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 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:53 pm
I will start out with the fact that I am not Buddhist and I entered the guild to familirize my self with Buddhism and learn about it. So if you use any terms that are Buddhist I might not exactly know what you are talking about so a brief definition would help if you do!
Now the question.
Is it possible to be inadvertaintly buddhist in ALMOST everyway despite being devout to your own faith? I mean looking at all the honourable laws and all that has made me realize that except for a few things I am pretty much being buddhist minus the rituals that follow (which I have been fascinated by anyway!) with buddhism. So really if buddhism is more of a philosophy is it possible to be buddhist (or at least buddhist oriented) and still be your personal faith? I have gathered that Buddhism does not bother with what faith you are and acceptance of all faiths but can you actually like be both? Huh.. . . . .
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:29 pm
Perhaps the most non-religious form of Buddhism is Zen. I recall recently reading that the rank of "roshi," the highest teaching rank one can attain in the tradition, was afforded to a devout Catholic Nun who had originally come to Japan as a missionary. To better understand the culture, she began to study Zen, and it began to help her deepen her understanding of her faith.
So to answer your question, you can most certainly be a Buddhist and a member of another religion (provided that there are no conflicts between the two - or that any such conflicts can be suitably resolved without gutting either path).
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:46 pm
Perhaps I could take place in some traditions/ceremonies of both? Really some of the concepts applied in Buddhism are similar to that of my faith so they do not conflict.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:54 pm
What is your faith, if you don't mind me asking.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:18 am
Celt person Perhaps I could take place in some traditions/ceremonies of both? Really some of the concepts applied in Buddhism are similar to that of my faith so they do not conflict. The think to keep in mind is that buddhism isn't about the ceremonies or the lineages or traditions. It's about practicing mindfulness (according to some). The ceremonies and rituals are largely cultural.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:42 pm
I realize that however just like anything I study, I try to gain interest and knowledge on every aspect, I am still new to all this so I am just soaking up all I can. My faith is Witta, the old pagan traditions and beliefs of Ireland, many follow its revival called wicca but I stick with the traditional ways
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:04 pm
Not sure if the more serious Buddhist would agree here, but I've found Alan Watts' books/audiobooks to be quite enlightening when it comes to understanding Eastern thought. Kind of a hippie.. but seems to having a knack for translating complex concepts and is actually pretty funny with it.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:16 pm
I'm a Buddhist Jew, personally... so I'd say yes.
Read The Jew in the Lotus if you want more info on that.
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:37 pm
Yet, you have a welsh avi name, most interesting!
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