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**Drysnyaty** · 10-02-2011, 11:56 PM

Hi, podgerl.

The Pali canon is clear that there was no divine instruction or revelation. Siddhartha Gautama was a man who figured things out for himself based on his own experiences and reasoning, not a prophet or messenger of a divine being. I hope you make this clear to your students. These days, a lot of people have the impression that Buddhism is based on so much "woo," like witchcraft, shamanism and crystal therapy. Please let them know that its original form was nothing whatsoever like that at all. It was quite decidedly anti-woo, actually. Modern, faddish permutations should be overlooked.

10-02-2011, 11:56 PM	#4
Drysnyaty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	Hi, podgerl. The Pali canon is clear that there was no divine instruction or revelation. Siddhartha Gautama was a man who figured things out for himself based on his own experiences and reasoning, not a prophet or messenger of a divine being. I hope you make this clear to your students. These days, a lot of people have the impression that Buddhism is based on so much "woo," like witchcraft, shamanism and crystal therapy. Please let them know that its original form was nothing whatsoever like that at all. It was quite decidedly anti-woo, actually. Modern, faddish permutations should be overlooked.
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