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**Shipsyspeepay** · 04-25-2012, 01:01 PM

I also find the word worship a total turn off, I don't think the Buddha needs any kind of endorsement from us in the way some religions believe their Gods do.

Surely reverence and gratitude is more appropriate.

I don't have a problem with the rituals that appear to be worship-like though and engage in them whenever appropriate, to me they have two functions; humbling oneself, and mindfulness.

04-25-2012, 01:01 PM	#12
Shipsyspeepay Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 492 Senior Member	I also find the word worship a total turn off, I don't think the Buddha needs any kind of endorsement from us in the way some religions believe their Gods do. Surely reverence and gratitude is more appropriate. I don't have a problem with the rituals that appear to be worship-like though and engage in them whenever appropriate, to me they have two functions; humbling oneself, and mindfulness.
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