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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] Buddhism as I understand it, is not exactly a religion in the sense that other organized [and more dogmatic] religions are. From a Buddhist affiliated website: [i]Buddhism [b]does not demand blind faith[/b] from its adherents. Here [b]mere belief is dethroned[/b] and [b]is substituted by confidence based on knowledge[/b], which, in Pali, is [b]known as saddha[/b]. The [b]confidence placed by a follower on the Buddha is like that of a sick person in a noted physician, or a student in his teacher[/b]. A Buddhist [b]seeks refuge in the Buddha because it was he who discovered[/b] the path of deliverance. A [b]Buddhist does not seek refuge in the Buddha with the hope that he will be saved by his (i.e. the Buddha's own) personal purification[/b]. The [b]Buddha gives no such guarantee[/b]. It is [b]not within the power of a Buddha to wash away the impurities[/b] of others. [b]One could neither purify nor defile another[/b]. The Buddha, [b]as teacher, instructs us[/b], but [b]we ourselves are directly responsible for our purification[/b]. Although a Buddhist seeks refuge in the Buddha, [b]he does not make any self-surrender[/b]. [b]Nor[/b] does a Buddhist [b]sacrifice his freedom of thought by becoming a follower of the Buddha[/b]. He can [b]exercise his own free will and develop his knowledge[/b] even to the extent of becoming a Buddha himself.[/i] - Courtesy of [i]Buddhanet.net[/i] Sounds harmless enough. Buddhists generally don't shove their philosophy in society's face either, like many of the organized religions do, and is generally practiced in fairly private settings that don't infringe on public life or discourse. Perhaps it can serve as a model for the road to "spirituality" without being such a pain to greater society. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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