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[GHoSToKeR]

A philosophy/religion created by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) over 2500 years ago, founded on Hindu beliefs. There are two major divisions: Mahayana and Theravada, and many subdivisions (Ch'an, or Zen, Buddhism is not really one of these). Fundamentally, Buddhists believe that one must rise above desires, to reach a state of enlightenment. Buddha was idolized, and subsequently deified, but he never claimed to be anything more than a man

who cares lol

[mrdevious]

Buddhism sounds like a religion to me. I mean if you believe in a devine force that causes reincarnation and karma and the such, I'd call that a religion. though really, karma (at least in the traditional sense) I don't really believe in. Buddha realized and shared some brilliant things, but karma seems more just the result of the influence of his Hindo heritage.

[ilovelife]

yo man im a 16 years ol hippy gangsta out the FL man just fuckin chill out dude all thsi shoti is fucked away wtih jsut chill em out and lets good times rolls on afor just chill it all out and like chill man smoke smooke some cannacasa yo get real high like ya boy peace

[mellow mood]

chill chill chill chill you can always vary you vacabulary man yea we know you chill....

oh and amsterdam, i personnaly consider it as a phylosophy, but it has been created by buddha, etc, and there are millions of people practicing this "religion". even if buddha didnt want to be praised and etc, it is still the case. and there are rituals, history etc... so a simple philosophy couldnt be like that. but you can live with some buddhist phylosophies, thats gonna be a philosophy, but not if you follow really all what is said in the 2 principal books of buddhism.

peace

[djaio]

Buddhism sounds like a religion to me. I mean if you believe in a devine force that causes reincarnation and karma and the such, I'd call that a religion.

that "divine force" is ourselves.

buddhism is buddhism. why do labels matter?

[mrdevious]

that "divine force" is ourselves.

buddhism is buddhism. why do labels matter?

So "ourselves" are the power that somehow upholds the rules of karma and reincarnates accordingly? I'm not really arguing the point, I'm just not totally clear here.

[NoosaHeads]

I dont Beleive in the "God" that the world/religion wants you to beleive in..

BUT..
I beleive in A Creator and I beleive In Different levels Of existance.

I beleive the earth realm Is one of (Not The) Lower Levels Of existance and that were here to learn certain things Before we Move onto the Next level..
I could be way Off here This Is What I beleive...

I find it Hard to beleive In the "Big Bang" Theory...


I beleive that everything happens for a reason theres NO such thing as Fate..



If you Look at Life like this you can Learn A fucking lot about yourself...


ok.I'll shut up now...Time for another Bong....Peace....

[Moon Grace Witch]

Hey, Mellow....Just think, if there was no "god" who would these poor suckers have to blame for their impotence? Some religio-philosophers get off the hook by saying everyone is god--Now, who gets the responsibility for the world each person lives in? And whose responsibility is it to FIX what is wrong with the world? Let's talk about that... Getting into Buddhism should help on this one.

[mellow mood]

Whose responsability to fix what's wrong in the world? us man. of course if we rely on a unexistent god,(well until now it is only faith, it may exist but stil...) well yes we wont change anything. but we are the part of god. we can change things, we can do what we want. if humans would have better values, etc, there wouldn't be so much egoism and misery in the world. we have to rely on ourself.

And we have the responsability of our own life, thats why you cant destruct another life except yours.

We can change the world, but human stupidity and attachement to power and money will just bring the destruction to us. we will pay for our egoism, our nonsense lifes. we build up an individualist society.

all this to say we dont need god, and if theres one, we are part of it. we have the power to make a better world, but i guess it is too late. The End is coming soon...

[djaio]

So "ourselves" are the power that somehow upholds the rules of karma and reincarnates accordingly? I'm not really arguing the point, I'm just not totally clear here.

buddhists do not believe in a god like most other faiths do, an omnipotent creator that resides in a realm separate from us... rather, they believe divinity is within all living and non-living things.

NoosaHeads, you know exactly what youre talking about. you have wise words

The End is coming soon...

there is no absolute end or beginning. only change. your username contradicts what you say...