Is Buddhism a religion?

In this episode, Rev. Fredrich Ulrich of the Manitoba Buddhist Temple explains why he and others have claimed that Buddhism is not necessarily a religion.

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Rev. Ulrich became an ordained Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Priest after studying at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California.

Now a Canadian citizen, he has been the Resident Minister of the Manitoba Buddhist Church since 1999. Rev. Ulrich has traveled widely in Canada and the United States offering meditation workshops, childrens spiritual education seminars, speeches, and traditional pastoral work. He also developed close interfaith ties with the Unitarian-Universalist community and the United Church of Canada.

READ MORE AT: www.manitobabuddhistchurch.org

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Education

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• Buddhism
• Religion
• Pureland
• Jodo
• Shinshu

[SanghaOnline]

@BuddhismJodoShinshu This individual must be a troll, everything he/she has typed goes against Buddhism!

Namu Amida Butsu

[yurenhui]

南无阿弥陀佛

[Juanster23]

@BuddhismJodoShinshu You have a wrong perception of the teachings. The Buddha was radical because he denied the very existence of a soul. The notion is called Anatta. Non-self. Buddhism does not talk about a personal soul because the ego wants to be permanent. It creates ideas like the soul that for some reason or other actually need salvation. There is nothing that needs to be saved. The Buddha only taught how to end suffering. Not how to found new religions.

[BuddhismJodoShinshu]

There can only be one true religion because there can only one Truth. If one religion says one thing but another religion says the opposite thing, they cannot be both right. One of them must be wrong.

Buddhism is a religion because it talks about the salvation of the human soul.

[Spiritualseeker86]

Namu Amida butsu