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**HaremShaih** · 03-30-2011, 07:19 AM

Five thoughts on this:

1. I think that in the west there is what some of people call "Buddhism Lite" which is using the teachings as a kind of psychological therapy, or as a way of making suffering a little more bearable as opposed to actually freeing oneself through enlightenment.

2. Buddhism in the modern world must come under the scrutiny of modern science. People ask questions about rebirth and so forth in ways that may not have previously occurred.

3. Buddha, at least according to Mahayana literature, predicts a time when people are not able to grasp the very profound and subtle meanings of the dharma

4. As a religious tradition rather than philosophical school, Buddhism, as it is taking root in the west, has yet to encompass the various rituals associated with birth, marriage & death that are already part of other religious traditions

5. The role of the begging monk is yet to be determined.

03-30-2011, 07:19 AM	#2
HaremShaih Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	Five thoughts on this: 1. I think that in the west there is what some of people call "Buddhism Lite" which is using the teachings as a kind of psychological therapy, or as a way of making suffering a little more bearable as opposed to actually freeing oneself through enlightenment. 2. Buddhism in the modern world must come under the scrutiny of modern science. People ask questions about rebirth and so forth in ways that may not have previously occurred. 3. Buddha, at least according to Mahayana literature, predicts a time when people are not able to grasp the very profound and subtle meanings of the dharma 4. As a religious tradition rather than philosophical school, Buddhism, as it is taking root in the west, has yet to encompass the various rituals associated with birth, marriage & death that are already part of other religious traditions 5. The role of the begging monk is yet to be determined.
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