tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post5651145248062870642..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: Hold the ReligionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-91453754174015373972010-02-01T07:52:02.533+08:002010-02-01T07:52:02.533+08:00I feel like there's been a long history of peo...I feel like there's been a long history of people promoting Buddhism as non-theistic or the scientific religion, or 'not a religion but a way of life' and such...<br /><br />Are we really seeing the phenomenon of Buddhist practice and beliefs here or our own traumas and prejudice? <br /><br />Personally, I understand that quote from the Dalai Lama to be aimed at those people getting hung up around religion, either in disgust or as a Truth. <br /><br />I think this 'is it a religion or not' question has a rather discursive and prejudice-laden framework to it, while not having so much to do with the actual practices and beliefs that make up 'Buddhism.'Roughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-55301794592643069672010-01-31T08:47:36.169+08:002010-01-31T08:47:36.169+08:00HH the Dalai Lama uses "sometimes" and &...HH the Dalai Lama uses "sometimes" and "perhaps", thuse indicating that what he thinks is exceptional and tentative.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-3236532992456160622010-01-31T07:19:54.617+08:002010-01-31T07:19:54.617+08:00To bind, to regulate. Isn't this the meaning o...To bind, to regulate. Isn't this the meaning of religion? Isn't it the feeling we all get from the word? Isn't it the effect religion has?<br /><br />Buddha taught many religions for many minds. But what is Dharma?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-68111847558199012662010-01-31T00:53:51.001+08:002010-01-31T00:53:51.001+08:00Just discovered last night the White Tara mantra r...Just discovered last night the White Tara mantra recited by the Karmapa that you posted at the bottom of the screen. Thank you so much for this wonderful gift.<br /><br />When I read this post I thought of the saying "it is not stained by confusion nor exalted by realization" (paraphrased). Judaism has a saying somewhat complementary, "He who understands will understand."<br /><br />If the view is real and fueled by compassion, I guess you could call Buddhism a sport and it wouldn't matter.Nightprowlkittyhttp://auldmanhattoe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com