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Akima:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Nov 2012, 10:44 ---I'm neither buda (though I look like him)
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Ah, but which one? I suspect you're thinking of Budai. :-D
Carl-E:
Yes, indeed. I always wondered about the different representations of Buddha, never realizing until reading that article that I was conflating more than one deity/person!
Akima:
Exactly. Buddha is a title, reflecting a state or condition of enlightenment, not an individual. There have been throughout history, and will be in the future, many Buddhas. Your confusion is very common, and entirely understandable. Buddhists very often informally use "Buddha" without qualification to refer to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, as if that were his name. In English it better to refer to him with the definite article as the Buddha, or as the Lord Buddha.
Lines:
I changed my FB name back to my actual name. But then I saw it, felt weird, and changed it back to my much more fun name. The only reason I considered changing it is because people keep spelling my name Lindsay because I have "Lindsasaurus" up. Yes, this includes people I've known since primary school. I guess I'll have to deal with it, because it honest to god made me really uncomfortable seeing my name on my page. Dunno why, but it did.
Asterus:
I'd have to say though, Facebook's not really such a big deal to me. I "use" it, but more as a way to project thoughts out indiscriminately to people I know. I'm not going to say anything I wouldn't say anyway, and I often get responses from people I wouldn't expect to hear from.
I understand the way some people view it as openly expressing something where an unknown amount of people can find it, but honestly that's the appeal of it to me. Of course, that may be because I'm sort of a hikkikomori (read: Shut-in), and being able to just easily slip into a conversation without needless hassle is a relief.
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