Comparing Buddhism And To The Buddha

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He says that these three propositions may be true but he says something that contrasts the first two philosophers. “To a first approximation, if you thought you were in a simulation, you should get on with your life in much the same way as if you were convinced that you are living a non-simulated life at the bottom level of reality” (222). However, the Buddhist parable of the arrow would tell all these philosophers to shut up and their arguments don't matter. Buddha thinks anything that distracts from reaching enlightenment or truth is pointless. The 4 noble truths state the causes of suffering and how to end suffering. To the Buddha, this is all that's important, not asking “whether the world is eternal or not eternal, whether the world is

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