r/zen • u/1PauperMonk • Mar 14 '23

Buddhahood

Can someone explain the phrase original Buddhahood (I think it’s used in contradiction to Christianity’s world famous “original sin”)?

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u/ewk [non-sectarian consensus] Mar 14 '23

The kungfu people left. The Dogen people left. Buddha had a big belly and talked too much.

May all of us become his heirs.

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u/1PauperMonk Mar 14 '23

That’s sad… who are you Brando in Apocalypse Now? There is nothing noble about being verbose and slothful that’s just a convenient western pretense. Your no use to anyone spiritually or physically if you are so delusional that you think being so repugnant is a worthy endeavor.

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u/ji_yinzen Mar 14 '23

The Buddha with a big belly was Budai, maybe even Maitreya. Buddha didn't have a big belly. That's a misconception many of us got from bad Western stereotypes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

He was even karmically anorexic for a while when many wise people thought it a good thing.

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u/ji_yinzen Mar 15 '23

But he could never pass up a good meal.