The music of paganism. . . as I come out of christianity
I was on Youtube, this afternoon, and found a lot of various chants ("goddess" chant, "earth is my mother" chant, "Elemental" chant, etc). Coming out of christianity, having gone to a mega church, with all the instruments an

does buddhism make you advanced?
This is a quote from another thread, but I thought it's going to be more appropriate to create a new line of discussion... Nielsio wrote:In retrospect it's interesting to see how unadvanced we all were back them (I'm talking about compared to what I'v

My Trouble with Buddhism...
I love Buddhism and its teachings a great deal and have learned a lot and know there is much more still to learn. There is still a great deal of cultural baggage and I'm very curious about its teachings regarding awakening and enlightening and am deeply

more books about Critical Buddhism - mostly coming from Japanese sources
CRITICAL BUDDHISM by James Mark Shields – In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the relative calm world of Japanese Buddhist scholarship was thrown into chaos with the publication of several works by Buddhist scholars Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro,

If you have any questions about Buddhism, post them here
Hey, I guess maybe a few of you know me, a few of you don't. Anyway, I'm planning to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand in the next couple of months. I've basically stopped posting on all websites (for quite a while), but I still occasionally browse

Buddhism and the Christian meme
What do Buddhists think of Christianity, Islam, and Judeaism? Why do some Buddhists like Thich Nhat Hanh go out of their way to portray the Abrahamic memes as a viable path? http://www.uq.net.au/slsoc/bsq/budchr0.htm#cont

heresy? how does that fit into Buddhism?
Friday ramblings. I'm curious as to how "heresy" is dealt with in the context of Buddhist theory, history, etc. By heresy I mean the standard definition you can find online, such as "religious opinion or doctrine at variance with

Loss Buddhism in Java
This is the height and great secret in indonesian spritual, about Buddhism Deva, ghost java vs Wali Muslim. In indonesian can not publication. Why Busshism loss in Java? And Buddhism will come back in Java after 500 years old. Now buddhism coming in

Quantum Buddhism
Quantum Buddhism is an ideal path for the enthusiast of spirituality & science. Co-founded by Francois Lepine, a Buddhist bishop in the pure land & Vajrayana traditions. Although a modern day enlightened master, and having had some personal contac

Is Buddhism for happy people?
Or to put it another way, what would attract happy people to Buddhism? To be sure. if Buddhism just worked as an effective antidote for depression and other sorts of human maladjustments, it would be an amazing social medicine. But it's track record

Monk VS Lay
Do you feel discriminated against? Taken advantage of? Underappreciated? Oppressed? Do monks "train" better than lay people? How do monks really feel about lay people? Have you been pressured to join the monk club? Does the life of

Hinduism vs Buddhism
Hinduism and Buddhism are two important religions of the world. They have differences between them. Hinduism has no founder, while Buddhism was founded by the Buddha. Today we see Buddha as a fat person but he wasn't fat. Hinduism believes in the

Where and How Buddhism started
Well Buddhism started in India, by a prince called Siddhartha about 500BC. They say that one day he was walking through the street and he saw a poor person. From seeing this person suffering and dying of hunger and him in perfect condition he decided he

NOSTRA AETATE: Does it contradict Bible?
Nostra Aetate (Latin: In our Age) is the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council. Passed by a vote of 2,221 to 88 of the assembled bishops, this declaration was promulgated on October 28, 1965,

Fundamentalist Paganism?
Greetings. We're all familiar with fundamentalist Christians, Muslims.. even Hindu. I was just wondering, is there such a thing as a fundamentalist Pagan? (In modern times) Or is Paganism self-limiting with regards to such things? Cheers to