okay, i kid you not, the first hour and 45 minutes of class were spent talking about AN ANALOGY of buddhist ideas as seen in a zombie movie. probably not the best parallel but that's not the point. the point is, why the %^*($&)*# did we spend that much time on a fucking analogy?!?!
and why do we keep coming back to the same damn subject: thing=nothing. who cares that our minds don't quite get it? it's only because we are using very loaded words to discuss complicated, metaphysical and spiritual concepts. we may struggle with using the terms interchangably but that's due to our culture. our upbringing.
i really wish we would just use the "original" pali terms (or even sanskrt) so we wouldn't waste HOURS on word bullshit!!!!!!
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I feel there is a much deeper and very interesting conversation here. Like the broader concept that the culture has not only destroyed the ability to understand certain concepts, but has also destroyed the ability to define aspects of humanity. though, i agree, if you're gonna go to a class to discuss major discourse A, and then get stuck talking about things that are meaningless to the subject, then, ... wait... if its meaningless, then its nothing, then its something, then it has a greater meaning to the greater whole?
oh wait no, it was a waste of time.
:)
seriously, it was a good analogy. and could very easily have been a great conversation but it kept going back to: "but if zombies are the undead, doesn't that mean they can't built good karma...." OR " if zombies are in samsara (the term for everything NOT in nirvana) and the living are in samsara how are we different? we're not. we're the same"--->to which someone would reply: "but the zombies can't change but we can, so we're not the same".
the point is, in strictly Buddhist terms, the living and the dead are NO DIFFERENT. accept it, move on. new discussion. :::sigh:::
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