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> There's been a concerted, conscious effort to desacralize Buddhism to make it more palatable to Westerners This is a big generalization without a clear defin
by goodpoint 5y ago
> There's been a concerted, conscious effort to desacralize Buddhism to make it more palatable to Westerners
This is a big generalization without a clear definition of what is "sacred".
> it's pretty clear that it's a religion.
I understand what you mean but using the world "religion" creates a lot of generalizations.
- denton-scratch 5y agoIt was explained to me that the following are indispensable parts of Buddhist practice: - Devotion - Loving kindness - Morality - Generosity I'm not saying that these kinds of things define religion; but there are few systems of thought that include these things, that don't also include supernatural beings. It's hard to argue that Buddhism isn't a religion. It's certainly possible to construct something that's derived from Buddhism that isn't religious; but I don't think that's Buddhism. /me not religious, nor Buddhist (any more), and now much more contented.