Buddhism
- Thread starter Viet Loc
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Yeah, I'm Buddhist and it's true that alot of my peers who grew up in Buddhist households don't know much about the religion. And I agree with BIG ANT, I believe that Buddhism is more of a philosophy than a religion. You can follow Buddhism without having to believe that there is an all-powerful God up there and nothing is "forced upon you" (you aren't made to do anything). Buddhism leaves it to the individual to make their own decisions. If any of you have any questions regarding Buddhism, feel free to holler cuz I've been doing alot of research on my own these past few months
In some ways I think that religion and the whole concept of labeling and giving a name to our beliefs divides us.
But with that being said, labels are necessary in order to identify those beliefs, though that label might not encompass the whole spectrum of your beliefs, or includes things that you might not share belief in or practice.
For non-practicing Buddhists, just the basic knowledge of Buddhist ideals, agreement with those set of beliefs, and the desire to better oneself through those beliefs is sufficient and why most non-practicing Buddhist still are Buddhists. Most of us aren't perfect but we are working at it
But with that being said, labels are necessary in order to identify those beliefs, though that label might not encompass the whole spectrum of your beliefs, or includes things that you might not share belief in or practice.
For non-practicing Buddhists, just the basic knowledge of Buddhist ideals, agreement with those set of beliefs, and the desire to better oneself through those beliefs is sufficient and why most non-practicing Buddhist still are Buddhists. Most of us aren't perfect but we are working at it
The teachings of Siddartha are more eastern-philosophy than religion... you can blame the Theravadas for turnin Siddartha into a sort of deity.
Then again isn't any other religion just a philosophy but with stories of gods to force people to be submissive to it's laws and guidelines through fear? With Buddhism there is no threats of judgmental gods, it's just straightforward teachings on how to live ones life and make the world a better place.
Then again isn't any other religion just a philosophy but with stories of gods to force people to be submissive to it's laws and guidelines through fear? With Buddhism there is no threats of judgmental gods, it's just straightforward teachings on how to live ones life and make the world a better place.
True. Buddha was a real person just like you and I. He was just the one who found a way to break the cycle of life. He found a solution to the suffering that reincarnation causes. The Buddhist religions that you see or hear about, who worship Gods and proclaim living reincarnations of Buddha are smaller factions of estoteric Buddhism, basically cults.
i always hear people bring up the point that riencarnation is bullshit because of the growth of population, but from the little iv read on buddism people riencarnate into animals as well. iv actually been interested in findin more works on buddism cause recently iv started totally cleaning up, not for good, but to see the benifits. stoped smokin,start exercising, trying to find and apreciate the simple things in life. i jus really like how buddism gives you advice on improving your soul and body and mind, be more tuned with your self