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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	There is a difference between respecting others' beliefs, and holding them to be as important and relevent, if not more, than one's own - in essence, believing in them. I do understand what you are saying, of course. However, even Buddhism contains the "If you do not see things our way, then you are looking at it the wrong way". This is because Buddhism purports to contain the Way to Enlightenment. [quote]Buddhism is based on the teachings of the Gautama Buddha, who lived in parts of what is now Nepal and northeast India circa the fifth century BCE. While there is disagreement between denominations over the Buddha's teachings[5] nearly all Buddhists recognize some version of the Tipitaka ("Three Baskets"), though it plays a far more central role in Theravada than in Mahayana. Also, Mahayana Buddhists recognize a set of texts called the Mahayana Sutras which Theravadins do not accept. * Both accept the Buddha as their teacher. * Both accept the middle way, dependent origination, the four noble truths and the noble eightfold path, in theory, though in practice these have little or no importance in some traditions. * Both accept that members of the laity and the sangha can pursue the path toward enlightenment (bodhi). * Both consider buddhahood to be the highest attainment; however Theravadins consider the nirvana (nibbana to the Theravadins) attained by arahants as identical to that attained by the Buddha himself, as there is only one type of nirvana. According to Theravadins, a buddha is someone who has discovered the path all by himself and has taught it to others.[/quote] From [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism]Buddhism[/url] Now, the definition of what buddhahood is, or nirvana, or even what a path is to this state, is all dependent on what Buddhism is telling you. This basically means that they are telling you what something is, and you either have to believe it, or you are looking at it the wrong way. It also assumes that someone who has discovered this path can teach it to others (as the Buddha supposedly has and left behind the WAY to discover the Path that he discovered). However, I do not believe that this is truly possible. I think each individual has to discover their own Path, and that this Path is soley valid and walkable for that person only. I do not think that there is one set of teachings that can reach any other individual and show them their Path, other than the one that has discovered them for themselves. Showing others the way to walk your Path, only ends up with lots of people following in your footsteps, and not necessarily reaching the state that you have, because your Path is not really a way for others to find and reach the state that you have. Each Path is unique, each way is unique, as each life is unique. Of course, you are free to believe differently; But if you do, I think you are looking at it the wrong way ;) [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/397/]WebShaman[/url] \| [i]The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. - Sophocles[/i] Loading...
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