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... One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced. In a world that has long been terrorized by fratricidal Sky-God religions, the ascendance of Buddhism would surely be a welcome... more
Reviewed by Xtine66 Jun 20 2006, 07:10am ( 15 reviews ) • shambhalasun.com
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Rated by brainmenu on Nov 24 2008, 12:31am
I do not believe I would ever wish to be a buddhist and was delighted to find a web page that explained so well some of the reasons why I feel like this.
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Rated by Xtine66 on Jun 20 2006, 7:10am
... One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced. In a world that has long been terrorized by fratricidal Sky-God religions, the ascendance of Buddhism would surely be a welcome development. But this will not happen. There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can successfully compete with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to. ... Heh. "Compete." Competition and evangelism is for the insecure. Many thanks to dear Mu-Tiger
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Rated by meshou on Jun 18 2006, 3:57pm
An interesting argument, though I don't entirely agree.
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Reviewed by dancupid on Jun 15 2006, 11:14am
Buddhism is just a religion for middle class intellectuals - and this writer wants to make sure it remains firmly the religion of middle class intellectuals, by disposing of anything that might appeal to the poetic part of a persons psych. The only religions worth anything are those that involve singing, dancing, music, story telling, lighting candles and sacrificing goats. (and hasn't Christianity already experimented with the idea of killing its god?)
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Rated by sevren on Jun 14 2006, 7:25pm
A compeling arguement for removing Buddhadharma from a 'dogmatic' religious mold. However, I'm not really convinced...
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Rated by lifeisfractal on Jun 11 2006, 11:31pm
The ninth-century Buddhist master Lin Chi is supposed to have said, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." Like much of Zen teaching, this seems too cute by half, but it makes a valuable point: to turn the Buddha into a religious fetish is to miss the essence of what he taught. In considering what Buddhism can offer the world in the twenty-first century, I propose that we take Lin Chi's admonishment rather seriously. As students of the Buddha, we should dispense with Buddhism...
