Yeah, I once met a monk who smiled at me and told me that he wants "to meet Buddha and shoot him". I was a bit shocked by his statement but he just continued to smile. He also told me that "Buddha is shit and Jesus is WAY better". He also called Buddha "impotent" and an "empty shell". I just stood there and did not know what to say. To this day I have no clue what he meant or why he said these things. I literally shared my bed with a Buddhist, but Buddhism has never become any less mysterious to me. I also met a Buddhist man who tried to sing a snake into sleep with chants. Their concepts seem almost otherworldly. Real Buddhism is absolutely nothing like the westernized Buddhism we have here in the West. It is by far the most alien system of thought which I have encountered so far. This is both amazing and confusing.
Yeah, I once met a monk who smiled at me and told me that he wants "to meet Buddha and shoot him". I
