Story of a small giant

[cappuccino]

though he has virtue, he doesn't necessarily have wisdom

though he earned heaven, there is more possible

[Ryan95227]

though he has virtue, he doesn't necessarily have wisdom

though he earned heaven, there is more possible

It's a shame that he's not exposed to buddhist teachings.

[DNS]

though he has virtue, he doesn't necessarily have wisdom

though he earned heaven, there is more possible

It's a shame that he's not exposed to buddhist teachings.

He could be exposed to buddhist teachings. He is in Korea after all, or at least it appears that way. There are quite a few buddhist temples and monasteries in Korea. However, he doesn't have to be exposed to buddhist teachings to be generous, of course. He could just be a good person.

Not to diminish his great generosity, but he could have invested in an ATV and made several trips up in less than half the time.

Regardless though, still a great feat of generosity.

[Bundokji]

The idea of generosity is not separate from the idea of ownership. It is praiseworthy according to worldly logic and its good to see it for what it is if one is aiming to go beyond good and bad.

[chownah]

The idea of generosity is not separate from the idea of ownership. It is praiseworthy according to worldly logic and its good to see it for what it is if one is aiming to go beyond good and bad.

Indeed!....and the buddha gave a lesson which discusses this exact issue:
AN 7.49 PTS: A iv 59
Dana Sutta: Giving
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
chownah

[chownah]

People are clapping for him because they saw him in other tv show. The restaurant/shop owners at the top of the mountain pay him. The mountain name is "Seol Ak Mountain" Yes he carries pretty much everything (sometimes injured tourist).

I found a google map for seol ak mountain and it appears to be a well developed resort area with a road and lots of cars and a cable car and I even think I saw a casino. It is a big area and it might be that there are restaurants farther up the mountain not accessible by road and this is where the man works. His profession would be called being a porter......in the himalaya mountains there are thousands of people working as porters I think.

You seem to have a way of finding out alot about him....do you have other links you could share which contain english?
chownah

EVERYONE: PLEASE NOTE: This post is intended to fill in the details of the man's life and where he works and in no way does this diminish whatever abilities either physical, spiritual, or mental that he may have developed.
chownah

[Ryan95227]

People are clapping for him because they saw him in other tv show. The restaurant/shop owners at the top of the mountain pay him. The mountain name is "Seol Ak Mountain" Yes he carries pretty much everything (sometimes injured tourist).

I found a google map for seol ak mountain and it appears to be a well developed resort area with a road and lots of cars and a cable car and I even think I saw a casino. It is a big area and it might be that there are restaurants farther up the mountain not accessible by road and this is where the man works. His profession would be called being a porter......in the himalaya mountains there are thousands of people working as porters I think.

You seem to have a way of finding out alot about him....do you have other links you could share which contain english?
chownah

EVERYONE: PLEASE NOTE: This post is intended to fill in the details of the man's life and where he works and in no way does this diminish whatever abilities either physical, spiritual, or mental that he may have developed.
chownah

It's just from series of short documentary about him. I don't think there's any videos with english subtitle.

[binocular]

From buddhist perspective, how can a normal person like him who has never been exposed to buddhist teaching do such generous activities that remind me of the buddha? I can't even fathom of anyone generous as he is.

Do you think that this kind of "selflessness" has anything to do with anatta?

[Ryan95227]

From buddhist perspective, how can a normal person like him who has never been exposed to buddhist teaching do such generous activities that remind me of the buddha? I can't even fathom of anyone generous as he is.

Do you think that this kind of "selflessness" has anything to do with anatta?

a bit. I've seen him get interviewed by multiple people. The things he say remind me of the dhamma. He talks about the "world inside him" (interconnectedness). He also talks about material possession having no value at all (no-self in forms).