2006-11-14 21:12:56 · 9 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In fundamental Buddhism, the emphasis is on seeing Truth, on knowing it, and on understanding it. The emphasis is NOT on BLIND faith. The teaching of Buddhism is on "come and see" but never on come and believe. Buddhism is rational and requires personal effort, stating that by only one’s own efforts can Perfect Wisdom be realized. Each individual is responsible for his or her own emancipation from anguish and suffering.
2006-11-15 18:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by sista! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well they don't have a heaven or hell, they believe that each person is responsible fot their own decisions about their life, it is not a religion, so I don't think so. The sects that became militant in Tibet centuries ago were fighting over land and not faith, the military monks in China (Shaolin) were mercenaries until they cut a deal with the Emporer and became his bodyguard. But Fundamentalists claiming the one and only way, that just is not a feature of Buddhist thought.
2006-11-15 05:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by Barabas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean fundamentalist in the sense of them believing in the literal truth of their scripures the Tripitaka, no, there cannot be any, because in the Tripitaka, the Buddha forecast that Buddhism would not outlive him by more than 500 years. There are 3 main streams of Buddhism, which you can introduce yourself to here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
2006-11-15 05:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be,after all Gautama buddha learnt all about the HInduism then started preaching his own religion which is called Buddhism. He was a rebel disciple of the HInduism.
2006-11-15 05:27:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the quote and you decide..
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
Buddha
2006-11-15 05:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by skeptic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nichiren bhuddist sect in medieval japan was one of fundamentalist bhuddist that comdemned other bhuddist sect will go to hell. but it has been changed in the following century
2006-11-15 05:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not the same as a fundamentalist Christian. We do not aggressively demand that others must believe as we do, even the most orthodox among us.
2006-11-15 05:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fundamentalism exist everywhere... religions suck coz they dictate and cant accept other differing views and ways...
2006-11-15 05:31:54 · answer #8 · answered by Ouzian4ever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know.
2006-11-15 05:18:54 · answer #9 · answered by Catswoman1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋