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[sprsk]

So i was sitting in japanese art history today writing down review shit for an upcoming exam when my teacher showed us a slide from this piece called the "womb world mandala". This is the Womb World Mandala



This wasn't the first time i had seen the image, but this time she said something that sent a shockwave through my brain and i don't know why, but instantly made me think of megaman.
In esoteric buddhism there are a bunch of fucking gods that represent things in the world. In the womb world mandala you see the boss buddha surrounded by his 8 main buddhisatvas. Each buddhisatva is pointed in the 8 cardinal directions. JUST LIKE MEGAMAN 2.

I just blew your mind didn't I?

Lets look at the facts.

Here is a picture of the megaman 2 boss select


All bosses are in the 8 cardinal directions, each of them representing a thing that occurs in our world. The only real difference between these guys and the buddhisatvas is that they represent different shit and are robots. Also note that Dr wiley is like a fucking evil buddha.

So what does that make megaman? Well one could assume megaman is like a modern human being, trying to put a stop to all this religious nonsense. Or you could say that wiley is just an evil incarnation of buddha and megaman is an enlightened being trying to restore the peaceful nature of buddhism.


OR MAYBE HE'S JUST A CRAZY ROBOT OUT FOR REVENGE

 

[Funky Papa]

I think you are losing it.

 

[sprsk]

I think you are loosing it.

OR AM I TIGHTENING IT

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Crazy robot.

 

[Teknopathetic]

No more LSD for you.

 

[FiRez]

Isn't that kind of selection screen present in almost every old megaman game?

 

[Nos_G]

I blame Monosodium Glutamate.

Just say NO.

 

[Funky Papa]

OR AM I TIGHTENING IT

Yes.

Do you want some juice for your pill or is water OK?

 

[impirius]

OR AM I TIGHTENING IT

:lol :lol

 

[=W=]

now i really feel like playing megaman 2


EAT ARM CANNON DEMIGODS

 

[Borys]

Hey sp0rks, you are japanese? And where are you from BTW?

 

[Date of Lies]

so Dr. Willy is Buddha?

 

[sprsk]

so Dr. Willy is Buddha?

Evil Buddha

(no i am not japanesse)

 

[RevenantKioku]

so Dr. Willy is Buddha?

He's like the inverted Buddha. And Flash Man is part of Right Said Fred

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Well, that's certainly an interesting theory.

 

[bitwise]

hey if I had to sit through a class on japanese art history i think i'd be daydreaming alot too.

 

[DarknessTear]

As soon as I saw that Buddhist picture I noticed that that's the title screen of Shin Megami Tensei 1 :lol

 

[sprsk]

As soon as I saw that Buddhist picture I noticed that that's the title screen of Shin Megami Tensei 1 :lol

post a picture.

 

[8bit]

He's like the inverted Buddha. And Flash Man is part of Right Said Fred

I'm too sexy for this post.

 

[Belfast]

Isn't that kind of selection screen present in almost every old megaman game?

MM1 was only 6.

 

[sprsk]

MM1 was only 6.

hence, megaman 2

 

[Belfast]

hence, megaman 2

indeed.

 

[shuri]

The implications *dramatic pause* are staggering

 

[Sapiens]

Well, I guess this means that Dr. Wiley is ultimately good. And megaman is the evil force.

This is why these games are so hard. Only the truly evil people are able to beat them.

 

[stone128]

This wasn't the first time i had seen the image, but this time she said something that sent a shockwave through my brain and i don't know why, but instantly made me think of megaman.
In esoteric buddhism there are a bunch of fucking gods that represent things in the world. In the womb world mandala you see the boss buddha surrounded by his 8 main buddhisatvas. Each buddhisatva is pointed in the 8 cardinal directions. JUST LIKE MEGAMAN 2.

I like this part ^_^

 

[..pakbeka..]

suddenly, it all makes sense

thanks for opening my eyes


oops

 

[Synth_floyd]

Then what does clash/crash man mean?

 

[sprsk]

Then what does clash/crash man mean?

Clash man is the buddhisatva of IMPACT

 

[Wario64]

suddenly, it all makes sense

thanks for opening my eyes wario

you're welcome

:scratch

 

[DarknessTear]

post a picture.

Look hard into the blackness. It be there!

 

[sprsk]

Look hard into the blackness. It be there!

Okay that's just stupid.

 

[DarknessTear]

Okay that's just stupid.

What is? Did you see it? It's really hard to notice D:

 

[Musashi Wins!]

good stuff, good stuff. i like it.

 

[sprsk]

What is? Did you see it? It's really hard to notice D:

oh yeah, i see its exactly the same.

 

[teruterubozu]

"Bodhisattva" is the correct term.


Being that it's a Keiji Inafune game (Onimusha, etc.), it's probably not THAT much of a stretch.

 

[sprsk]

"Bodhisattva" is the correct term.


Being that it's a Keiji Inafune game (Onimusha, etc.), it's probably not THAT much of a stretch.

i can never spell buddhist terms in indian, all these crazy consonants.

 

[vala]

Being that it's a Keiji Inafune game

He only designed the characters and made some sprites =P .
The game was designed by A.K. (Arthur Knight?) , who probably is Tokuro Fujiwara (GnG)