Thoughts on Buddhism

[passionatefool]

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.

Yeah I mean I like Buddhism and its moderation. But it still has most of the aspect of other religions. I have also seen a Theravada monk who was quite aggressive toward me when i was a mahayana Buddhist and vice versa, said I was corrupting the Dharma and will have horrible negative retribution. But I would say in general they arent as bad at all. They are kind of laid back in my opinion especially with the Zen. The very liberal Zen are very .....human and down to earth. Mainly in Japan only, priests get married and stuff.

And I love vegetarian food if it was cooked right, but you are right those vegetarians meats are horrible! lol