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**diegogo** · 12-14-2010, 07:07 AM

At the programme, Dr. Bhattarai also stressed on the need to expand Buddhist philosophy across the world.

How something that is not an ideology can be taken as such?

Where at the Pali Canon teachings is an ideology expoused?

Personally I can't agree with such totalitarian ideas as imposing an understanding to the whole world. Why?

The teachings of the historical Buddha are about understanding. Until that understanding is not there there can not be such a practice. This happens when what the historical Buddha taught is taken as a religion, as a philosophy or as a ideology which as any of these ends in political control over humankind by means of religion, ideology or philosophy.

12-14-2010, 07:07 AM	#3
diegogo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	At the programme, Dr. Bhattarai also stressed on the need to expand Buddhist philosophy across the world. How something that is not an ideology can be taken as such? Where at the Pali Canon teachings is an ideology expoused? Personally I can't agree with such totalitarian ideas as imposing an understanding to the whole world. Why? The teachings of the historical Buddha are about understanding. Until that understanding is not there there can not be such a practice. This happens when what the historical Buddha taught is taken as a religion, as a philosophy or as a ideology which as any of these ends in political control over humankind by means of religion, ideology or philosophy.
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