The Buddha HATED Chess, and told his disciples to avoid it at all costs

Hi! I live in Malaysia that have many religious beliefs, and one is the Buddha - and some of my friends that play chess is also Buddha. I'm not a Buddhist, but I think that Buddha isn't hated chess.

spectrox75

Maybe he wasn't a very good player?

Cedur216

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I spit on religious hypocrisy and bigotry in any context

LobsterBrain

@ibrahimmoiZOOS
That's very interesting, I was always under the impression that people who can play blindfold chess against multiple people at the same time and win every game have at least opened their inner eye in a very practical way ;)

@ibrahimmoiZOOS That's very interesting, I was always under the impression that people who can play blindfold chess against multiple people at the same time and win every game have at least opened their inner eye in a very practical way ;)

Fredericsiow

@spectrox75 said in #12:

Maybe he wasn't a very good player?
It's possible.
Maybe the Buddha usually lose on chess, so he told his disciples to avoid it at all costs.

@spectrox75 said in #12: > Maybe he wasn't a very good player? It's possible. Maybe the Buddha usually lose on chess, so he told his disciples to avoid it at all costs.

pappet365

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1:

The Buddha knew that Chess was a purposeless activity that harmed the mind and caused suffering. See #1 on the list:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play

Buddha taught his disciples that playing Chess was like mocking a deformed person (#16 on the list).

If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha?

I don't think you'll find Buddhist monk here around to have a good answer

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1: > The Buddha knew that Chess was a purposeless activity that harmed the mind and caused suffering. See #1 on the list: > > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play > > Buddha taught his disciples that playing Chess was like mocking a deformed person (#16 on the list). > > If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha? I don't think you'll find Buddhist monk here around to have a good answer

e4e5f4exf4nicht

Show me the underpromotion to a second king by clapping with one hand...

pointlesswindows

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1:

The Buddha knew that Chess was a purposeless activity that harmed the mind and caused suffering. See #1 on the list:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play

Buddha taught his disciples that playing Chess was like mocking a deformed person (#16 on the list).

If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha?

There are ball games on the list too. I think they are much more harmful than chess.

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1: > The Buddha knew that Chess was a purposeless activity that harmed the mind and caused suffering. See #1 on the list: > > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_that_Buddha_would_not_play > > Buddha taught his disciples that playing Chess was like mocking a deformed person (#16 on the list). > > If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha? There are ball games on the list too. I think they are much more harmful than chess.

Savage_Water edited

Budhha isnt known as a competitive type. Hes mostly known as a gentle being. Oh plus games like monopoly can cause two best friends to fight each other. So I could see why the Buddha wouldnt want us playing board games.

DukeGusGold

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1:

If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha?

The I couldn't care less what some dumb pagan philosopher thought of chess.
Chess has historically been accepted by the Christian faith so I see that as being a better guideline then "The Buddha"

@ibrahimmoiZOOS said in #1: > If you play Chess, Why do you hate the Buddha? The I couldn't care less what some dumb pagan philosopher thought of chess. Chess has historically been accepted by the Christian faith so I see that as being a better guideline then "The Buddha"

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