Seems like Buddha would be okay playing Fortnite.
If there’s one thing I know about Buddhists it’s that they can’t resist a good list.
I thought lists were a Lutheran thing. 🤔
Guessing at letters traced with the finger in the air or on a friend’s back. (letters in the Brahmi script)
Sounds fun, this buddha guy sucks
For real. I bet no one wanted him at their parties.
Buddha would play any game which would further enlighten on the human condition and help shed attachment to one’s mortal shell.
League of legends speed runs that.It seems that he disliked a number of games, possibly all the games he came in contact with since there is a variety involved in the list. He just didn’t like games because there is no ‘acceptable games list’. There needs to be an opposite list, otherwise it should be concluded that he hated games in general. He might have stopped being a monk if he were introduced to Fortnite, though. lol.
I think one can assume he probably did physical games of skill as Prince Siddhartha like wrestling, racing on horse or foot, archery mayhaps, and those aren’t mentioned.
Of course, one can also take the point of view that looking for entertainment at all is a manifestation of Duḥkha (suffering/lack of satisfaction), and Buddha is free of that so maybe he wouldn’t go ham on Fortnite. I don’t pretend to be learned enough in Buddhism to debate that above a surface level, but the idea of Buddha squadding up and hitting the chug jug in Tomato Town amuses me.
You could argue that going so far as actively forbidding games signals a certain level of attachment, and someone truly enlightened should be able to exist around and participate in games without getting affected by them or actively seeking them out. But then again I was always more for the Bankei school of buddhism.
I was expecting some deep contemplations on CS1.6 vs dota but…
Ohjeez… Did anyone else start reading this, get distracted, go read 9 other pages, before you even got to the list of games part?
Just me? OK.
Great link, OP
I get lost in the stacks of the internet all the time. One of my favorite things to do that almost always happens accidentally.
Playing with toy carts
Playing with toy bows
Both disqualify Fortnite
Some of these vague game types could be related to video games. Like the one about imaginary boards or games with rules about where you can move, or about eliminating and/or collecting things from the game.
I’m gonna do all of 'em. Except #16.
