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Selflessness
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Selflessness only has one meaning
having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
Unless you'd care to elaborate what you think the difference might be?
so isn't it selfish to deny one's own needs and cause harm? just like it's selfish to deny compassion to other as self, or the golden rule?
do unto self as you would have done unto others?
How does someone deny their own needs which causes harm to another in the same time?
I recognize "Do onto others as you would have done to yourself". But "Do unto self as you would have done unto others" sounds malicous.
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They're very different ideas, so far as I can see.
For instance, Christian selflessness assumes humans have a permanent soul but the Buddhist notion of anatta assumes humans have no permanent soul at all.
Father
Devourer of Truth
bro I ask a Christian to extend some kindness to forgiveness to satan they make excuses they are hardly selfless. the Buddhists would probably do it though but they don't have any forgiveness thing
I like to think so, but probably not.
siti
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No.
That's a lovely proverb
That's a lovely proverb
I like the kjv better. Its a bit more poetic.
Proverbs 19:17
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Acts of selflessness is prescribed in Christianity and knowledge of anatta (no self) is imparted in Buddhism — to whom? There must be a recipient in both cases.
Although the methods are different, the ultimate goal, IMO, is discarding the notion of independent existence and doership.
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Different concepts entirely.
Can't answer for Christians, as find that not selflessness due to Paul, John, and Simon the stone (petros)...
Yet Yeshua taught Selflessness similar to Buddha in my opinion, here is my article explaining some of the statements.
if one can see objectively vs subjectively it would make sense.
the last one could be malicious if one were abusing self. often a person's perception of themselves is projected on to others...
if one is all loving, no one is love less.
kenosis maybe???
you can't empty something so much as one can uncover something, revelation.
you can't make something from nothing and you can't make nothing from something.
you can make no thing from some thing
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