Why does a comedian go to hell or animal womb?

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DooDoot wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:17 am
User1249x wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:49 pm It is not right that a being spends his time delighting in sense pleasure, becoming lustful he becomes infatuated by sense pleasures, pleasurable ideas he likes to entertain, pleasurable sounds he seeks out, pleasurable sight objects does he seek.
User1249x wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:07 pmYe it's allure is very strong i have not been able to kick it yet either i think it is most difficult when living in the city.
In my opinion, music is a very trivial thing. If music itself is an obstacle to Dhamma practice then, in my opinion, there must not be a strong motivation for Dhamma practice. Its like saying a feather in a box is an obstacle to lifting the box. In reality, it is the heavy things in the box that are obstacles to lifting the box rather than the feather. Often music is part of a box of sensual pleasures, such as in the phrase "sex-drugs-rock-&-roll". If the wrong sex & drugs are abandoned, music is generally not a big deal or obstacle.
just speaking from personal experience i find music highly distracting; maybe it's pop music? but even buddhist songs like the imee ooi i find intolerable and turn off as fast as i can
that was one of the first things i let go of and thinking back on it vs now i'm able to retain a clearer mind with less worry. less passion, more focus
i suspect that this is the true nature of music but that tolerance and even mild enjoyment are conditioned. interesting analysis tho with the 'sex drugs and rock n roll', i bet there is validity to that and dn 31 agrees. still in another sutta or maybe it is the vinaya singing and dancing are compared to wailing and madness,

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Dhammarakkhito wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:20 ameven buddhist songs like the imee ooi i find intolerable and turn off as fast as i can
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Dhammarakkhito wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:20 am interesting analysis tho with the 'sex drugs and rock n roll', i bet there is validity to that and dn 31 agrees.
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Dhammarakkhito wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:20 amstill in another sutta or maybe it is the vinaya singing and dancing are compared to wailing and madness
Even before Buddhism, I thought dancing was madness. But some music is elevated & has good messages. While I rarely listen to music, it has never hindered my mind (ever since i gave up sex & drugs).

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This would be fantastic
Born, become, arisen – made, prepared, short-lived
Bonded by decay and death – a nest for sickness, perishable
Produced by seeking nutriment – not fit to take delight in


Departure from this is peaceful – beyond reasoning and enduring
Unborn, unarisen – free from sorrow and stain
Ceasing of all factors of suffering – stilling of all preparations is bliss
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Mr Man wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:08 pmSo performers are responsible for the intoxicated & heedless mind states of others?
It would be wrong to say that performers are responsible for the intoxicated & heedless mind states of others; that would be an overstatement.
But performers generally want others to become intoxicated & heedless, because otherwise, they won't pay attention to the performers.

There is, however, the concomitant issue of social cohesion and social norms, which makes the matter more complex. In that sense there aren't just the performer and the audience, but the performer, social norms that everyone feels bound by and aspires to keep (social cohesion), and the audience.

In the Buddhist conception of things, it seems people are conceived of individualistically, as not bound by social norms, but simply acting on their own passions.

I think though that people often do things not necessarily because they would be driven by their own particular passions, but primarily because they're trying to comply with (what they believe are) society's norms.
For example, I used to go to the theater and made an effort to like it, to feel impressed, simply because this is what was expected of people of my social standing then. I find that the way art is talked about in the suttas bears a striking similarity to American individualism, but not to the way art is traditionally conceived of in continental Europe (where being interested in art has little or nothing to do with one's particular passions or dispassions for art per se, but primarily with a general desire to be cultured and to be considered cultured).
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binocular wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:56 am
Mr Man wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:08 pmSo performers are responsible for the intoxicated & heedless mind states of others?
It would be wrong to say that performers are responsible for the intoxicated & heedless mind states of others; that would be an overstatement.
Hi binocular
I guess Dhammarakkhito's posts are being delayed by the moderators but I had originally posted directly after cappuccino's Sutta quote which would seem to say that.
cappuccino wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:53 pm having made others intoxicated & heedless … is reborn in hell
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It is about the point that laughter and happiness doesn't change your destination if you are deluded and bound by bond of passion.

reading some other Suttas of that Sutta group will help understand.

like https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Paccha-bhumika Sutta SN 42.6
a quote from there:
"Suppose a man were to throw a large boulder into a deep lake of water, and a great crowd of people, gathering & congregating, would pray, praise, & circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,] 'Rise up, O boulder! Come floating up, O boulder! Come float to the shore, O boulder!' What do you think: would that boulder — because of the prayers, praise, & circumambulation of that great crowd of people — rise up, come floating up, or come float to the shore?"
"No, lord."
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Mr Man wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:51 pm I guess Dhammarakkhito's posts are being delayed by the moderators but I had originally posted directly after cappuccino's Sutta quote which would seem to say that.
There is no post approval in this forum, so no posts are "being delayed by the moderators".
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also same Sutta group is a Sutta
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Maniculaka Sutta SN 42.10

what i gather from that Sutta is that buddhadharma followers money is not allowed.

last paragraph of that Sutta:
"Now I do say that thatch may be sought for by one needing thatch, wood may be sought for by one needing wood, a cart may be sought for by one needing a cart, a workman may be sought for by one needing a workman, but by no means do I say that money may be consented to or sought for in any way at all."
does it mean that if i need trousers, then i am not allowed to use money to buy them also jewelry or exchanging shirt to trousers? since shirt would be a money and would give ideas of trade etc.

i know because it doesn't make any difference because the destination is still hell if bound by passions.
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SDC wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:19 pm
Mr Man wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:51 pm I guess Dhammarakkhito's posts are being delayed by the moderators but I had originally posted directly after cappuccino's Sutta quote which would seem to say that.
There is no post approval in this forum, so no posts are "being delayed by the moderators".
Okay. Well anyway my post was posted to follow on from cappuccino's post.
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auto wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:09 pmIt is about the point that laughter and happiness doesn't change your destination if you are deluded and bound by bond of passion.
Excellent point!
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auto wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:33 pm also same Sutta group is a Sutta
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Maniculaka Sutta SN 42.10
what i gather from that Sutta is that buddhadharma followers money is not allowed.

does it mean that if i need trousers, then i am not allowed to use money to buy them also jewelry or exchanging shirt to trousers? since shirt would be a money and would give ideas of trade etc.
Sakyan-son contemplatives

That sutta is referring to Sakyan-son contemplatives, i.e., monks and nuns, not lay people. Lay people are allowed to use money, engage in trade, business, livelihoods, etc.
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auto wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:33 pm also same Sutta group is a Sutta
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Maniculaka Sutta SN 42.10

what i gather from that Sutta is that buddhadharma followers money is not allowed.

last paragraph of that Sutta:
"Now I do say that thatch may be sought for by one needing thatch, wood may be sought for by one needing wood, a cart may be sought for by one needing a cart, a workman may be sought for by one needing a workman, but by no means do I say that money may be consented to or sought for in any way at all."
does it mean that if i need trousers, then i am not allowed to use money to buy them also jewelry or exchanging shirt to trousers? since shirt would be a money and would give ideas of trade etc.

i know because it doesn't make any difference because the destination is still hell if bound by passions.
idk how we got on this topic, but while it is a requirement only for monks, it's still beneficial for laypeople.
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cappuccino wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:53 pm having made others intoxicated & heedless … is reborn in hell
When lord budda was seated under the bo tree determined to be enlightened , it is said the three dsughters of mara , tanha , rathi , and ranga appeared before lord budda and tried to dissuade budda. While tanha means greed, and rathi means lust and ranga means bodily dancing creating sensual desires they are acts against serenity or aryan habits. A comedian or a singer cum actor never helps acts of sila or virtues and are means of kamaccanda. Therefore the place for such people who are like Tanha, rathi, ranga are the worlds of hell or purgatory.
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