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**Yb4bulVR** · 05-29-2012, 03:02 AM

I respect your personal beliefs, but i dont agree that there is something called "super freak human"

Irrespective of your personal beliefs, the Buddha was an enlightened human being unlike some of us. Having no traces of greed, hatred and illusion in the mind is "surpassing ordinary human state" in some sense. So "super freak human" is not completely uncalled for.

To depend on ourselves is freedom

Again, when a Buddhist talks about freedom, he usually refers to "freedom from suffering" not a sense of independence which a teenager running away from home feels. You see Bun, most of the things the Buddha taught revolve around one goal: "freedom from suffering".

unfortunately we dont want to be free, we always want someone to tell us what to do, this is what we have been doing for our entire life!!! We dont know any other way and we are too lazy/too scared to try.

Best to speak for yourself ...

When you practice meditation for long hours you learn how to deal with discomfort and it toughens you up which is important for happiness.

Toughness is not important for happiness. Toughness is perhaps important for tolerance. Your statement is quite amateurish from a Buddhist perspective because one of the very basic Buddhist teachings is that "what makes you happier is non-attachment". Meditation is not meant to rough you up by putting you though a tolerance test of sitting in a corner for long hours. Meditation is meant to direct the mind for letting go - non-attachment - cessation.

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Yb4bulVR Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 549 Senior Member	I respect your personal beliefs, but i dont agree that there is something called "super freak human" Irrespective of your personal beliefs, the Buddha was an enlightened human being unlike some of us. Having no traces of greed, hatred and illusion in the mind is "surpassing ordinary human state" in some sense. So "super freak human" is not completely uncalled for. To depend on ourselves is freedom Again, when a Buddhist talks about freedom, he usually refers to "freedom from suffering" not a sense of independence which a teenager running away from home feels. You see Bun, most of the things the Buddha taught revolve around one goal: "freedom from suffering". unfortunately we dont want to be free, we always want someone to tell us what to do, this is what we have been doing for our entire life!!! We dont know any other way and we are too lazy/too scared to try. Best to speak for yourself ... When you practice meditation for long hours you learn how to deal with discomfort and it toughens you up which is important for happiness. Toughness is not important for happiness. Toughness is perhaps important for tolerance. Your statement is quite amateurish from a Buddhist perspective because one of the very basic Buddhist teachings is that "what makes you happier is non-attachment". Meditation is not meant to rough you up by putting you though a tolerance test of sitting in a corner for long hours. Meditation is meant to direct the mind for letting go - non-attachment - cessation.
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