Nostr notes by Grappler Gocki

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2026-10-05T23:36:45Z

Really the only place Buddhists will use Sanskrit these days is ...

2026-06-19T05:57:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…5svh
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Really the only place Buddhists will use Sanskrit these days is in technical arguments like this, and they tend to be Mahayana arguments (Madhyamaka is one of a number of foundational Mahayana positions, in something of a rivalry/conversation with Yogacara), since it's Mahayanists who retained the Sanskrit. Otherwise it's quite rare; Pali sees probably more use. For English-speaking Buddhists there are only a handful of Sanskrit terms they ever really need to have ready to rock, so to speak, at any given time. That one in particular surely gets more play time than any other, simply because being able to articulate the concept in a single term is very useful for illustrating what Madhyamaka is saying, as opposed to the many things it is *not* saying (it's confused with nihilism so often that I had someone quite interested in it just today ask whether or not it was a form of nihilism). Curious how we got from "middle way" to the title for board exams though.

As a Madhyamika the way I'm using it is much more like ...

2026-06-19T05:42:13Z

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As a Madhyamika the way I'm using it is much more like "unchanging essence," timeless, inhering, immutable yet somehow also apparent, *independent* essence that somehow still interacts with the world. Nagarjuna's view, and mine so far as I have ever understood it, is that following this logic leads to absurd outcomes that do not make sense within a framework of phenomena arising/appearing, persisting, and passing away. Nagarjuna's principal targets were Sautrantikas, whom he saw as smuggling in an essentialism foreign to the rejection of the tetralemma, but this was give or take 2,000 years ago, and even at the time so far as I know, the term could be used to refer to 'personality' among a bevy of other forms. Among Buddhist theory at the time (or at a minimum, just after) so far as I know, 'pudgala' tended to be used for 'persona' rather than 'svabhava,' but when it comes to its modern usage outside of a Buddhist context, I'm certainly out of my depth.

Forced to cancel Halimede, not because of the chasing, but ...

2026-06-18T18:59:20Z

Forced to cancel Halimede, not because of the chasing, but because she openly believes in svabhāva... I take no pleasure in this, believe me. (I cover my eyes with my hand and toss a vajra underhand, granny shotting it off the roof of the gompa)

Home from Backrooms. It was tense, we love architectural ...

2026-06-08T05:25:07Z

Home from Backrooms. It was tense, we love architectural phantasmagoria don't we folks, but this movie was done better story-wise by Piranesi for sure, there's not much "story" here to work with. There was one scene set to The Caretaker and I had to struggle not to throw popcorn. But for establishing a tone and becoming a tense movie, it does that fine. As always there's a related constellation of fears underpinning it; does money justify everything, do you think?? Do we run from connection with one another out of fear??? Capitalism global warming hoarding artificiality zoomers family guy clips subway surfers????? But I do simply think it's a fun setting idea if only because I was, true to all those jingling keys posts, never bored

(Business Insider voice) Giuseppe and his family have been making ...

2026-05-26T14:55:13Z

(Business Insider voice) Giuseppe and his family have been making hentai in the Etruscan style for generations. Now, his is one of the few families left capable of making hentai that would have been legible to the late Romans. The techniques have stayed almost unchanged in 1500 years. If the humidity in the grotto isn't just right, the scanlation will be off and the whole series will be thrown out and started over

You've hit on a really interesting and insightful part of my ...

2025-10-15T17:25:04Z

You've hit on a really interesting and insightful part of my g-spot. Let's get ready to dive into the exciting and immersive world of my cervix

It's me the Kurzgesagt man. What would physically happen if ...

2025-05-23T19:50:20Z

It's me the Kurzgesagt man. What would physically happen if you tried to shove the whole earth up your own asshole? Here's a cartoon bird trying it. Now let's imagine it's radioactive. Not such a smart idea now huh. But within the next century it'll probably be possible and the economic opportunities make it arguably necessary

I was asked by liberal family members what clever slogans I'd ...

2025-04-09T21:51:52Z

I was asked by liberal family members what clever slogans I'd put on a protest sign (which I'm being pushed to join) and I cannot think of any which wouldn't be extremely offensive to probably everyone else there. Is that good

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2025-03-21T16:39:06Z

What if baby hitler's innie was a committed leninist

Dr. Tingle who do we vote for to give you a license to kill ...

2025-02-03T17:54:40Z

Dr. Tingle who do we vote for to give you a license to kill

Man goes to doctor, says life has lost all its joy. All except ...

2024-09-06T18:50:07Z

Man goes to doctor, says life has lost all its joy. All except for watching Pagliacci. Doctor prescribes him a standard SSRI. Patient asks the doctor if he's sure he doesn't just want the patient and others who are depressed to go see the famous clown Pagliacci who is local and plays many shows around and is very funny. Doctor says he never heard of Pagliacci and so can't recommend him professionally. Patient insists Pagliacci is a laugh riot, easily one of the funniest comedians to come on the scene in the last 10 years and sure to cure anyone's depression. Patient says Pagliacci ought to be on national TV. Doctor says he vaguely recalls a local access show from a while back but can't confirm it was Pagliacci. Says depression requires more than a funny routine to cure. Patient begins to raise his voice and insist Pagliacci is SNL material at bare minimum