#nirvāna

[thenotsolittlemisspeculiar]

Infinity

What Does it Mean that God is Alpha and Omega?

There’s a question that’s always lingered as I’ve walked with God. Where was God before the beginning of time? It’s a question many of us ha

[abybweisse]

Khansama Kitty?

@shinigami-mistress and I had been discussing all the religious overtones in ch127, how Agni is treated as a Christ figure. Then we got to joking about Agni coming back three chapters later, perhaps as a Bizarre Doll. (NO, we don’t think it’ll happen. It’s only a joke.)

About the same time, @eglentyne-mcqueen was typing up quite a post on the same topic (Christian symbolism). I reblogged to add my two cents and mentioned my discussions (including the jokes) with shinigami-mistress. One thing I didn’t mention is her concern about whether Agni’s soul has been collected yet. In the Kuroverse, the soul is collected at the time of death, so I assumed his soul had already been taken away.

But then I looked into Hindu funeral customs. Hindu beliefs vary from sect to sect, of course, but they tend to hold an open-casket wake then cremate the body and scatter the ashes (usually over a body of water). White is traditionally worn by funeral attendees and other mourners, and black is considered inappropriate. Ten days after the death (or is it ten days after the funeral?), friends gather to release the soul for its ascent to Heaven. Visitors are expected to bring fruit. Hindus believe in karmic reincarnation, so a person’s soul can return in another form. The form taken depends on the karma of the soul, and a truly enlightened soul can reach Nirvāna (being “blown out”, LIKE A LAMP), which for a Hindu means finding liberation (moksha) in the realization that the true self (Ātman, soul) is identical to the transcendent self (Brahman, the physical world and ultimate blissful reality). Once Nirvāna is attained, THEN the cycle of birth, life, and death ends for that soul.

Do reapers in Kuroshitsuji treat the souls differently, based on the religion or spiritual faith of the deceased?

So, has Agni reached Nirvāna? Or could he yet be reborn? Considering his faith in Soma and his worldview, I think he has become truly enlightened, so I believe he’s attained moksha….

That’s good for Agni, surely, but I would have been tickled pink to see Sebastian come across a kitten with white fur and a little blaze mark on its forehead. He’d adore its unusual markings and soft coat, and he’d name it Khansama… or simply refer to it as “Him”.

(I’m atheist, but damn. Now I’m getting all teary-eyed anyway… over the crack idea of the demon finding a reincarnated Agni in kitten form. Wtf?)

Let the fanfics of an AU where Sebastian has Khansama Kitty be written….

[thenotsolittlemisspeculiar]

⚠️ T/W: Su*c*de

Pitch #6: I'll Be Seeing You

Posted: October 5, 2021 11:21am PHT

Edited: October 5, 2021 11:50am PHT

📌 NOTE: I don't believe in New Age spirituality anymore ever since I got to know my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (John 14:6).

Samsāra in search of nirvāna.

A woman has lived in different eras but only to be rebirthed into a new body after committing suicide in each lifetime.

In the modern day, the moment she recognized her past lives, she decided to create a blog that will hopefully guide her in the next life.

[abybweisse]

Well, the thing is that, Agni was a Brahmin (I can't believe I'm referring to him the past tense now *sob*)- which means that he's at the highest level of Karmanic reincarnation already, higher than Soma, in fact, as Brahmin is higher than Kshatriya (Soma's class). So if Agni's soul is pure (because he fucking is), he'd attain Moksha, so he wouldn't be re-birthed.... (*I'll going to sobbing loudly now for a year, according to tradition for loved one. I suspect Soma will be mourning for longer)

Ah, yes. He was born into that varna.

No Khansama Kitty for Sebastian, then…. 😿

[dandanjean]

Changer l'avenir

Le fait de protester contre une guerre, par exemple, pourrait nous faire croire que nous sommes des pacifistes, des représentants de la paix, mais ce n’est peut-être pas vrai. En pratiquant le regard profond, nous verrons que les racines de la guerre se trouvent dans nos modes de vie irréfléchis. Nous n’avons pas planté suffisamment de graines de paix et de compréhension en nous et chez les…

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[thenotsolittlemisspeculiar]

Samsāra: When The Stars Align 🪐

Posted: July 7, 2021 10:40am PHT

Edited: May 22, 2022 9:04am PHT

📌 NOTE: I don't believe in New Age spirituality anymore ever since I have gotten to know my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (John 14:6)

Manifesting that I'll be reincarnated into a lovable, happy, healthy, hilarious, good sport, courageous, ambivert, well-rounded, successful, beautiful, talented, smart, and wise person in my next life. 🙏🏼🤞🏼✨

But I still want to be a 5'7 ½" woman. Or maybe 5'6" up until 5'9" will do, but no shorter or taller than that. Also, fast metabolism! Am I being too demanding? 😅

[seetheworldanew-blog]

But it is obvious that the Mahāparinirvāna Sūtra does not consider it impossible for a Buddhist to affirm an ātman provideed it is clear what the correct understanding of this concept is, and indeed the sūtra clearly sees certain advantages in doing so. For example, since non-Buddhists are portrayed as considering the BUddha a nihilist due to his teaching of Not-Self, provided there is no compromise of Buddhist tenets - and there does not have to be such a compromise - portraying the tathāgatagarbha as ātman might help convert non-Buddhists to Buddhism. It might thus help them to realise that Buddhism is not a form of spiritual nihilism. After all, if there is a thathāgatagarbha that serves as the very foundation for attaining Buddhahood then Buddhism could not be nihilism. No questions have to be begged on what actually corresponds to the term tathāgatagarbha. Moreover adherents of the thathāgatagarbha argued that by structural opposition, if samsāra is, as Buddhists say, impermanent, not-Self, suffering and impure than Buddhahood as the neation of samsāra can indeed be portrayed without further commitment as permanent, Self, bliss, and purity.

Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition by Paul Williams