Buddhism

[Ozymandyus]

:facepalm:
It has been quite a while since I felt this old.

Come, gather around children, and I shall tell you a tale of an age of darkness, an age before the rise of the great web of humanity, when only the great scholars knew the magic that is the Internet! The BBS, or Bulletin Board System, was an ancient forum not far removed from the forums of ancient Rome. It was here we gathered using the arcane art of the 2800bps modem and analog telephone system. For all but the largest and most prestegious of BBSs, only one user at a time could read the messages left by others and respond to the great trolls of antiquity with great wisdom and flame. In these great arenas of electronic discourse we were known by our nick, or nickname what today is called a username. Most of the larger villages of the day had at least one BBS. It was rare indeed that we would have a visitor from beyond our small village, so they were treated with the utmost respect! Many times a visitor from the dark, uncharted areas beyond our local calling area could leave as many as two or sometimes even three messages before he was consumed in the fury of the flame!
Rastlin Majere was the name of a great mage of an even more ancient time who's sometimes heroic, sometimes infamious deeds were recounted in the holy tomes known as The Dragonlance Cronicles.

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Yes, that was 2800 bits per second 0.00028 times slower than my current internet connection. Dark times, indeed.

Ah, I miss the good ol days of legend of the red dragon, tradewars, and all those other silly text based bbs games. MUDs. Telnet... 1 node bbs's where you would have to wait for the other person to log off before you could get on. Ah those were good times.

 

[blinddesign]

Just a little thought:
On my educational journey through the internets, I stumbled across something called "freeganism". You may have heard of it, it's basically anti-consumerism and dumpster-living. It seemed to me like a good alternative to begging in our modern society for the serious Buddhist.
This thought may have been sparked by this man's meditative pose.
I bet the two ideologies could be easily intertwined.

 

[Jotto999]

Of any "religion" (I guess it is debatable), Buddhism has the most respect from me because it's teachings are IMO far superior over other religions. If I was forced to be of one religion, I would probably go with Buddhism, or at least, it would be much preferred over others.

It does have some gems of truth in it's teachings.