RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
February 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm by Angrboda.)
Love can be unearned, unrequited and unreciprocated, but it doesn't have to be. The idea of loving the person you marry is a newer, western ideal. In previous cultures, marriage often satisfied other ends, but it was expected that you would grow to like/love your spouse, ceteris paribus.
And following the teachings of a long dead philosopher, sans any direct evidence of the truth of their teachings on the nature of ultimate reality, is the epitome of dogmatism. But hey, 2600 years of repeating the same mistake, religiously, nothing wrong with that, is there?
And yes, both the traditions I follow have large, dogmatic components to them. Following a dogmatic form of belief is one thing, claiming one's beliefs aren't dogmatic when they in fact are is another.