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**viiagrag** · 01-06-2011, 05:10 AM

Going through the link I agree with what here comments the author:

For me, Buddha would never embrace Marxism because (Theravada) Buddhism is about the evolution of the individual (which requires the development of personal intiative).

I agree with what Element is shearing with us. And widening his scope I can tell that Buddha would never embrace "Social Changes" because... it is about the evolution of the individual [not the society].

The practice of the Four Noble Truths are beyond social conditions and can be practiced at any social order. Social conditions can just make the practice difficult or easier but the practice do not depends on them. Or... how can meditation as a mean to teach Dhamma has been brought into a female prison system?

There is something in the suttas that make them special. They are told in a way that the image that evoke is the one where kings, households, men, women and people in general are to meet the Buddha and not otherwise, because in those there is the need for a wise advice or to have elements for reflection... never is told that the Buddha was ardent in changing people here and there giving the truth for them as is used in social activism and political discourse.

01-06-2011, 05:10 AM	#2
viiagrag Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 401 Senior Member	Going through the link I agree with what here comments the author: For me, Buddha would never embrace Marxism because (Theravada) Buddhism is about the evolution of the individual (which requires the development of personal intiative). I agree with what Element is shearing with us. And widening his scope I can tell that Buddha would never embrace "Social Changes" because... it is about the evolution of the individual [not the society]. The practice of the Four Noble Truths are beyond social conditions and can be practiced at any social order. Social conditions can just make the practice difficult or easier but the practice do not depends on them. Or... how can meditation as a mean to teach Dhamma has been brought into a female prison system? There is something in the suttas that make them special. They are told in a way that the image that evoke is the one where kings, households, men, women and people in general are to meet the Buddha and not otherwise, because in those there is the need for a wise advice or to have elements for reflection... never is told that the Buddha was ardent in changing people here and there giving the truth for them as is used in social activism and political discourse.
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