List of games that Buddha would not play

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play

13•prawn•7mo ago

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rfarley04•7mo ago

I don't see Civ 6 on this list. So at least we still have that.

dtagames•7mo ago

Ace Attorney, too!

kgwxd•7mo ago

Is there a list that includes the reasons, or is that mystery only the "enlightened" could possibly comprehend?

rramadass•7mo ago

These are all part of Buddhist "Mind Training" practices. They placed great emphasis on Seeing your own true nature, Letting go of self-grasping, Developing Compassion for everything in the Universe etc. A framework for such a practice can be seen in the Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali which was influenced by Buddhist practices. Focus/Discipline towards the above goals was everything and hence any practice which would distract the mind from these goals were let go. Note that the article itself states "he believed them to be a 'cause for negligence'" [from true practice towards the above goals].

A good approach can be found in the Lojong (literally "mind training") practices of Tibetan Buddhism which are worth studying - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong

See also the book Essential Mind Training translated by Thupten Jinpa for a selection of texts with introduction and commentaries.

MarkusQ•7mo ago

This reads like the "Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge" list of animals, but for games.

aitchnyu•7mo ago

The first games seem like gambling. The latter games sounds like an Indian childhood before smartphones, with lots of palm leaf toys, folded paper and strings. I heard of the western analogs of staring at clouds and tea party with dolls.