Thoughts on Buddhism

[Rev. Rye]

Dalai Lama said that if a buddhist belief or practice conflicts with science, buddhism must always give in and accept science.

I came across an article on Theravada Buddhism, now I did not spend enough time with Theravada buddhism to say much but they are quite interesting. An article said that ordained monks was trained and teach to not accept any teachings either from sutras or from teachers unless it agrees with logic and reasoning.

Yes. That is definitely one of the big positives about Buddhism. Can you imagine what the western religions would be like if they followed that maxim?

Therevada monks will also consume meat if it was offered to them.

Yes, this is a big deal breaker for me. I honestly believe that the worst food that I've ever had to eat in my life was from a vegan restaurant; if vegetarianism means having to put up with that shit, I'll stay a carnivore. But, hey, at least, from what I've read, Buddha considered meat-eating to be a karma-neutral act (after all, even vegetarianism requires the death of innocent plant life), and refused to mandate vegetarianism unless you know the meat was killed for you specifically; and, given the fact that you can buy meat from a supermarket, you can easily get around that.