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**enlinnyGoob** · 03-18-2012, 07:33 AM

I think the changes are positive. I myself would like to see it stripped of the superstitions. I think it shouldn't really be thought of as a religion. People of no faith and of all faiths can practice the teachings. But people get turned off because they think of it as a religion.

I agree with you, but I think some people need some kind of superstitious or faith to help them along the path, even if that help is merely of a psychological nature. For instance, what of Pure Land, isn't praying to a Buddha to be reborn in his Pure Land by merit of faith a very religious concept?

03-18-2012, 07:33 AM	#6
enlinnyGoob Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	I think the changes are positive. I myself would like to see it stripped of the superstitions. I think it shouldn't really be thought of as a religion. People of no faith and of all faiths can practice the teachings. But people get turned off because they think of it as a religion. I agree with you, but I think some people need some kind of superstitious or faith to help them along the path, even if that help is merely of a psychological nature. For instance, what of Pure Land, isn't praying to a Buddha to be reborn in his Pure Land by merit of faith a very religious concept?
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