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I saw a Buddha at the movie theatre
You ever get so into the movie that you forget you are actually sitting there with people watching it?
The whole time someone could have stuck a penis in my ear and I wouldn't even have noticed..
Anyway, here I was in this movie daze and a guy walks by the front row waving a cellphone light around,(he was looking for someone maybe?)
and I was then enlightened..
I was like JEEZ how could I have got so deep in this DELUSIONAL world..and I looked around and everyone else was still stuck in this movie coma just watching it...and I felt compassion for them..This movie sucked.
The whole time someone could have stuck a penis in my ear and I wouldn't even have noticed..
Anyway, here I was in this movie daze and a guy walks by the front row waving a cellphone light around,(he was looking for someone maybe?)
and I was then enlightened..
I was like JEEZ how could I have got so deep in this DELUSIONAL world..and I looked around and everyone else was still stuck in this movie coma just watching it...and I felt compassion for them..This movie sucked.
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Is it unBuddhist to enjoy a movie, though?? Surely losing yourself in the moment is mindfulness?
(Not arguing, just curious.)
If I'm at a very bad movie, I just find it hard to forget I am actually sitting there with people watching it. But bad movies are just not Art, strictly speaking, are they? Just plastic, IMO.
We're all deluded. Especially when we think we're separate beings completely on our own. For me, Art is a higher state of knowledge, so I'd call being deeply absorbed by a good movie a good thing.
All I ask from a movie is to be transported out of my skin and to be inspired by some poetry of Beauty or Truth. Partaking of that "light" is, for me, a banquet. On the Big Screen, Literature, the still arts, music, and much more come together. It's the most amazing and versatile medium for the arts. Don't worry about being transfixed there, I'd say.
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Speaking of seeing a Buddha:
I was standing outside an Earthfare supermarket waiting for someone the other day and an Asian college student was walking towards me, carrying shopping bags —no doubt headed back to his dorm. He had the most penetrating, friendly, and knowing smile. The eye contact we had with each other was prolonged, un-self-conscious and almost imponderable. Hard to put in words. As he passed within 4 feet of me, very kind and respectful bows of the head were exchanged. Of course, Buddhas never look back, and I was so stationed that I was able to remain standing there awhile watching him with complete admiration. Had I not been tied up I would have run ahead to make this Buddha's acquaintance.
I have had similar experiences all my life, but this one is very recent.
If it's very good, sure. That's one of my benchmarks for determining if (in my opinion) an actor is really good..if their acting is so impressive, so realistic, that I'm really drawn into the story (or at least their character) and almost forget I'm watching a movie...
So you're not into aural sex?
lol
Anyway, I am cutting down on movies, too much thought occupied with memories of movies.
explain it to me again...and dont tell anyone
i feel stupid for forgetting
There's a mental image for you..
Well, i'm asian and i certainly don't follow that kind of buddha
It's mostly for entertainment sake.
"Buddha palm!" *bam, a huge crater.*
so iconic and cheesy.
There's no doubt Shaolin itself practices legit Buddhism though.
True, they learn martial arts, but they are forbidden to ever be the aggressor. Their techniques mostly range around disabling the opponent so as to refuse aggression against themselves.