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Originally posted by The Endtime Warrior
So is it to safe to say, you are pro buddhism and anti christianity? Well one involves meditation, and one involves prayer. Obviously meditation enhances mental ability. To me buddhism is like taking drugs, except taking drugs is a lot less work. And there is no guarantee you will retain a good moral compass!
just my thoughts
Originally posted by filosophia
Originally posted by The Endtime Warrior
So is it to safe to say, you are pro buddhism and anti christianity? Well one involves meditation, and one involves prayer. Obviously meditation enhances mental ability. To me buddhism is like taking drugs, except taking drugs is a lot less work. And there is no guarantee you will retain a good moral compass!
just my thoughts
The moral compass points at transcendence. Contemplation of the absolute and meditation and knowing of this absolute.
Originally posted by Project_USA
Well that's some proof of superiority of Buddhism over Christianity:
"Christianity believes that Jesus is the way, the truth, the life
Buddhism believes the Buddha-nature, found within all things, is the way, the truth, the life."
More seriously, if Buddhism teaches that the cause of suffering is desire, well, Buddhists as any "faithers" must suffer a lot from a deep belief/desire!
It's the belief of having a soul!
This belief comes from the intense desire to overcome death.
This is the ULTIMATE desire, Eternal life, immortality!
What a convenient belief that the one of the soul... and here (with Buddhism) of reincarnation and the possibility of hundreds (thousands?) of life!
The "true" reason/cause of suffering is fear, NOT desire. Desire is merely a attempt to compensate the fear of precisely... CEASING TO EXIST!
As we are afraid of dying, we CREATE a desire to compensate this fear... The desire of immortality. As we know it to be unlikely through the body, we create the concepts of afterlife and/then soul and we believe our own illusion (delusion) to be real!!
That's what we call faith and that's the common problem of any religion: Faith, not logic, is required!
[edit on 2-7-2010 by Project_USA]
Originally posted by Miraj
reply to post by filosophia
I thought this was a comparison and not an opinion.
How is buddhism superior to christianity? they are too entirely differently religions, and I don't believe one is better than the other because they are just the records of old, flawed perceptions.
Originally posted by LifeIsEnergy
Although I like the idea of comparative debate, your statement "Buddhism is superior to Christianity" is in fact not very Buddhist-like at all.
I don't disagree with you, I am just saying, giving people an honest comparison is fine, but let them determine what is what. Otherwise your just bringing the same propagandizing theme into Buddhism that you despise of Christianity.
This is one problem with the sudden increase of interest into Buddhism by Westerners.
Keep it real, or don't keep it at all.
ps. UrbanShaman gets my co-sign for that comment.
[edit on 2-7-2010 by LifeIsEnergy]
Originally posted by filosophia
Buddhism is a superior philosophy to Christianity.
Originally posted by filosophia
Originally posted by LifeIsEnergy
This is one problem with the sudden increase of interest into Buddhism by Westerners.
Keep it real, or don't keep it at all.
[edit on 2-7-2010 by LifeIsEnergy]
To say one is superior to the other is Buddhist like, as Buddhism is about nobility, and nobility is about superiority. Buddhists engaged in great debates with other ideologies in order to disprove one and claim a superior system over another. Otherwise, everyone would just do as they feel, with no real need for moral precepts or philosophical contemplation. If you think the Buddha is a 'nice' guy that wouldn't offend modern day Christians, you are wrong. A Buddha is one who has gained knowledge of the absolute, and can teach same to others. To not point out the superiority or inferiority of one ideology compared to another is like teaching a student that they can make up any answers they want on a math test.
[edit on 3-7-2010 by filosophia]