1. As mentioned elsewhere, countless rebirth would mean infinity
and thus practically if not absolutely impossible. Imagine someone
telling you that it takes countless number of attempts to get a
driving license. Does that make you anymore hopeful that you would
get it this time, or the next? Wouldn't it be really just wishful
thinking?
2. I used to think that Nirvana was a place, then I was
corrected on it. And now I take the view that true Buddhism teaches
Nirvana is a psychological state of mind. There is no material
observable physical difference between one person who has attained
nirvana and another person who has not.
3. Does Buddhism teach annihilism/nihilism? You keep saying that
I fell for this extreme view. But I take the view that if it walks
like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a
duck. There are many ideas in Buddhism that easily lends to this
conclusion. Extinguishing is one of them. No-self is another.
Taking the Middle Way is trying to explain something that
is neither here nor there. It can also result in Buddhists speaking
in self-negating and self-refuting terms but somehow still
accepted as logical and true.
Interesting also is the view of noted philosopher Frederick
Nietzsche here http://thus-spoke-nietzsche.tumblr.com/post/19194412041/nietzsche-on-buddhism
4. I still think that to avoid the unnecessary confusion,
Buddhists should use terms like contingent beings and necessary
beings which are better easily understood among philosophy.
acttually, should be countless
number of attempts, sure can get it at one time. there's no losing
of hope. if u only have one single attempt, then more will lose
hope. although the aim of Buddhism is to let go. when there's no more
fun in driving anymore, enter nirvana, if u still find that driving
is fun, u can go on in samsara.
nirvana is one thing, while in another, the Bliss body that is
way bigger than our current body and the True body of Buddha(s) is
even far more unimaginagable. what u are refering is only
manifestation bodies.
i also given u the read:
http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/465175
i guess, u didn't read. in layman term, it's the teaching of
selflessness. or more simply put, it's teaching people,
Don't be
SELFish. be kind to others. not just u, i think
most buddhists also fell for this extreme view and mistaken
that it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like
a duck. actually it's the view of "devil"/mara.
yes,
philosophy is like this, everything can become contradicting, even
Buddhism. Buddha also said, he never spoken a word of Buddhism.
which mean, the teaching is not from him. it's from previous
Buddhas until beginnless time. if he said from him, then, he
is selfish/ego.
Friedrich Nietzsche is a Cultural critic. as a critic or person who like to
complain, most people
can be one. u can also be one. just stress on the negative side of
things.
if u want for real, here's from another German philosopher. i scare too chim
for u to understand.
A precis by scientist philosopher Thomas
Metzinger on how the brain has created a solid belief ,perception
,model of a self ,and it doesnt know it has done this .There isnt a
self
http://www.philosophie.uni-mainz.de/Dateien/beingnoone2.pdf
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