There's just as much wrong with Buddhism as every other bullshit religion.
People act like Buddhism doesn't cause violence and is just a way of life, but it is a religion, plain and simple, and people do kill in the name of buddhism.
Anybody who says Buddhism is okay and Christianity is evil is a hypocrite. Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha .
It is a religion because it involves the elements of belief, faith and self- transformation, which do belong to some philosophies as such but which I believe are more characteristic features of religions. In all religions I would argue that faith and belief are paramount and also the self-transforming aspect. People turn to religion very largely because they want to "improve their life ", "their self " or their moral conduct or to take greater comfort in life. This is why religion is termed the 'opium of the masses' it is a 'bolster' which protects ppl from the bad times. At the very least, it offers that to ppl in the form of 'understanding which gives "comfort'. In this sense a religion is a set of beliefs which we take "comfort" from but which cannot be conclusively proved objectively as true or false.
excuse: "It's more a way of life than a religion". You can say that for any religion. I don't understand why people makes a difference between the cult and the moral of Buddhism and not with other religions. A moral, a good way of life have nothing to do with religion, and it's the purpose of this post . It's hypocrisy, nothing else. Buddhism has it's deities and dogmas, so it's a religion, it appears less armful to us surely because we are unaware of it's excesses. When you train monks to martial arts, you prepare yourself to use violence in some situation
.
Bottom line is to not base your understanding of Buddhism on
some article, book, etc. that has some romanticized idea
of Buddhism just like other religions . Take a look at the actual doctrines and look
at the research done about gender discrimination, atrocities, wars,
etc.
PS : "All life is suffering, and we should want to escape the cycle of rebirth so we don't have to live in this world anymore" WTF !!
People act like Buddhism doesn't cause violence and is just a way of life, but it is a religion, plain and simple, and people do kill in the name of buddhism.
Anybody who says Buddhism is okay and Christianity is evil is a hypocrite. Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha .
It is a religion because it involves the elements of belief, faith and self- transformation, which do belong to some philosophies as such but which I believe are more characteristic features of religions. In all religions I would argue that faith and belief are paramount and also the self-transforming aspect. People turn to religion very largely because they want to "improve their life ", "their self " or their moral conduct or to take greater comfort in life. This is why religion is termed the 'opium of the masses' it is a 'bolster' which protects ppl from the bad times. At the very least, it offers that to ppl in the form of 'understanding which gives "comfort'. In this sense a religion is a set of beliefs which we take "comfort" from but which cannot be conclusively proved objectively as true or false.
excuse: "It's more a way of life than a religion". You can say that for any religion. I don't understand why people makes a difference between the cult and the moral of Buddhism and not with other religions. A moral, a good way of life have nothing to do with religion, and it's the purpose of this post . It's hypocrisy, nothing else. Buddhism has it's deities and dogmas, so it's a religion, it appears less armful to us surely because we are unaware of it's excesses. When you train monks to martial arts, you prepare yourself to use violence in some situation
. Bottom line is to not base your understanding of Buddhism on
some article, book, etc. that has some romanticized idea
of Buddhism just like other religions . Take a look at the actual doctrines and look
at the research done about gender discrimination, atrocities, wars,
etc.
PS : "All life is suffering, and we should want to escape the cycle of rebirth so we don't have to live in this world anymore" WTF !!
