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**cabonuserollyo** · 05-06-2011, 11:17 PM

How about a Modern Buddhism for Peaceful Problem Solving?
Warmly,
BG

Well, I think that the teachings of the Buddha are not an instrument for international affairs so to solve highly complex problems about resources, politics, domination systems, etc. We all know about the Dalai Lama preaching here and there about Buddhism in order to promote his concern in the conflict between China and Tibet. Now, it seems that the political lobbying has to be made by a politician skilled in such an art.

The teachings of Buddha are for people that have come to a certain understanding; and are about "self-reliance". The teachings of Buddha are not about a social order through catechism. The Buddha ethical code is more about to set conditions for mindfulness than rules to be obeyed. In order to solve social and environmental problems through the teachings of the Buddha, this teachings have to be imposed over people that, maybe, will not care about.

The ethical frame of the Buddha teachings is built into a much more wide teaching concerned with the not-self experience, meditation and a deep understanding of the unsatisfactory nature of things. Nobody can be forced for this. It is a self discovery, very personal and intimate. Out of this, the Buddha ethics are the same as many other "common sense" ethical frames that can be taught without being called "Buddhist".

The greatness of the teachings of the Buddha is that there are no redeemers, no saviours, no sinful people, no revengeful Karmic realms, no hopeless people, no gods governing, giving and taking out from and about us, etc., so this shows that the teachings of Buddha are not about a kind of imposed religious way of life, while religions are the other way, about a social order or a social ideal. The way of imposing social order (through redeemers and gods, fear, etc.,) has proved to be ineffective since humankind. The teachings of the Buddha are about a personal awakening from a distorted view about things.

If we want a better social order we have to transform through an ethical common sense education where self discovery of our own human nature can happen, and this singular event, in the life of a person, can not be controled or imposed by another one or a given social system.

05-06-2011, 11:17 PM	#31
cabonuserollyo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	How about a Modern Buddhism for Peaceful Problem Solving? Warmly, BG Well, I think that the teachings of the Buddha are not an instrument for international affairs so to solve highly complex problems about resources, politics, domination systems, etc. We all know about the Dalai Lama preaching here and there about Buddhism in order to promote his concern in the conflict between China and Tibet. Now, it seems that the political lobbying has to be made by a politician skilled in such an art. The teachings of Buddha are for people that have come to a certain understanding; and are about "self-reliance". The teachings of Buddha are not about a social order through catechism. The Buddha ethical code is more about to set conditions for mindfulness than rules to be obeyed. In order to solve social and environmental problems through the teachings of the Buddha, this teachings have to be imposed over people that, maybe, will not care about. The ethical frame of the Buddha teachings is built into a much more wide teaching concerned with the not-self experience, meditation and a deep understanding of the unsatisfactory nature of things. Nobody can be forced for this. It is a self discovery, very personal and intimate. Out of this, the Buddha ethics are the same as many other "common sense" ethical frames that can be taught without being called "Buddhist". The greatness of the teachings of the Buddha is that there are no redeemers, no saviours, no sinful people, no revengeful Karmic realms, no hopeless people, no gods governing, giving and taking out from and about us, etc., so this shows that the teachings of Buddha are not about a kind of imposed religious way of life, while religions are the other way, about a social order or a social ideal. The way of imposing social order (through redeemers and gods, fear, etc.,) has proved to be ineffective since humankind. The teachings of the Buddha are about a personal awakening from a distorted view about things. If we want a better social order we have to transform through an ethical common sense education where self discovery of our own human nature can happen, and this singular event, in the life of a person, can not be controled or imposed by another one or a given social system.
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