tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post7253876333332117960..comments2024-01-16T09:31:45.073-04:00Comments on Anderson Brown's Philosophy Blog: Buddhism and GuiltAnderson Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358008464457746997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-91651899910582999782011-08-17T20:07:45.601-04:002011-08-17T20:07:45.601-04:00For a Religion that is light on guilt, Buddhism su...For a Religion that is light on guilt, Buddhism sure has done a good job getting whole communities to feel utterly wretched and guilty and worthy of ostracism by reason of the 'wrong livelihood'of their ancestors.<br />True one can become a monk in a future life by slaving for the Abbot or building pogodas but. otherwise, not only are you guilty, the whole wheel of existence is there for no other purpose but to punish you.<br />Perhaps, instead of writing 'Buddhism says' you can select a specific Philosopher and quote him instead. <br />After all, there will always be bad apples in such a big religion and, for the great mass of people, big religions are case of convergent evolution in general just as good or bad as each other but with different spandrels and shibboleths.<br />I mean no offence to the pious by this comment.windwheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18099651877551933295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-78185462087894923492009-12-09T08:23:43.396-04:002009-12-09T08:23:43.396-04:00Dan, I very much appreciate your erudition, thanks...Dan, I very much appreciate your erudition, thanks. I don't see anything I disagree with in your comment. Guilt is a negative feeling, but we can't deal with all negative feelings in the same way, that is, by simply banishing them from our minds - a superficial notion of the function of meditation.Anderson Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358008464457746997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-76493191758900145072009-12-09T06:30:58.966-04:002009-12-09T06:30:58.966-04:00I think it's become a kind of 'cultural tr...I think it's become a kind of 'cultural truth' for cultures that are not Buddhist that guilt has no place in it. Certainly, in Abhidharma psychology of mental states (including particular emotions), accepted directly or indirectly in Buddhism everywhere, kaukrtya (Sanskrit word, Tibetan 'gyod-pa), usually translated as 'regret', has a place. It isn't placed among the main causes of sangsaric involvement or among the main causes of nirvanic disentanglement. It's belongs to the set of mental states that are "capable of being either afflictive or beneficial." <br /><br />I think the differences between the monotheistic trio and the Buddhistic world have been exaggerated for strategic reasons... they are a little more subtle than people are willing to admit. Buddhists don't care all that much if you are ridden with guilt or not. They're more about Where to go from here, if anywhere?<br /><br />What do you think?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-70497567715208372502009-08-04T14:50:17.330-04:002009-08-04T14:50:17.330-04:00I think it is important as the gulity party to rea...I think it is important as the gulity party to realize your "wrong action" or "wrong intent", and use it as a basis for what constitutes possilbe "right actions" in the future.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736365491401043672.post-40149412491139546222009-07-13T10:18:04.302-04:002009-07-13T10:18:04.302-04:00The wheel of Buddhist terms poster Velcro modular ...The wheel of Buddhist terms poster Velcro modular wall mural game. 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