Reasons Why Buddhism and the Dharma Is My Chosen Spiritual Path...
Ran across this on my evening perusal of the web. I thought it reasonably well presented and accurate. Enough so it merited reprinting here. Wisdom burns its own flame. So does humor. So does this title, which makes fun of the notion of religious one upsmanship. Read beyond the title, if curious: If you don’t do Buddhism don’t worry, you’re not going to hell. *You’ll just endure countless lifetimes of cyclical suffering. 1. We’re not really a religion. As the Dalai Lama said, if Buddhism and Science disagree, go with science. As the Buddha himself said, don’t believe anything I say unless it matches with your experience. We are however a path: there are teachings, meditation practices, rituals with meaning…but it’s all centered on one point. Wake up. Be kind. Be present. Be genuine. Be generous to others. 2. We don’t go to war, much. Historically, when we’re attacked, our anemic joke-of-an-army fights heroically while the rest of wherever we’re at flees, gets bu...