I posted a comment on my geeky Buddhist friend’s guest post on One City: Secularizing Buddhism–Making it Accessible or Stripping the Roots?
The comment was long enough that I think it warrants a blog post. So here it is.
Vince,
i share your concerns in not throwing the Buddhist baby with the secular bathwater i appreciate [...]
Don’t fear religion, Bush tells China.
This may sound harmless, noble even.
But when you consider that God is part of Bush’s foreign policy, then be very, very wary.
I missed the first part of Buddha’s Warriors last night. But I saw the second half about the Dalai Lama. Check out this behind-the-scenes look with Christiane Amanpour.
Watching the documentary, you’ll notice that Buddhism is not immune to dogmatism and fundamentalism. But in general, if there is such a thing as a religion of peace, [...]