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09-29-2006, 04:47 AM #13
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Is Buddhism a religion for lazy people?
Let me clarify what I mean by laziness. I mean the kind of person who simply declares his or her self to be a Buddhist simply because they imagine it to be a cool thing to be into. As I said earlier, a bit like Yoga, or Feng Shui maybe. There is no need to meditate for four hours a day in order to follow Buddhist thought. A moment spent in serene contemplation is all that is needed. The very act of meditating in an attempt to reach enlightenment is going against the philosophy of Buddhism. It shouldn't be a task, you shouldn't need to sit down and actively prepare yourself for enlightenment, it should arrive naturally. That is the way of Zen. Please don't anyone else tell me they are a Buddhist. You cannnot be a Buddhist, you are always in the process of becoming, never actually being anything. The very act of declaring oneself to be a Buddhist is a declaration that you are not one. There is no such thing as "a Buddhist".
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