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《The Tathagata has come or not》-Thinking and Dilemma

In ancient Chinese, “Tathagata” was originally an honorific title for the Buddha, which meant “coming truthfully”, “coming truly to the world”.The Buddha is called Tathagata because he truly came to the world to preach the Dharma and save all living beings.However, the meme "Tathagata Comes Not Coming" is not about teaching and popularizing Buddhist knowledge, but an extremely abstract short video from the School of Marxist Ideological and Political Studies of China University of Political Science and Law.

In this short video, Professor Guo Jiejie tried to explain the meaning of the word “Tathagata”, but encountered an intellectual bottleneck during the explanation process.Did he keep chanting "The Tathagata has come?"“In the end, his mind completely collapsed, leaving only the sentence ”Tathagata has not come“ that appeared repeatedly in the video.The video sparked speculation and dilemmas.

Speculation is a way of thinking that pursues truth through reasoning and discussion.However, when explaining complex concepts or problems, we sometimes encounter intellectual bottlenecks and are unable to find accurate answers.Just like Professor Guo Chengxi, he encountered a dilemma in his thinking when explaining the meaning of the word ”Tathagata“.This dilemma may be caused by the complexity of the problem itself, a lack of knowledge, or limitations in the way of thinking.

In this video, after professor Guo Jiexi's mind collapsed, only the sentence ”Tathagata has not come“ is left.This sentence fragment brings people abstract speculation and the dilemma of not knowing where to start.It makes us realize that sometimes our thinking about complex problems may not have exact answers, and we can only fall into endless loops of thinking.

The video also provokes people to think about language and concepts.Language is a tool for communication and expression, but sometimes language expression cannot accurately convey concepts or ideas.Just like the dilemma Professor Guo Chengxi encountered when explaining the word ”Tathagata%.