Buddhist brother says engaging with others in ‘violent’ and ‘bloody’ online game is like playing chess; only worries he may become addicted
Huayan once achieved the Legendary Eagle Master position, a very high ranking in Counter-Strike (CS).
“Why should I quit this good activity? While playing games, I can communicate and cooperate with people to achieve a win-win situation. I also gain empathy for others. These traits are all helpful for a person’s growth,” he said.
Damn, bro is actually kind of good
I would agree if not for gamergate.
So… video games are universally bad because some toxic people like them?
Am I allowed to like donuts?
We all express similar things different ways. There are no new stories, just fonts.
There was a gamming community many years ago named heat.com, their motto stuck with me:
‘Kill pixels, not people.’
Religion is the counter strike of the masses
- Karl Marx
Don’t mock the battle monk. At least it’s not pedo priest/imam
I dont see any flaw in that logic.
says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes
Glad it’s a Buddhist saying this. My knee-jerk was to compare the benign influence of violent videogames to the radicalizing influence of violent religions.
This may just be my lack of familiarity with Buddhism, but my understanding is they’re generally pretty chill and actually make a positive impact on society. Other religions, not so much.
Buddhism is less of a religion and more of a philosophical code imo. Not everyone treats it that way though
This reads like an advertisement for Buddism, if written by Larry David.
“Try Buddism. It’s pretttyyyyy pretttyyyyyyy chill.”
Rock on.
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I used to play Left for Dead 2 with a Buddhist monk back in the day.
I might have also sold him half an ounce of weed once, after getting a good deal for a whole ounce, but I wasn’t smoking enough to warrant having that much on hand. Allegedly. I imagine the experience of handing illicit substances to a monk in full regalia might have felt surreal and kinda sinful to my Christian educated ass.
Not at all, what do you think Moses was smoking when he saw the burning bush?
There’s an Instagram account where a Japanese guy writes the Buddhist mantra (not sure if that’s the correct English term) every time he kills an enemy in Super Mario. It’s actually really funny.
My mans playing CS2 what a goat
Many people say playing CS, which is a violent and bloody game, will lead him to hell because it is not something a religious man should do.
He’s a Buddhist, he’s already in hell (since Buddhists believe that if you reincarnate you failed to achieve Nirvana and you are still suffering).
Hell NG+
Finally, someone who just gets it!
Buddhists believe in hell realms that are worse than Earth. Wicked souls reincarnate as hell beings, and it takes much longer than a normal human lifetime to work off the negative karma and have another chance at rebirth into a higher realm. Being born as a human is fortunate and rare in the cosmic scope of things.
Y’all won’t be laughing when he pulls off a hadouken or a spirit bomb.
