12-25-2009, 02:19 PM | #21 | |
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I know almost nothing about Buddhism, but it feels right to me in a general way. That's how many mystical abilities ought to work. It's the right shape. |
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12-25-2009, 02:21 PM | #22 | |
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(That may be another reason to have rituals: To impress people.) |
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12-25-2009, 02:36 PM | #23 | |
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Now, I wonder what the really-really atheistic (antitheistic?) Buddhists would get? (For instance, I still don't believe Gautama didn't eat for a year etc. So I guess I can't get any 'supernatural' powers, only resistances to them. Or am I wrong?) |
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12-25-2009, 02:40 PM | #24 | |
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Rituals are also there to habituate people into being part of a society. They are kind of a symbol of a given group.
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12-25-2009, 04:40 PM | #25 | |
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This page has a checklist of superpowers that will likely make you cackle with DF glee. I'm saying 'superpowers' rather than 'supernatural' because part of the point is that these are natural, comprehensible abilities. Just because modern science isn't up to explaining doesn't mean it can't be. |
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12-25-2009, 04:44 PM | #26 | |
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12-25-2009, 04:59 PM | #27 |
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Re: [DF] Help with creating a Buddhist cleric and holy warrior
I think that's Gibbsianism, not Buddhism.
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12-26-2009, 08:44 PM | #28 |
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Re: [DF] Help with creating a Buddhist cleric and holy warrior
IIRC claiming to have supernatural powers is one of the five offences that can get you thrown out of the Sangha (Buddhist monkhood).
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12-26-2009, 10:27 PM | #29 | |
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12-26-2009, 10:50 PM | #30 |
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Nah, Gibbs would swat you on the back of the head till you were dead. Or save time and just shoot you. ;)
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