> Buddhism is more a science of the mind, not a religion IMHO. This is such an extremely new, contemporary, western interpretation of buddhism. It's not inhere

> Buddhism is more a science of the mind, not a religion IMHO. This is such an extremely new, contemporary, western interpretation of buddhism. It's not inherently invalid (or maybe it is! I'm not a buddhist) but it's not compatible with how most practitioners globally and through its history would view their beliefs and practices. If you need to consider it "not a religion" in order to take it seriously you should probably challenge that constraint within yourself rather than ignore half of what the religion says about itself, on its own terms.