The one thing about Buddhism that speaks to me is that I don't have to believe in dogma... I don't have to be part of any organization! That is the appeal of it!
@tknguyen44 ¨The one thing about Buddhism that speaks to me is that I don't have to believe in dogma...¨
Ya know, I do get that about Buddhism, particularly with the Buddhist woman (Rubina) previous episode. Yet still there appears to aspects of dogmatism that are available to be swallowed uncritically, such as why one sect wears white robes, while another wears red or orange. Likewise with this decoration of the dot on the forehead. It still seems like a dogmatic pretense to me.
@skepticoz It seems more like what is on offer in Buddhism, is more like a panoply individual dogmas, from which you may draw individual beliefs, rather than freethinking in the truest sense, wherein no assumptions at all are required or desired. From the perspective of an open minded freethinking skeptic, atheist and rationalist, there are still a few elements of religious dogma, which Buddhism is yet to shake loose. Did Buddha really exist, sit under a tree or receive enlightenment?
Beyond that we might ask where does this enlightenment come from? What is itś source? This seems to beg the question of a preexisting entity or perhaps a pantheistic anthropomorphism of nature from which higher beings or higher intelligences are assumed rather than inferred by rational means. Why anybody would decide that it´s important to pray to, worship, or pay homage to any historic individual, is beyond me. As for reincarnation, I mean seriously, do we really need to go there?
Wow!!!
NMWMN 5 days ago
Viggo Mortensen ... lol
slh950 4 months ago
Thanks Kev.
Judith Lucy is one of a few comedians that I like enormously.
Have to agree with her conclusions. Great series.
mrhughlim 4 months ago
The one thing about Buddhism that speaks to me is that I don't have to believe in dogma... I don't have to be part of any organization! That is the appeal of it!
tknguyen44 5 months ago
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@tknguyen44 ¨The one thing about Buddhism that speaks to me is that I don't have to believe in dogma...¨
Ya know, I do get that about Buddhism, particularly with the Buddhist woman (Rubina) previous episode. Yet still there appears to aspects of dogmatism that are available to be swallowed uncritically, such as why one sect wears white robes, while another wears red or orange. Likewise with this decoration of the dot on the forehead. It still seems like a dogmatic pretense to me.
skepticoz 4 days ago
@skepticoz It seems more like what is on offer in Buddhism, is more like a panoply individual dogmas, from which you may draw individual beliefs, rather than freethinking in the truest sense, wherein no assumptions at all are required or desired. From the perspective of an open minded freethinking skeptic, atheist and rationalist, there are still a few elements of religious dogma, which Buddhism is yet to shake loose. Did Buddha really exist, sit under a tree or receive enlightenment?
skepticoz 4 days ago
Beyond that we might ask where does this enlightenment come from? What is itś source? This seems to beg the question of a preexisting entity or perhaps a pantheistic anthropomorphism of nature from which higher beings or higher intelligences are assumed rather than inferred by rational means. Why anybody would decide that it´s important to pray to, worship, or pay homage to any historic individual, is beyond me. As for reincarnation, I mean seriously, do we really need to go there?
skepticoz 4 days ago
All you need is yourself, look within, not without!
tknguyen44 5 months ago
The place to look is within oneself!
tknguyen44 5 months ago
Oh, just discovered this series and watched all eps in one day, yay ) thank you so much! )
Its been a wonderful journey really )
mobubabe 5 months ago in playlist Другие видео от пользователя kevhast
Thank you for uploading this series! And pretty much after it airs!!!!
kristianfrancuski 5 months ago