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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Neocon who wrote (11340)4/14/2001 3:56:51 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I am not sure he can control "it". Most of the teachings have to do with controlling the self. The miracles of Buddhism are like the story of the flax seed from a house where death has never been. While there are mystic Buddhists, it is not a religion for mystics alone. Everything that one's reason can contemplate, can be included in Buddhism. It can embrace learning and change, since it can be a philosophy. You can turn anything into a religion, but Buddhism is not (imo) necessarily a religion. You keep talking about it as if it was a religion and it really isn't. Christianity is always a religion, because it involves a Deity- that's the core of Christianity. Buddhism does not necessarily involve a deity. I don't believe in Deities of a Buddha nature anymore than I believe in Christian deities. But I like the teachings of the Philosopher who is recorded as Buddha. Who he was, what he was, doesn't matter. His philosophy is useful and reasonable.
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