Re: [Pen-l] Religious atheism [was: Charter schools

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carl Dassbach wrote:
> Buddha has become a deity but this is a perversion of Buddhism resulting
> from it systemization/institutionalization. Nor was Buddha part of the Hindu
> pantheon.  Instead, Buddhism represents a "solution" - based on the Four
> Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path - to the "problem" of samsara - the
> endless cycle of death, birth and rebirth -  posited by Hinduism.  In its
> original form, it has absolutely nothing to do with deities or pantheons.
> It rejects all these because these are forms of attachment and attachment
> causes suffering.

As with any other perspective, there's a distinction between Buddhism
in practice (which is often blended with theistic religions) and
Buddhism in theory (what it should be, according to its purist
adherents or its founder).

I'm not an expert at all on Buddhism (or any other religion or related
perspective, for that matter), but doesn't Buddhism involve a very
strong orientation toward what works in practice? doesn't the Big B
say not to follow leaders (watch them parkin meters) but to follow the
path that leads to enlightenment _in practice_?

Shane writes:
>Since the world is *all* that is the case, there can be no "being" that is not "in the world."  Your being can only be in the world, want it or not, illusory or not.<

that's right. The illusions themselves are part of the (material)
world, as is one's consciousness of the world and one's very
existence.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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