Is Buddhism A Religion?...


"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss."        Karl Brunnholzl 




This practitioner continues to not think of Buddhism as a religion. Rather i think of it as a life practice and philosophy on life, suffering, and impermanence that offers a clear path to the cessation of suffering and liberation. Consciousness is universal and is present in the universe, or more correctly present i all universes (multiverse), So, at the cessation of our human form our consciousness, and its spiritual karma passes to the next life form we inhabit.

A side note: As we all possess Buddhanature we are all Buddhas. Most of us simply do not know it. 



Alan Watts on Buddhism and Art of Liberation | Buddhism Philosophy by Alan Watts



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