If you had to choose between Buddhism and love which would you choose?

Question

I am very impressed by the number of positive
answers that are coming through on this series of questions

Answer 1

To answer all your Q on Buddhism/Christianity etc. All have well defined philosophies. And 'love' is incorporated in their outlook to life and social behaviour. In a way they also define the various meanings of 'love' (love thy neighbor/enemy/parents/husband/wife/etc). The Love I have to chose in your question lacks definition. The way it stands its meaning is open to many broad interpretations. So define it if you want a realistic answer.

Answer 2

Buddhism is NOT supposed to be a philosophy. It is supposed to be a dedicated commited lifestyle that involves daily meditation (at least an hour or more), and constant awareness and observation .. as well as following the Five Precepts at a minimum. It is far more rigorous than even Hinduism if you are really gong to be a Buddhist. Hinduism like Buddhism, can be paid lip-service to. The actual practice of Hinduism is yoga: Raja yoga, Karma yoga, Jnani yoga, Bhakti yoga. If you like, you can also do the stretching exercises (Hatha yoga). The main difference is that Hinduism believes everything is God. And Buddhism doesn't label anything . .it just say that everything "is". Buddhism doesn't have belief .. it just has the practices that you do, and from that your wisdom and compassion will slowly grow.

Answer 3

Simply speaking, this is to avoid harming others and to help them as much as possible. Another way of expressing this is, Abandon negative action; create perfect virtue; subdue your own mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha. By abandoning negative actions (killing, etc.) and destructive motivations (anger, attachment, close-mindedness, etc.), we stop harming ourselves and others. By creating perfect virtue, we develop beneficial attitudes, like impartial love and compassion, and do actions motivated by these thoughts. By subduing our mind, we cut away all false projections, thus making ourselves calm and peaceful by understanding reality.

The essence of Buddha’s teachings is also contained in the three principles of the path: definite emergence, the dedicated heart and wisdom realizing emptiness. Initially, we seek definitely to emerge from the confusion of our problems and their causes. Then, we see that other people also have problems, and with love and compassion, we dedicate our heart to becoming a Buddha so that we are capable of helping others extensively. In order to do this, we develop the wisdom understanding the real nature of ourselves and other phenomena.

Answer 4

Love..its a no brainer. But some of the nicest people I know are Buddhists

Answer 5

To love a Buddhist?

Answer 6

obviously luv but true love bcoz any religion spreads the message of love .

Answer 7

understand Love

understand Everything

Answer 8

it depends on how strong your faith is and what it means to you...do you believe that by choosing love you lose your salvation? you need to re-evaluate your beliefs and make a decision based on that..hope this helps :)

Answer 9

love

Answer 10

Love no matter what