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> to principles of buddhism like "be nice, be compassionate, to both yourself and others" Principles shared with most religions and most non-religious people a
by graemep 1y ago
> to principles of buddhism like "be nice, be compassionate, to both yourself and others"
Principles shared with most religions and most non-religious people are hardly a mrk of Buddhism.
Buddhism is not a theistic religion, but it still requires a lot of religious beliefs (reincarnation, enlightenment, nirvana) and a lot of concepts such as detachment.
There is a BIG difference between "not monotheistic" and "not religious".
- 93po 1y agoThere is an extremely wide spectrum of how buddhism is practiced and I'd argue most ways are "wrong" and violate things the buddha very specifically said not to do (e.g. don't worship him). There are no "requirements" in buddhism. there is no hell for you to go to if you do it "wrong". take from it what you want and leave the rest behind.
- graemep 1y ago> here is no hell for you to go to if you do it "wrong" My understanding is that the present life and the cycle of reincarnation is what Buddhists seek release from in nirvana. There is a hell, we are just in it. I hardly need say that "going" to hell is misleading as its not a place, and many other religions do not believe in it (.e.g. Christian universalists). > take from it what you want and leave the rest behind. At some point you take so little its not the same religion anymore.
- 93po 1y ago> At some point you take so little its not the same religion anymore. sure but the point is to take what works to stop drinking, not to able to accurately call yourself a buddhist
- 1attice 1y agoIt depends a lot on the variant of Buddhism. There are plenty of us who do not believe in those things. In particular, we see rebirth as a way of framing what Rawls called the Veil of Ignorance