This ought to be fun.....
2007-10-06 20:39:15 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My personal choice is Buddhism.
Each person needs to make their own choice and I wont pretend to be an authority on the proper path for anyone other then myself. One of the reason I have chosen Buddhism is because it tells you to questions everything and adjust your practice to suit your findings. It is not concerned with who is right or wrong and the principal teaching tell you that the same path is not good for all people. That’s why you don’t find Zen masters denouncing Tibetan Buddhist or Indian Buddhist correcting American Buddhists.
I would like to point out a fundament misconception. One that Rudy seams to have taken to heart. Buddhism is NOT about "fun" and the precepts that adherents take, even the basic precepts, are not easy to live by. Not to mention the 10 precepts and 16 precepts of the Dharma Teachers. (Teachers of the Buddhas teachings). These precepts are akin to the commandments, minus the deity specific rules.
The basic 5 precepts are:
I vow to abstain from taking life. (For many Mahayana Buddhist, this includes for food.)
I vow to abstain from taking things not given.
I vow to abstain from lying.
I vow to abstain from misconduct done in lust. (No promiscuity)
I vow to abstain from intoxicants, taken to induce heedlessness. (No drugs, alcohol, etc...)
The ten precepts for Korean Zen Buddhism add the following 5 precepts.
I vow not to talk about the faults of others.
I vow not to praise myself and put down others.
I vow not to be covetous and to be generous.
I vow not to give way to anger and to be harmonious.
I vow not to slander the three jewels (Buddha, dharma, sangha)
The these 6 precepts are added.
I vow homage to the Buddha. (Respect for the Enlightened one)
I vow homage to the dharma. (Respect for the teachings of the Buddha)
I vow homage to the sangha. (Respect for the members of the congregation.)
I vow generosity to people.
I vow compassionate speech and compassionate action toward people.
I vow together action with people and to become one and to attain the Buddha Way.
There are even 48 Bodhisattva teacher precepts that can be taken.
When you consider these precepts, it’s not exact the religion for people who like to party and have fun.
I also would like to add, that disparaging all Buddhist because of the actions of a few people, such as John Lennon, would be like judging all Christians based on the actions of a few individuals, such as those responsible for the Salem Witch Trials or the Inquisition or the millions of people whop have been murdered because they refused to convert to Christianity, etc...
Obviously simply saying you practice religion does NOT make you a good representative of it.
(If I was as good a representative as I wish I were, I would not have posted so much negativity about Rudy. My apologies.)
Anyway, Buddhism for me, thank you!
I hope this helps.
2007-10-08 08:32:34 · answer #1 · answered by mehereintheeast 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely and without a shadow of a doubt I choose Buddhism. Buddhism is all about right action and right thought. It points out the cause of suffering (desire), and the means of its end.
Christianity, on the other hand, is rooted in fear, guilt and violence. Christians have perverted the teachings of Jesus into something he never meant them to be.
Rudy: Buddhism is not "fun." It is a very strict and stringent moral code. It is far more stringent than anything in Christianity. It does not lead to "sin." It leads to correct behavior and mindfulness. I strongly recommend that you study religious and ethical systems before knocking them. It really helps to know what you're talking about.
2007-10-08 16:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by Jaycee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism 100%
2007-10-06 20:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by Melody-Lynn 3 · 13⤊ 1⤋
I prefer Buddhism. It's not my chosen religion, but I have more respect for it than I do for Christianity.
2007-10-06 20:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by death_ziggy 2 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism. Closer to my own philosophy of Taoism, and took a lot of Laotze's points to heart in its inception.
Rudy:
I am not going to thumbs down you. But I really think you don't understand Buddhism. Buddhists monks aren't allowed to eat any meat that was killed for them, or that they killed themselves. They're not allowed to carry food over to the next day, and they're not allowed to eat after noon.
They are a hugely ascetic religion that require intense discipline in order to erase bad and good Kharma and transcend into Nirvana. At no point are they evil sinners who just go around having a bunch of fun.
2007-10-06 20:41:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism no doubt for me I get to keep most of my beliefs and it's not a convert or suffer in hell religion.
2007-10-06 21:03:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism, easily
2007-10-06 20:42:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 15⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism out of those two
2007-10-06 20:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by silkin_storm 5 · 14⤊ 1⤋
I used to be a christian; up until 7th grade. Now I'm a buddhist. I was raised a christian and so was my entire family and most of my friends.
2007-10-10 06:45:28 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Sparkle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buddhism. And it does not point people towards sin. It points people towards peace and respect for others.
2007-10-06 20:49:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋