Buddhism

[Laurens]

It's a funny belief in that sense. No one goes to any hell, they just end up being miserable.

Hell is taught in Buddhism:

There are various hells in Buddhism, and they are principally eight hot hells and eight cold hells. In the hells, beings suffer incalculable and inexpressible pain. It is said that the suffering experienced as a result of being pierced by three hundred spears in a single day in this life is only a minute fraction of the suffering experienced in hell. The cause of rebirth in hell is continuous, habitual violent actions - habitual killing, cruelty and so forth, actions that are borne of ill-will. Beings born in the hells suffer the pain of hell until their unwholesome karma is exhausted. This is important because we must note that in Buddhism no one suffers eternal damnation. When their unwholesome karma is exhausted, beings in hell are reborn in a more fortunate realm of existence.

http://www.buddhanet.net/funbud10.htm

It's not all joss sticks and chanting :mrgreen:

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

It's a funny belief in that sense. No one goes to any hell, they just end up being miserable.

Hell is taught in Buddhism:

There are various hells in Buddhism, and they are principally eight hot hells and eight cold hells. In the hells, beings suffer incalculable and inexpressible pain. It is said that the suffering experienced as a result of being pierced by three hundred spears in a single day in this life is only a minute fraction of the suffering experienced in hell. The cause of rebirth in hell is continuous, habitual violent actions - habitual killing, cruelty and so forth, actions that are borne of ill-will. Beings born in the hells suffer the pain of hell until their unwholesome karma is exhausted. This is important because we must note that in Buddhism no one suffers eternal damnation. When their unwholesome karma is exhausted, beings in hell are reborn in a more fortunate realm of existence.

http://www.buddhanet.net/funbud10.htm

It's not all joss sticks and chanting :mrgreen:

Seems like the Theistic Buddhism.
The Buddhism I go to on occasion (if for nothing else it was to get away from shit at Boot Camp) taught that Hell was a state of mind. And Nirvana.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

 

[Laurens]

Seems like the Theistic Buddhism.
The Buddhism I go to on occasion (if for nothing else it was to get away from shit at Boot Camp) taught that Hell was a state of mind. And Nirvana.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Well, yes there are Buddhists that do not accept literal interpretations of hell. Your initial statement seemed to suggest that concepts of hell aren't found in Buddhism, but they are - not all accept that these teachings are literal though of course.

 

[BrainBlow]

I look at Buddhism and think "apathy".

 

[Andiferous]

I look at Buddhism and think "apathy".

Then easily applied to rationalists too.

 

[BrainBlow]

I look at Buddhism and think "apathy".

Then easily applied to rationalists too.

No, I'm thinking more about several Buddhist views that spit in the face of human progress.

 

[Andiferous]

I kinda think that stance is confused with a lot of other stuff...

I think it's considered 'cool' to follow Buddhism in some circles without really understanding what the religion is all about. If one doesn't really understand the religion, it all becomes political luggage. I'm not a Buddhist myself, but I still find the philosophy very attractive, and I also find it the closest religious philosophy to humanism that I have seen.