Listening to a Buddhist monk explain his beliefs is like listening to a mediocre athlete explain why they're happy with a participation trophy.
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Aw, why is he mediocre
"Life is suffering, don't kill anything, don't even light a fire on the ground, you have to repay all the suffering you cause" blah blah blah
your listening to the wrong Buddhist monks.
British white guys wearing robes
Oh and the other day a British Asian guy who started talking about the different gods he prayed to. I guess he missed the memo about no gods. Dude was dumb.
the most popular buddhist sect in the world has people praying to a buddha who wasn't even ever a real person. if you say his name a lot you go to heaven. "hail amitabha buddha" is translated as "may he rest in peace" whenever a japanese cartoon gets localized.
a friend sent me this the other day.
a good monk and he's very straightforward.