Mayka, As a very broad statement I consider any structured set of beliefs based on faith as a religion.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Steve; >  > I'm under the impresion that buddhism in some Countries is regarded as a > religion and the way it's follow is as Buddha kind of "God" and other > Contries is more a way of living. It may be depending upo different schools > and traditions Buddhism come from. I was educated to see buddhism as non > religion. In fact our instructor used to tell us never try to convert > anyone into buddhism as it wasn't a religion but a way to freely choose to > live or not. We were also instructed to only talk about the dharma if > someone asked a question or that person was interested. >  > It will be interesting to know what you, Bill and others consider a religion. >  > Mayka > > --- On Mon, 28/3/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> > Subject: [Zen] Re: Is Zen a religion? > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 28 March, 2011, 5:15 > > >  > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > JMJM, > > > > In my opinion: > > > > US PERCEPTIONS > > - Buddhism is considered a religion - albeit a quirky one. > > - Zen Buddhism is considered a sect of Buddhism. > > > > WORLD PERCEPTION > > - Buddhism is considered a religion. > > - Zen Buddhism is considered a sect of Buddhism - albeit a quiky one. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > Hi Bill! Oh, Buddhism itself can be properly regarded as a philosophy > > rather than a religion. There is an interesting book by Stephen Batchelor > > entitled Buddhism Without Beliefs. Mr. Batchelor received Dharma > > transmission, if I am not mistaken, in the Korean form of Zen. > Steve > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
