Do you think Buddhism is becoming more of a trend nowadays?

Answer 1

I would say that Buddhism is starting to be accepted socially. Meaning that when someone says they are a Buddhist, people don’t look at them and say, "That's Odd. You don’t look Oriental." Or some other similar remark. At least not as much as they did in the past. As a result, there are more book available on the subject and more people are able to read about and come to some understanding about what Buddhism is.

Besides, there are many more places to study Buddhism today. Not that long ago, if you didn’t live in an oriental community, usually in a metropolitan area, you didn’t have access to Buddhist temples and centers. Today, there are centers in all 50 states and in suburbs and rural areas as well.

Furthermore, with the information age giving most people access to terabytes of information over the internet as well as a immeasurable verity of television shows and televised commentaries on a vast array of topics, people are starting to form their own opinions. When people see how wrong violence is and how wrong bigotry and intolerance is, they start to wonder how a god could advocate such things. (as he did in the old testament) We hear stories or see photos of bombs being dropped in the middle of cities and towns and we KNOW that woman (including pregnant woman) and children are being killed in the blasts and we feel sad. Then we read about Sodom and Gomorrah and how all the people were killed. We try to rationalize it, but the fact remains, that hundreds if not thousands of people, woman and children were killed and one woman was turned to salt (killed) simply for looking back. (How unforgiving is that?) And we start wondering how could just god do this.

In the past, people had nothing to compare there faith or their religion too. Sure, you could go to a book store and spend money on a book or two about other religions or you could find a similar book at the library, but who wants to muddle through 300 to 3,000 pages of text only to find out that what they were looking for wasn't in that book? Today, we log onto the internet, do a search and read a few pages a topic and figure out if we want to learn more. It's fast, relatively cheap and it's private.

So, is it a trend? Maybe. Is it trendy? In some places, yes, but not in most places.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

I don't necessarily think that Buddhism is becoming a trend. I believe that since Christianity isn't the only "socially acceptable" religion anymore, people are less afraid to seek out new knowledge and understanding about their lives and the universe. It has been, for such a long time, only acceptable to be Christian. If you were of any other faith it was "different". Everyone knows how the "different" people were, and sometimes still are, treated. For this reason many people just stayed with their religion and didn't venture out. Now that other religions have entered the mainstream, people are looking for answers to their questions. I think it's a good thing.

Answer 3

If religion is a trend. Buddhism is a good religion older and better than Christianity except for the really liberal religions that let you believe what you want and have 2 religions.

Answer 4

no more or less than any other religion. I think in general there are many people out there who question religion and seek to find something to believe in...whether it is a god, spiritualism in some form, Buddhism, Judaism and the currently trendy celebrities moving towards Kabbalah, to Hinduism, and so on.

Answer 5

People are only starting to see the wisdom in many things.
Instead of converting, and throwing everything in the trash. Add what you learn to what you have already learned.

Answer 6

Yes I do think so

Answer 7

I doubt it. Because the objective is oblivion into nothingness?
We need somebody who have cares to the others.

Answer 8

I hope so.