Buddhism

Buddha

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 promises nothing, but actually fulfills, in contrast to Christianity which promises everything, but fulfills nothing.

remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing, but actually fulfills... Christianity promises everything, but fulfills nothing.

is not to be studied for the sake of oneself, rather, in the study of Buddhism, one must renounce body and mind and offer them to the great sea of Buddhism.

Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of Buddhism. The key to this is to renounce both body and mind without holding anything back and to offer them to the great sea of Buddhism. Dogen

is synonymous with decadence and escapism such that the buddha himself is a prophet who wrongheadedly denies the worth of empirical reality in pursuit of spiritual deliverance.

For Nietzsche, Buddhism as understood in nineteenth-century Europe was also, paradoxically, synonymous with 'decadence.' To disregard his criticisms of Buddhism, then, would be to ignore what he was trying to fight against, namely, the 'escapism' that characterises a literature and an era in which the Buddha is ambivalently represented as a prophet denying the worth of empirical reality in pursuit of spiritual deliverance. Notwithstanding the superficiality of this representation, Nietzsche had felt its impact in intensifying the agnosticism and materialism of his day.

is not a practice that promises to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will always feel unfulfilled. There is no problem with feeling unfulfilled.

Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will always feel unfulfilled. There is no problem with feeling unfulfilled. In fact, if you learn to see it the right way, that very lack of fulfillment is the greatest thing you can ever experience.' This is the realistic outlook.

is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.

Buddhism is a heresy on Hinduism. It was Hinduism that did the dirty work for Buddhism, by the time Buddha came along priest-craft was an ancient tradition in India.

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