Yes Buddha realized it didn’t work to starve himself.SilenceMonkey wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:47 amYou do realize that a number of them nearly died from starvation and cold in those mountains?KeithA wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:05 amMy opinion is formed by the words of the people they talked to in the documentary. No assumptions were. I just listened.
Not disparaging these monastics. I appreciate their practice. But, my opinion is Bodhisattva's go to where the suffering is, rather than hide in the mountains. There is certainly a time for that for that style of practice, though.
I guess I've always had a dim view of monasticism. Give me Mother Theresa any day.
Ah well, just another opinion. Not worth the pixels it's written on.
I bet those hermits realize emptiness much faster than any of us. I think they said in the film, some have their experience after one or two years and then go back into society. Some stay to continue cultivating for decades without interruption.
Buddha himself was a hermit.
Austerity isn’t the way.