|
| Welcome to Religious Forums |
| Welcome Guest to ReligiousForums.com . You are currently not registered. When you become registered you will be able to interact with our large base of already registered users discussing topics. Some annoying Ads will also disappear when you register. Registering doesn't cost a thing and only takes a few seconds. We provide areas to chat and debate all World Religions. Please go to our register page! |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
12-14-2004, 02:44 AM
|
||||
|
||||
My Beef with Buddhism
There are some things about Buddhism that just don't sit well with me.
For example, from my understanding (and correct me if I'm wrong), Buddhists believe that desire is the cause of all suffering. However, at the same time I would argue that desire is the cause of all joy. Why on Earth would I want to get rid of desire? After all, aren't desires what make us human?
__________________
"Is there any problem in life that can't be solved by bending?" -Bender, of Futurama
|
|
#2
12-14-2004, 05:00 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Desire apparently is a sin. Lust comes under the same category as desire, as it is (or can be) the same thing. Tht is why religions do not see desire as a "well functioned" habit.
Spinkles OWNS
|
|
#3
12-14-2004, 06:36 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Let's look at the first two of the Four Noble Truths. First, the Buddha said that all life is dukkha. We generally translate this to mean suffering, which is certainly applicable. But it can also mean dislocated, or out of joint. So life is dislocated, something is out of whack. In the Second Noble Truth, we find out why: The cause of life's dislocation is tanha. Again, we generally translate this to mean desire, but it's a more specific kind of desire; the desire for personal fulfillment, selfishness. The Buddha did not intend that all desire is bad, in fact he advocated some desire - the desire for liberation, for example, or for the happiness of others. When we are selfless we are free, tanha breaks that freedom and causes suffering and life to be out of whack. So, it is destorying of the ego, not all desire that the Buddha was talking about.
__________________
Come return to your place in the pews,
|
|
#4
12-14-2004, 06:40 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Each religion sees things their own way.
Whilst Spink may not agree with Buddhism's ways, Buddhists may see Homer eating a donut at work wrong, whilst Spink may think it is funny. I would probably understand a religion more so if I was one of their followers.
|
|
#5
12-14-2004, 07:36 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
 Quote:
__________________
Come return to your place in the pews,
|
|
#6
12-14-2004, 07:37 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
LOL, what's with the google eyd smiley? I don't understand.
|
|
#7
12-14-2004, 07:39 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I don't get the Homer thing, lol.
__________________
Come return to your place in the pews,
|
|
#8
12-14-2004, 07:42 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Oh, ok I will rephrase it.
The example I posted wasn't great. I apologize. See, Spinkles is a religious Simpsons fan. So, anything he may think is funny,such as Homer doing something silly, another person may not find it as amusing. Therefore, Spinks may disagree with some Buddhist's methods, whilst some Buddhists may think different of Spinkle's beliefs. It is how they see their own religions 
|
|
#9
12-14-2004, 07:44 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Ah, gotcha... I think.
What's your beef with Buddhism, Soul? Let's see if I can answer it.
__________________
Come return to your place in the pews,
|
|
#10
12-14-2004, 07:48 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
I'll cut my losses on that one Quote:
.
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
