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| Jan 5, 2021 at 14:25 | comment | added | Axlite | Yeah, it's not that big of a deal. Still, the figure of speech is one that conveys wrong information about Buddhism – which is unfortunate if players believe otherwise. Had the developers been better informed, they could have done one of two things: either [1] keep the missions largely as they are (ie., episodes of shallow meditation), but just don't mention "soul" at all; or [2] put some more work into a proper questline where ideas like anatta would have been properly explored in the sci-fi setting. Personally, I think the latter would have been very interesting (and perhaps still could be). | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 11:26 | comment | added | user19838 | I think it is just a figure of speech. Most people that play the game will have no clear idea about Buddhism. Heck I for a long time thought that Buddhism includes the believe in a soul because of a wrong understanding of rebirth. Teaching people the principle of anatta in 4 clips of only a few minutes is too much. In the end a game is just another form of art. | |
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 7:25 | history | answered | Axlite | CC BY-SA 4.0 |