Robyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway?message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down113
arrow-up1149arrow-down1message-squareWhat if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway?Robyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 month agoBut human existence is suffering. Buddhism teaches that if you do incredibly well, you’ll be reborn as a being with a worry-free life. Being a plankton sounds exactly like that. IMO human existence, with all its benefits, is waaaaay below plankton.
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoInteresting thought, but I’ll take thought over what’s basically water-grass.
But human existence is suffering. Buddhism teaches that if you do incredibly well, you’ll be reborn as a being with a worry-free life. Being a plankton sounds exactly like that.
IMO human existence, with all its benefits, is waaaaay below plankton.
Interesting thought, but I’ll take thought over what’s basically water-grass.