In 1997 Ratzinger called Buddhism an "autoerotic spirituality" that offers "transcendence without imposing concrete religious obligations." Hindusim, he said, offers "false hope," in that it guarantees "purification" based on a "morally cruel" concept of reincarnation resembling "a continuous circle of hell." At the time, Cardinal Ratzinger predicted that Buddhism would replace Marxism as the Catholic church's main enemy.I've never had a Buddhist try to recruit me to their faith, unlike other denominations. If a faith that attracts rather than promotes can become your main enemy, that doesn't bode you well against more active opponents.