy.
Itโs you bruh
I wish for success in my financial ventures, please bless me with wealth. I don't want to wagie cuck to provide for my family, but would realy prefer to free beings from the suffering of this serfdom.
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The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
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Kill Rationalism, behead Rationalism, roundhouse kick Rationalism with the Hammer of Nagarjuna, throw Rationalists into the Stream of Non-Returning, Enlighten Rationalism, De-construct Rationalism, Thrust the Spear of One-Pointed Dharmadhatu Wisdom into the chest of Rationalists
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Can fully enlightened beings have a kiss on the forehead and hold hands?
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The Dvality of Man ๐ฟ๐ฒ
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Varna or caste only makes sense if you live up to the duties of your Varna. Otherwise you're no better than the Hebrew if you think you're special by the merit of your birth.
The same can be said if you think you're special for being "The White Aryan Race" but you're a white trash loser with no virtues or discipline.
If your interest in ancient paganism is purely political, then the discovery of actions that are immoral by modern standards is sure to offend. Lefty pagans try to downplay the folkishness and the homophobia, while right wing pagans try to deny the unusual sexual practices of the ancient world.
The past is a foreign country and you might not like everything you see there.