RE: Have you ever explored Buddhism?
September 1, 2014 at 5:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2014 at 5:14 pm by ComradeMeow.)
I have explored Buddhism and Hinduism in depth and there is not much in it honestly. It is still filled with woo and the philosophy is outdated. Ethics wise it is outdated to some extent and not new and the rest is uninspiring and not new.
We are just told from a western perspective it is extremely amazing but it is not. It is entirely reliant upon things like samsara which make it a pointless endeavor.
I forgot to add though that Buddhist meditation (Jannaa and Bhavana) are very interesting though. Even Sam Harris speaks highly of them.
I myself though am very interested in the Buddhist notion of prayer which for an atheist sounds weird I admit. Buddhism is the only religion which has an entirely secular concept of prayer which is independent of gods and super naturalism.
So yes, I am an atheist that prays everyday but only to myself.
We are just told from a western perspective it is extremely amazing but it is not. It is entirely reliant upon things like samsara which make it a pointless endeavor.
I forgot to add though that Buddhist meditation (Jannaa and Bhavana) are very interesting though. Even Sam Harris speaks highly of them.
I myself though am very interested in the Buddhist notion of prayer which for an atheist sounds weird I admit. Buddhism is the only religion which has an entirely secular concept of prayer which is independent of gods and super naturalism.
So yes, I am an atheist that prays everyday but only to myself.
Ut supra, ita inferius
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