For those who believe in Buddhism, why isn't the desire to live (i.e., eating, sleeping, going to the doctor, etc.) considered an attachment on par with any other desire that must be removed in order to obtain enlightenment?
Here’s something that most people don’t know (or ignore) about the Four Noble Truths: nowhere do they say that you should sit down and try to get rid of all your attachments.Weird, huh? Everybody thinks that’s what it’s all about. And the confusion is understandable, because the third truth says that if you could just get rid of these attachments , everything would be peachy! But you can’t stop there. If you proceed to number 4, you’ll see that the answer is the eight fold path. When the path is executed correctly , your attachments will drop of their own accord. You don’t need to try to make yourself not be attached to all the things you’re really attached to. (Good thing too, because you’re not fooling anyone but yourself.)So do attachments to things like eating and sleeping and living eventually drop away? Yes. This doesn’t mean you let yourself starve or jump off a cliff for no particular reason. It means that if it’s important to not eat, then you don’t eat. If it’s important to die, then you die. You’re not a moron who doesn’t care. You’re a person with the ability to make intelligent choices, without hysterical fear or gluttony or whatever getting in your way.Good luck!
How does the unrealistic portrayal of firearms in the movies influence the opinions of average non-gun owner?
I think guns are portrayed in several unrealistic manners. One of the most is their weight and power. Firing and holding a fun requires considerable strength especially semi and fully automatic guns. Recoils is of course never remotely accurate in movies. Hence all the YouTube videos of people getting hit in the face. Most of all gsw are portrayed as something you can just roll with. A gsw is like being hole punched. If you are shot you are. It going anywhere pretty much unless it is in an extremety. Finally there is the infamous silencer. The lazy writers way of making hit men really bad ass.
What is the worst argument in the world?
This is what happened with me recently. The 4-year-old healthy computer suddenly crashes saying 'CPU fan error'. So I tell father. Father (getting annoyed): How did it happen? What did you do? Me (calmly): I didn't do anything. When I switched it on it gave me this error, which I initially ignored, it was running fine for a while then it suddenly crashed. The system shut down automatically. Father (getting more annoyed): How can it shut down automatically? Why did you ignore the error in first place? What did you do with the computer last time? You say you didn't do anything, I hardly use the computer now, your mother doesn't use it, your brother doesn't give a shit about it, then WHO DID IT? Me (trying to calm myself): I don't know. I didn't do anything. I don't even use it since I got my laptop. YOU used it a couple of days back for some work. Besides, it's 4 years old and never have we once given it for servicing. The CPU fan must have gone kaput. Father (judging me): What do you mean you don't know? You mean when things get old they falter? We should throw away? That means you will have this approach towards us too? Is this why I raised you? To hear this? Me (getting really annoyed and confused but trying hard not to show): Where is this conversation heading?Father (full-fledgedly accusing me for the crash): THIS.. THIS behavior of yours.. You behave this way, that's why the computer crashed. Now don't look at my face, call the maintenance guy and get it fixed. You don't know how to handle delicate things. How will you run a family?! And father storms out of the room. Me: ......??????????????????????