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What do Buddhists mean when they say people don't have choice because of karma?
Free will in this sense sounds like it's Vs conditioning. I am inclined to think ALL things (and non-things like thought) are conditioned.
Also, somebody said something about how, if all was conditioned then all would be meaningless. Isn't meaning something we create with our world view anyway? Thus a matter of conditioning?
My take on this has been to avoid a nihilistic viewpoint. I would like your opinion on how one could have this view and still avoid the extreme of nihilism. That is to say, do you mean that since everything is conditioned, is everything totally determined as well? I would think the idea of everything being completely conditioned and therefore completely determined would be the extreme of nihilism.
My take on this has been to avoid a nihilistic viewpoint. I would like your opinion on how one could have this view and still avoid the extreme of nihilism. That is to say, do you mean that since everything is conditioned, is everything totally determined as well?
Honestly (cos i don't know) Doesn't conditioning imply determination from the former?
I would think the idea of everything being completely conditioned and therefore completely determined would be the extreme of nihilism.
I was and still am a nihilist, but I know that that is not benificial to anybody, other than me in a very slight and odd way. The way I combat/balance this is by knowing that flatout compassion/lovingkindness is the best way to ease the suffering I and others witness. I might believe nihilism to be true, but I don't see it as very compatible in a benificial way to the human condition.
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My take on this has been to avoid a nihilistic viewpoint. I would like your opinion on how one could have this view and still avoid the extreme of nihilism. That is to say, do you mean that since everything is conditioned, is everything totally determined as well? I would think the idea of everything being completely conditioned and therefore completely determined would be the extreme of nihilism.
Honestly (cos i don't know) Doesn't conditioning imply determination from the former?
I was and still am a nihilist, but I know that that is not benificial to anybody, other than me in a very slight and odd way. The way I combat/balance this is by knowing that flatout compassion/lovingkindness is the best way to ease the suffering I and others witness. I might believe nihilism to be true, but I don't see it as very compatible in a benificial way to the human condition.