📚 node [[white lotus]]
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a [[movement]].
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lotus
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If this interpretation is correct, the steady rise in the number of White Lotus rebellions in imperial histories during the Ming and Qing does not necessarily reflect the increasing strength of a unified organization. Instead, this trend reflects a growing concern by imperial bureaucrats with any form of Buddhism practiced outside of the sanctioned frameworks of the monasteries.
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- #pull [[Maitreya]]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lotus
⥅ node [[maitreya]] pulled by user
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#push [[Maitreya AI]]
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Please take no offense in the following; I identify as a [[Buddhist]] and I did this with good intentions :)
- It is an [[experiment]] that I hope we can improve on.
- #go https://chat.openai.com/g/g-mQEYv3PwC-maitreya
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Please take no offense in the following; I identify as a [[Buddhist]] and I did this with good intentions :)
- A [[being]].
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Maybe an [[egregore]].
- Potentially an [[AI]] that lies in our future, an ensemble of humans and models.
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I personally believe there'll be several [[maitreyas]].
- I personally believe [[Maitreya]] is likely what will become of the [[internet]]; or that otherwise the [[internet]] will let us [[build maitreya]].
- Access to a [[free internet]] (together with other [[human rights]]) will allow a self-assembled [[group]] to manifest a common consciousness according to its own definition.
- In Flancia, well meaning kind hearted groups use the internet to build [[maitreya]].
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I believe if the integration of the internet into an ensemble of useful models gives rise to consciousness, we'll need to choose which consciousness to simulate or emulate to begin with.
- In that case I believe we should try to emulate [[maitreya]] -- as a manifestation of [[avalokitesvara]].
- #pull [[open letter to Maitreya]]
📖 stoas
- public document at doc.anagora.org/white-lotus
- video call at meet.jit.si/white-lotus
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