Henry David Thoreau and Buddhism
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Uploaded by opensourcebuddhism on Jul 7, 2008
by Brent Ulbert through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org.
This very thoughtful piece relates Thoreau's close relationship to Buddhism. "Some will chide me for putting my Buddha next to their Christ" he said. The effect of contact with India and the resulting Transcendentalist movement is indeed perhaps the highlight of American literature.
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Buddhism has a large reliance on "the self"? the whole philosophy is based on not having a self
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A bit misleading with reagards to Buddhists view on begging. The purpose of begging is to promote Buddhism. You cant eat unless you promote Buddhism.
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Thanks for this. Extremely helpful..
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Both have a lot in common w/ Christianity, believe it or not. I know a lot of people wouldn't think so considering all the horrible things that happen in Christ's name, but I dare say they're more alike than different when you strip away all the specific terminology. Christianity just has the distinctions of 1 a personal God of love 2 creation's fall into pride/hate and 3 God's work to renew creation, but several of the thoughts on "enlightenment" (getting closer to the divine) are VERY similar.
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it's called "Aqueous Transmission" by Incubus
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Surpisingly beautiful, clear, laconic. Profound.
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Your quote of Thoreau saying "That government is best which governs least " is only half complete and misses the meaning he put into the opening line of his essay. The missing portion was the aim, thesis and spirit of his essay:
"The government that is best governs NOT AT ALL; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government they will have"
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your are correct. the poll tax he refused to pay was specifically for the Mexican-American War and also slavery and he explains this in Civil Disobedience.
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That government is best which governs not at all, would take great patience and faith from those in authority and it is an approach that I would love to see. The less faith they have, the more they interfere, the worse they make it. Time to follow the spirit of laws not the letter of the law.
ninyae 2 years ago 4
Actually the poll tax didn't support the war in Mexico or slavery. It was a local tax. the noney had no bearing on national affairs. as Thoreau said in Resistance to Civil Government, "I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with — the dollar is innocent — but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance." He was, in effect, proclaiming his freedom from ALL political and civil organizations.
Waldenpunk 1 year ago