Includes Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara of the NYC Village Zendo, Nalandabodhi's Mitra Mark Power and moderator Shastri Ethan Nichtern of the Interdependence Project. Clip from a panel discussion organized as part of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche's book launch tour for "Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom." Held at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City on November 14th, 2010.
In my opinion, a very good argument that Buddhism is not a religion, is the fact that Buddhism can combined with other religions very well. As we see e.g. in Nepal or Ladakh or Tibet, where we see that Buddhism is combined shamanistic beliefs or Hinduism (see all the gods in these cultures). They don't mutually exclude each other since they are different concepts about different aspects of life.
Neither does Buddhism conflict with science as do a lot of religions...
Kazzimirski 9 months ago 2