i dont feel patronized.

to answer your (non) question..im not buddhist.

i have (what i deem to be) a basic understanding of Siddhartha's story, and the basic tenets from classes I took my first year at college (the only class i could bare to go to besides philosophy and english)...alot about buddhism seemed to resonate with what i personally understood jesus' true message to be

i didnt realize until a few years ago but my mother has called me buddha all my life, (as did a friend- jokingly referring to the "eastern" nature of my pov when we would debate life [at least in contrast to his pov]) and when i learned that buddha loosely translated meant "enlightened one" ..i became attached to the symbol (not to downplay the prophet however)


i dont remember

What? ^^^^ You two know something I don't?

If you are Christian or hold firmly to belief, I would avoid the tat

Buddhism on superficially seems to mirror Jesus and his message (the holy 8 fold path being similar to the 10 commandments).

But Dependent Origination states that if you peal the layers of an onion until there are no layers, you'll end up with no onion and no separate 'self. Ergo, there is no such thing as a permanent, separate, 'soul'

So fundamentally different despite relatively similar embellishments at the surface.

Christianity is big on your own personal salvation, your own personal afterlife, your own personal sins and your own personal atonement. Striving to reach Heaven.

Much of Buddhism is centered on the opposite of that - striving for no-self, striving for the end of striving. Yeah.

that tat (as an idea) is less a reference in reference to my faith and moreso a reference to my nickname and a consciousness i want to continue to strive for and eventually obtain...

i've already had plenty people comment on my necklace (which is a buddha)...even tho they usually quote "have no other God before me" failing to acknowledge Buddha is not a deity

i know where i place my faith, and i would like to believe God does too, so i'm not worried...


i wouldnt imagine buddhist would take offense, but i suppose now is the time to ask huh

that tat (as an idea) is less a reference in reference to my faith and moreso a reference to my nickname and a consciousness i want to continue to strive for and eventually obtain...

i've already had plenty people comment on my necklace (which is a buddha)...even tho they usually quote "have no other God before me" failing to acknowledge Buddha is not a deity

i know where i place my faith, and i would like to believe God does too, so i'm not worried...


i wouldnt imagine buddhist would take offense, but i suppose now is the time to ask huh

no wait!


i understand that... (i hate to seem like i dont know the difference between my faith and anothers) ...its less a declaration, and more of a personal reference

(guess i should expect to have to explain this right? )

you should probably just go ahead and orgnote that instead psycho.

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People don't seem to get this with me either.

I love pictures of the Madonna with child. But I'm not a believer. It's never a declaration of faith, but of admiration for the tone the picture always sets.

you're funny when you adamantly disagre with things

i remember my father (a minister) telling me the message was more important than the symbol (in regards to a cross chain i was thinking of buying when i was on my "bling bling" phase )

so i dont imeddiately declare things as sacrilegious like others do...i mean like i said...God knows whats in a man's heart so..


(yet and still my mother damn near called an exorcist when i was dressing gothy [see: sculls, spikes])

Pictures.
Now.

actually i dont have many...i can only think of one, and i wasnt really goth ...i was more hood/goth


either way..i have to find i and its not scanned

You should see it in person. You might fear

judging by that hallway shot profile pic?

This morning on the train, I saw a gaggle of people outside the doors and started to move my stuff that was in the seat next to me. This old lady gets on and starts waving her hand at my stuff to move it and calmly I tell her I'm moving it and she needs some patience, she started going on and when I grabbed the rest of my stuff she plop her ass down hard and then starts yelling that I almost caused her to have an acccident. I told her she needed to calm the fuck down and she said "you don't know how you're talking to!" and I told her I didn't give a shit then she tried to play the kid card (there were like 50 students, probably 3rd graders) and I told her I didn't give a fuck about the kids, too bad.

I may not bite but I'll bark your face off

this i can believe

yesterday I left my badge upstairs and went to the guard station to have them look up one of my co-workers extension. One guard turned to the computer and the other guard grabbed her arm to stop her and then dykishly told me:

you can just pick that phone up and dial the operator.

Um, in the time it took for you to stop her, she could have just given me the information I wanted

Well you're just going to have to dial the operator from the phone

My first response was calm. Second, not so much

So I went to the phone and dialed the operator and then she is still carrying on so I yell back that she's lazy. These 2 ladies are standing there and one of them pulls away like in shock and she says Oh My like in a I'm a ghetto bitch kind of way and I yelled at her Yeah, Oh My. She's LAZY! Then the guard starts yelling that there were people in line and I'm like I work here and I was in line too, HELLO!

It just was so ugly but I had no problem or issue going there.

girl, i likes you