Hi,
I'm a newbie in this group, and to Buddhism. I sincerely don't want to upset
anyone or start an argument. I want to join in this discussion, and this has
cropped up so I'm asking the question.
I told a friend today that I feel Buddhism is for me, and I'm looking into
Zen.
My friend replied that Tibetan Buddhism is a more spiritual type of Buddhism
because they believe in God. Having looked into various types of
Buddhism, he believes that the Buddha communicated higher information,
including
the existence of God, to Tibetan Buddhists because they were more spiritually
evolved at that point - Tibetan Buddhists claim this is the case and my friend
agrees with them, he says. My response was to say that different things appeal
to different people and I don't think it's a matter of one being more
'spiritual' or more 'true' than another. (I really don't care what
might considered 'higher' or more 'spiritual' - at the moment that is
irrelevant
to me. However, it did seem a kind of un-Buddhist thing to claim that oneself
is better than another person? My friend is not a Buddhist.)
What do other people think?
Thank you. :-)
Beverley.
