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The six paths of pain is merely a personification of the wheel of existence (bhavacakra (pronounced bhavachakra)) the visual aid for teaching the nature of cyclic existence (samsara).
If there's one thing most people know about Buddhism it's the concept of rebirth (refrain from using the word reincarnation please--to Buddhists it has an entirely different meaning). There are six different realms one can be born into: the Deva path (god realm), the Asura (pronounced ashura) path (demi-god realm), the Human realm, the Animal realm, the Preta path (Hungry-ghost realm), and the Hell realm, ruled over by Naraka (pronounced naraksha).
The being outside the cycle of the six paths is the god who reigns over life and death, Yama. Surely after all this the case can be made Nagato is Buddha too, but outside of Samsara the Buddha stands pointing towards the moon.
Hagoromo is the one who created the moon, right? The moon represents liberation from these six realms or rebirth. The Buddha's gesture is like the path to enlightenment. It's not that the Buddha is the cause of nirvana. The Buddha is a cooperative condition of our nirvana. He indicates the path to us, he points out to us what to practice and what to abandon in order to be liberated. When we follow the path, we get the result, which is nirvana--and I believe this is what ninshu is supposed to represent.
This is what Hagoromo wished for mankind: the entire Wheel of Life is but a representation of the possibility of transforming suffering by changing the way we relate to it. As the Buddha taught in his final exhortation to his faithful attendant Ananda, it is only through becoming a "lamp unto yourself" that enlightenment can be won. Liberation from the Wheel of Life does not mean escape, the Buddha implied. It means clear perception of oneself, of the entire range of the human experience.
According to the Buddhist tradition, the Buddha told his followers: I have shown you the path that leads to liberation, but you should know that liberation depends upon yourself.
The rinnegan is the divine eye of the Buddha.
tl;dr Nagato > EMS Sasuke
rinnegan > sharingan
Nagato is like a pseudo Buddha. Sasuke is no where as powerful as the enlightened one
If there's one thing most people know about Buddhism it's the concept of rebirth (refrain from using the word reincarnation please--to Buddhists it has an entirely different meaning). There are six different realms one can be born into: the Deva path (god realm), the Asura (pronounced ashura) path (demi-god realm), the Human realm, the Animal realm, the Preta path (Hungry-ghost realm), and the Hell realm, ruled over by Naraka (pronounced naraksha).
The being outside the cycle of the six paths is the god who reigns over life and death, Yama. Surely after all this the case can be made Nagato is Buddha too, but outside of Samsara the Buddha stands pointing towards the moon.
Hagoromo is the one who created the moon, right? The moon represents liberation from these six realms or rebirth. The Buddha's gesture is like the path to enlightenment. It's not that the Buddha is the cause of nirvana. The Buddha is a cooperative condition of our nirvana. He indicates the path to us, he points out to us what to practice and what to abandon in order to be liberated. When we follow the path, we get the result, which is nirvana--and I believe this is what ninshu is supposed to represent.
This is what Hagoromo wished for mankind: the entire Wheel of Life is but a representation of the possibility of transforming suffering by changing the way we relate to it. As the Buddha taught in his final exhortation to his faithful attendant Ananda, it is only through becoming a "lamp unto yourself" that enlightenment can be won. Liberation from the Wheel of Life does not mean escape, the Buddha implied. It means clear perception of oneself, of the entire range of the human experience.
According to the Buddhist tradition, the Buddha told his followers: I have shown you the path that leads to liberation, but you should know that liberation depends upon yourself.
The rinnegan is the divine eye of the Buddha.
tl;dr Nagato > EMS Sasuke
Nagato is like a pseudo Buddha. Sasuke is no where as powerful as the enlightened one