Gotta say though, focusing on the breath has helped me calm down many times when I needed to
Much bigger fan of Taoism, where the world is a movie and you should sit back and enjoy watching things unfold.
Enjoy it so much in fact, you fake your own death by substituting your corpse with a log or something to become immortal, and then have fun fighting off soul tax collectors trying to drag you into the afterlife every now and then.
... You've been watching too much animu.
That's how Taoism works, I swear! One of the goals is making the Golden Elixir and becoming a Sennin - an immortal hermit. Those things all happened, they wouldn't lie to us or exaggerate, right? Right...?
I don’t understand the point of making fun of people who turn to selflessness instead conspicuous materialism. Philosophies are misinterpreted. Buddhist teachings couldn’t be read in a lifetime nor could someone with a limited understanding of them be in a position to judge. You’re right in that it’s been hijacked by evil forces to manipulate people. It’s all very frustrating.
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