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Buddhism

Odin2005

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Reply to white_wolf (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 10:22 PM

Mar 2012

I like the Dalai Lama and some Tibetan meditative practices, but I'm not really a fan of Tibetan Buddhism as a whole, it's too steeped in pre-Buddhist superstitions and theocratic authoritarianism.

Oh, and some of the commenters are Atheist-bashing assholes, Siddhartha Gautama was an early Agnostic Atheist, he accepted the existence of "gods", but he thought of them more as supermen who were still subject to natural laws rather than deities.

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How Western Buddhism Has Changed in 50 Years. [View all] white_wolf Mar 2012 OP

Thanks! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #1

Your last sentence raises a great point. white_wolf Mar 2012 #2

Boo! ellisonz Mar 2012 #3

Who is that? nt white_wolf Mar 2012 #4

Yamantaka, I believe... ellisonz Mar 2012 #5

I have to agree that mindfulness is one of the reasons I am attracted to Buddhism. Ruby Reason Mar 2012 #6