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Buddhism, Pure and Simple
duus | Feb 6 2006
Merlin posted about this book here: for me, it invokes a very similar feeling as properly done GTD. GTD is about the present, the now, the next action; the next physical action. it's the same thing. embracing the now. living life as a series of present moments. 12 Comments
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 Nietzsche was a very highly-developed...Submitted by marshmallowcreme on February 7, 2006 - 12:30pm.
Nietzsche was a very highly-developed Easternly (is that a word?) thinker but is very much misunderstood by people of lower development than him. A good example is Adolf Hitler. The Ubermensch (overman or superman) in Nietzsche's writings was really supposed to be a spiritually-realized or enlightened person, much like Gautama the Buddha. However, being the psychopath that he was, Hitler interpreted it to mean genocidally-realized person and poor baby Nietzsche was tossed out with the third Reich bathwater. I found an interesting book review that discusses paralells between Nietzsche and Buddhism. Interestingly enough, Nietzsche respected Buddhism but dismissed it as a nihilistic religion. Which Buddhism he studied is anyone's guess and this is an important point because there are so many schools of Buddhist thought. Theravada Buddhism is considered the Original Buddhism as voiced by Gautama The Buddha and is almost entirely free of religious belief -- It is more a technology or philosophy for living. Tibetan Buddhism is considered Complete Buddhism, integrating religious beliefs and ceremonies. Zen Buddhism is considered Essential Buddhism, and it's basically Buddhism stripped of anything superfluous that's not aimed at attaining enlightenment in the fastest way possible. -Marshall Sontag duus wrote: Nice. Approval from The Mann. I'm touched. » POSTED IN:
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