Why does Buddhism seem so morbid? Just asking no harsh comments Please!?!?

Answer 1

In what way does it seem morbid?

Answer 2

Well, it seems morbid to some who are not accustomed to it for a multitude of reasons. For one, it's non-theistic, so there's no comfortable afterlife delineated in the religion itself. Buddhism doesn't rule out an afterlife, but it certainly doesn't offer any immediate hope of one, either.

Some of the chants are reminders of death, so that might seem morbid. "There is no escape from illness. There is no escape from death."... but these are just reminders of the way the natural cycle works, and the effect is hopefully a "carpe diem" sort of effect, where one realizes that time on earth is limited and it's important to be aware of what we are doing with that time.

In Buddha's day, he would supposedly take followers on a tour of corpses (in that age, bodies on the side of the road were not that hard to find) in order to demonstrate the way each follower's body would eventually look. To drive home the idea of the natural cycle, not to scare anyone.

To the Western world, I can see how Buddhism would seem potentially morbid. It's nothing like Christianity, and in general the West has a taboo about death that just doesn't exist in the East. I hope that helps a little! :)

Answer 3

Buddhism is not morbid, it's just realistic. Things are as they are. Prayer cannot change that, only action can change reality.
Contemplation can help one accept reality, but Buddhism accepts that meditation will not change anything except one's understanding of the way thing are.

Answer 4

have you studdied buddhism that you made a comment like that, the meaning of morbid is used in a wrong context, religion cannot be morbid, teaching love peace and harmoney is not morbid, http://everystudent.com/features/connecting.html?OVRAW=buddhism%20religion&OVKEY=religion%20buddhism&OVMTC=standard this might help you to understand more about religion,