Buddhism

[process]

Ive recently started going to my local Buddhist centre its been about 2months now and im finding it really interesting. Before i went to this i was quite against organised religion as i viewed it as a crutch that weak people used to get through life cause they wernt strong enought to make their own decisions or make their own way in life, but i think Buddhism is different. Also we did some chanting the other day, which i was initially very skeptical about, what with my possibly narrow minded view of hare krishnas, but it was actually really moving stuff (Green Tara's mantra i think it was called...). Just wondering if anybodys got any expereinces they want to share or tips or stuff i should read etc

[DaftFader]

if i had to belive in a religon .. it would be budism .. .. mby spritualism .. but thats some thing else imo .. i can't explain it atm .. but you got the right idea i think m8

[jmt10110]

here you go dj, http://www.aboutbuddhism.org/
this is one i looked at when i was studying various religions/beliefs. not for my own practice, don't care for that scene, just to know more about them.

[Raj]

I have [somewhere] a friend whois a lay buddhist preacher and he is always a great person to chat to.

Have spent a lot of time meditating on Zen buddhism - find thats my favourite part of buddhism

[globalloon]

Buddha's teachings are all about finding your own path to enlightenment, whereas all forms of Buddhism claim to know the right way to live by those teachings.

to me it seems like any other major religion; people claiming that the way they interpret the divine is the right one.

find your own path!

[Raj]

Right enough - never done the buddhism with other people; usually alone so it worked for me.

[MisterDuck]

study buddha without others tellin you how to interpret it? sounds quite good

in fact that could work for many religions to an extent, but probly buddhism most

[JonnyQuest]

buddism is religioin, no place in the modern world if u ask me

[jmt10110]

Originally posted by JonnyQuest

buddism is religioin, no place in the modern world if u ask me

buddhism is actually a philosophy. what does the second part mean?

[GiantMidget]

Originally posted by jmt10110

buddhism is actually a philosophy. what does the second part mean?

Think he means religion has no place in the modern world. I agree with ya Jonny! Myself i believe in some higher being but not mankinds religions!

Originally posted by globalloon

Buddha's teachings are all about finding your own path to enlightenment, whereas all forms of Buddhism claim to know the right way to live by those teachings.

to me it seems like any other major religion; people claiming that the way they interpret the divine is the right one.

find your own path!

Got to agree with GB on this. I did some work for a NKT temple a few years ago and hung about to find out abit more.

They was lovely people but abit full on for me with there ideas on life and buddism. ~It seems more split that the protestant church to me...

[process]

Originally posted by MrAHC

Got to agree with GB on this. I did some work for a NKT temple a few years ago and hung about to find out abit more.

They was lovely people but abit full on for me with there ideas on life and buddism. ~It seems more split that the protestant church to me...

fuckin hell id have never thought it would be religion that you two would agree on!

Originally posted by djprocess

fuckin hell id have never thought it would be religion that you two would agree on!

well thats the teachings of budda for you...

[Heavy]

I did a little reading on the subject, and what I liked was that Buddha recommended people only take from his teachings what they found useful to lead a better life, and that they could leave what they did not agree with or need.

When I looked further into it and went to a meeting I found that this attitude was not followed. It was back to the all or nothing stance of most religion.

So my experience has been that reading about it, and maybe discussing it with someone who is not too set on one view, can be a very useful tool for looking at and maybe improving life.

[process]

Originally posted by Heavy

I did a little reading on the subject, and what I liked was that Buddha recommended people only take from his teachings what they found useful to lead a better life, and that they could leave what they did not agree with or need.

When I looked further into it and went to a meeting I found that this attitude was not followed. It was back to the all or nothing stance of most religion.

So my experience has been that reading about it, and maybe discussing it with someone who is not too set on one view, can be a very useful tool for looking at and maybe improving life.

at the moment im still at the first stage. if it does get to the second 'all or nothing' stage ill probably sack it off as i dont really do too well with people telling me what to do.