ED, That may be your estimate, but what I've been saying is the vast majority of people who define themselves as Buddhist practice it as a religion. And so do some who claim it is a philosophy.
I know a lot of people who claim Buddhism is NOT a religion but a philosophy, and yet they dress in robes, have a statue of Buddha, adorn it with flowers and fresh fruit, burn incense before it and chant a lot of vows in its presence. I haven't heard things like that being done in conjunction with any other philosophy I've ever heard of. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Steve, > > As my first estimate, Buddhism is a > /worldview/psychology/philosophy/religion/ in a ratio of about > /45/40/10/5/. > > -ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > > Hi Anthony. > > > This brings us back to the question of whether or not Zen is actually > Buddhist, and whether or not it is a philosophical approach to life. I > personally think that it is both. The link to the article which I posted > demonstrates, imo, that it can be regarded as a philosophy of life. And > the fact that people take it up in order to transcend the dukkha of life > demonstrates that it is a Buddhist form of philosophy. Those people who > say that Zen is just the art of living in the present moment seem to be > dodging the question of why they took up Zen in the first place, and why > living in the present moment is better than not living in the present > moment. IMO. > > Steve > > > > > ED, > > > > > > I hope that works. > > > > > > Anthony > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
