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**RLRWai4B** · 09-04-2011, 01:03 PM

There is another way to handle this confusion.
You ignore all traditions and ignore that matter of reincarnation.
You study the Buddha's dhamma and pick one or some which you think it is or they are useful to you.
Then, you practice/do the one(s) you pick.

(If anything relates to supernatural matters in your view, you just skip them.
No need/requirment to believe or not believe them now.)

The Buddha's dhamma is so wide and various.
You do not need to involve the supernatural things at all.
Many people may do otherwise because such is matched to their needs, which is also not wrong.
But you can leave them, and should go to the way useful to your need and practice.

Excellent post, ngodngam!

There's no law saying that you have to believe this or that. Kalama Sutta and all that. If it takes you toward disillusionment and detachment, do it. If it doesn't, don't. Nobody else can tell you what's best for you. Ultimately, we have to experience and judge for ourselves. In the end, the dhamma itself is designed to be obsolete once you're across the river. Clinging to it isn't a good idea.

09-04-2011, 01:03 PM	#14
RLRWai4B Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	There is another way to handle this confusion. You ignore all traditions and ignore that matter of reincarnation. You study the Buddha's dhamma and pick one or some which you think it is or they are useful to you. Then, you practice/do the one(s) you pick. (If anything relates to supernatural matters in your view, you just skip them. No need/requirment to believe or not believe them now.) The Buddha's dhamma is so wide and various. You do not need to involve the supernatural things at all. Many people may do otherwise because such is matched to their needs, which is also not wrong. But you can leave them, and should go to the way useful to your need and practice. Excellent post, ngodngam! There's no law saying that you have to believe this or that. Kalama Sutta and all that. If it takes you toward disillusionment and detachment, do it. If it doesn't, don't. Nobody else can tell you what's best for you. Ultimately, we have to experience and judge for ourselves. In the end, the dhamma itself is designed to be obsolete once you're across the river. Clinging to it isn't a good idea.
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