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Impenitent · Apr 17, 2004, 12:01 pm

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (floridian,)

The eight-fold path is an ethical or moral code (right speech, right thinking, etc). The boyscout motto (a scout is courteous, clean, thrifty, etc) is not religious (except perhaps for the 'reverent' part, and that is left to the interpretation of the individual).

Your definition of religion as "following any set of criteria for a goal" is way too loose. That would make gardening and olympic figure skating (and everything else) religions.

:rolleyes: re·li·gion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-ljn)
n.

1 Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
2 A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3 A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4 A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

it isn't MY definition... it is THE definition of religion... knowing the terms is half the battle

Not all Buddhists believe in reincarnation.

:rolleyes: the ones who follow the teachings of the Buddah do...

Nirvana (the place where no wind blows) can be envisioned as release from the wheel of birth/death/reincarnation for Buddhists that follow the Hindu tradition, while others conceptualize nirvana as a personal transcendence of desire and illusion, a release from the ego.

Buddhists who are Buddhists have this definition for nirvana :

nirvana

\Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine.

it is correct that the ones who are Hindus believe differently, but Hindus are not Buddhists...
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Apr 17, 2004, 12:01 pm	#112 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (floridian,) The eight-fold path is an ethical or moral code (right speech, right thinking, etc). The boyscout motto (a scout is courteous, clean, thrifty, etc) is not religious (except perhaps for the 'reverent' part, and that is left to the interpretation of the individual). Your definition of religion as "following any set of criteria for a goal" is way too loose. That would make gardening and olympic figure skating (and everything else) religions. :rolleyes: re·li·gion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-ljn) n. 1 Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. 2 A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship. The life or condition of a person in a religious order. 3 A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. 4 A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion. it isn't MY definition... it is THE definition of religion... knowing the terms is half the battle Not all Buddhists believe in reincarnation. :rolleyes: the ones who follow the teachings of the Buddah do... Nirvana (the place where no wind blows) can be envisioned as release from the wheel of birth/death/reincarnation for Buddhists that follow the Hindu tradition, while others conceptualize nirvana as a personal transcendence of desire and illusion, a release from the ego. Buddhists who are Buddhists have this definition for nirvana : nirvana \Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. it is correct that the ones who are Hindus believe differently, but Hindus are not Buddhists... <hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...