The Dalai Lama and Quantum Physics

[littleendian]

As a great fan of reason I must say Buddhism as a philosophy, that is minus the fairytale stuff mentioned prior, still works for me, that is it makes intuitive sense. If you take away the fairytale parts of Christianity, however, you are left with the unfortunate early death of a nice if a little crazy guy who thought he should be king of the Jews and pissed off the wrong crowd.

I've heard this sort of stuff so many times before and every time it's equally vague. Could you be a little more specific as to what philosophical part of Buddhism 'works for you' and how?

The four truths and the eightfold path basically, I try to use those as an ideal for my actions, though of course I don't always succeed. The concept of Karma is for me intuitively true and I think even the eternal cycle of living, or rebirth Makes sense (but not on a level of individuals and their specific traits, but is this one fruit fly really so different from all those before and after her? I suspect same for all life). Meditation also seems to make sense whether Buddha really sat for weeks under that tree or just a few days or not at all. Prayer without god is just talking to oneself.