[Cronos]

Buddhism I always feel suffers from hype. I'm not saying that there are many admirable parts of that philosophy, I'm only saying that we in the West see only a syrupy shallow offering and most of the adherents here seem to just consider Buddhism (And other 'eastern' religions) as just chanting and wearing silly costumes. For instance, Lamaism, we just see the Dalai Lama as a smiling Buddha (yes, the fat one) -like figure but do most of the adherents realise that Lamaism has a very strict morality code not unlike Christianity? It considersgays and affairs immoral and urges discipline.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The Buddhas in Chinese restaurants represent the kind of bliss I prefer (epicurean vs nirvana).