If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
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Ditto
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
Yeah, but a separate issue.
When a Buddhist commits suicide they don’t generally
try to take others with them.
This is not to say Buddhists can’t be violent,
however it’s usually in self defense.
I agree, The saying is true. “Buddhism is not a religion it is an education”.
Absolutely! Any time, any day.
Pick your poison.
Agreed, although as an agnostic, I don't have a God in this fight...
...see what I did there?
“If Buddhism is approached as a philosophy, it’s harmless. I’ll take ten thousand Buddhists over ten Muslims any day of the week.”
It’s far from harmless but islam is worse.
Bringing the mind into 'here, now' in my view is the most effective worldly way not only to reduce the expression of original sin and hence its consequences to its smallest power, but also I would argue that 'pure consciousness of this moment' is what was meant by 'the light of God' -> (and is equal to 'eternity' - not 'infinite time' but 'no time at all' (which is not the same as 'zero time')) i.e. that the 'Light of God' IS pure consciousness with no thought (pure consciousness can not contain sin, it requires thinking) but I have no place telling kids that and frankly nobody agrees with me anyway :-)
So if they want to use it help the general attention deficit and stress that is inherent in being a kid especially these days, and let its physical/mental health benefits work their magic, great.
But unfortunately, in the rare times when Lefties get religious, they tend to glom onto a bogus westernized version of traditional Buddhism/Zen, and it's total crap and fake.
But if things like Yoga are taught as merely 'a better gym class', good for your body and mind, fine, just keep the spirituality out of the schools, because the left is bound to use it to further their agenda. Buddhism can be fake taught as 'a-moral pure consciousness one with the universe' sophistry and what better sophistry for the left could there be.
Buddhism is not evil (if you think it is, probably what you've been exposed to is evil, just as bastardized versions of 'Christianity' are easy to manufacture on purpose or by mistake) but it is very subtle and difficult to get it without getting it wrong, so it can be just as easily torqued for evil, and making it mean what you want. The Buddha HIMSELF originally didn't want to teach, for that very reason.
I'm a big fan of the Fat Happy man, but I am no fan of bureaucrats attempting to pass it on to kids. It would be safer to give the kids some uranium and a how-to-make-lemonade-with-uranium book.
So kids who slug their teachers could be required to meditate in the full lotus for their time-out, making them more mindful of their behavior.
So I’m good wit dat, yo.