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**CiccoineFed** · 07-12-2010, 07:10 PM

I suspect that a lot that's labelled 'Buddhism' today might possibly not be very close to what the historical Buddha actually taught.

It is often said that pre-Buddhist religions in various nations were not abandoned in favour of Buddhism, but that Buddhism was incorporated into them at its advent, forming hybrid religions nonetheless referred to as "Buddhism". If this had not happened, perhaps Buddhism would long ago have died out or become a historical oddity known only to a handful of scholars. Buddhism seems to have become a world religion that is available to the general populace to this day by virtue of being adulterated. Go figure!

If this is true, and I believe it is, then I guess it is in a sense ungrateful to rail against the process, though it is still incumbent upon us to penetrate "Buddhism" as deeply and trenchantly as possible in order to come as close as possible to the Dhamma purveyed by the Buddha himself.

07-12-2010, 07:10 PM	#10
CiccoineFed Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	I suspect that a lot that's labelled 'Buddhism' today might possibly not be very close to what the historical Buddha actually taught. It is often said that pre-Buddhist religions in various nations were not abandoned in favour of Buddhism, but that Buddhism was incorporated into them at its advent, forming hybrid religions nonetheless referred to as "Buddhism". If this had not happened, perhaps Buddhism would long ago have died out or become a historical oddity known only to a handful of scholars. Buddhism seems to have become a world religion that is available to the general populace to this day by virtue of being adulterated. Go figure! If this is true, and I believe it is, then I guess it is in a sense ungrateful to rail against the process, though it is still incumbent upon us to penetrate "Buddhism" as deeply and trenchantly as possible in order to come as close as possible to the Dhamma purveyed by the Buddha himself.
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