Last one from last night, “I may be bad but I’m perfectly good at it”
Worth noting my replies here were written by me.
Then I put my reply into AI and asked it to neutrally reflect the tone in the writing of @NightHawk999 the tone progressively got more intense. I was pretty taken aback at how AI interpreted it but rolled with it anyway .
Many years ago I saw a documentary film about the Kumbha Mela, a huge gathering of yogis that happens in India every few years. This gathering is massive, tens of thousands of yogis and spiritual seekers show up for this gathering. So at this gathering in the film, the Dalai Lama shows up and is addressing the Hindu yogis. The following is my recollection of what he said, not an exact quote: “The Hindus speak of the ‘Atman’, the Soul or Eternal Self. We Buddhists speak of ‘Anatman’ or No Self. Atman/ Anatman, two sides of same coin!”
I like this idea when it comes to comparing the two on the same coin.
On one side, we have a shiny, elaborate image, representing the intricate, eternal essence of the soul as seen in Hinduism. And on the other side, well, it’s just a smooth, blank surface – signifying the Buddhist belief in the absence of a permanent self.