So, I'm a Buddhist now.

Re: So, I'm a Buddhist now.

Postby Despanan » Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:02 pm

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

Contrast the Buddhist "Ten World's" with Maslows Expanded hierarchy of needs! It's largely the same thing!

Maslow even talks about the two kinds of happiness and the highest levels of transcendent needs correspond with the realm of Bodhisattva and Buddha.

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Re: So, I'm a Buddhist now.

Postby Agent » Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:02 pm

I guess no one ever said that Buddhism wasn't partially common sense.
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Re: So, I'm a Buddhist now.

Postby Despanan » Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:30 pm

That's one of the things I think is so cool about it - alot of it is really practical, real-world advice for living a happy life, just expressed spiritually.

This explains why there's so much emphasis on attaining enlightenment through the path of the Bodhisattva: by focusing your efforts on helping others it puts you firmly on the path to fulfilling your highest transcendental needs.

What's also cool is alot of buddhist stuff lines up pretty closely with many aspects of Jungian psychology. I've heard Buddhists call Jung a "buddhist without knowing it".
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