Buddhism

Buddhism is a well-liked and respected religion; many attend Buddhist retreats, meditation centres and classes, and western Buddhist communities nearly all run such events for the general public. But in the West many who put "Buddhist" on census forms have merely attended some of these and who have an interest, but are not committed Buddhists, which artifically inflates the numbers.

1. Main Pages on Buddhism
2. Page Index Search

1. Main Pages on Buddhism

• Buddhism is an Atheist Religion

• Criticisms of Buddhism: Its History, Doctrine and Common Practices

Minor pages:

• The Ethic of Reciprocity appears in many religions. Buddha said 'Let a man overcome anger by kindness, evil by good' - it is the same rule later adopted by Christians as their Golden Rule, by Pagans as the Wiccan Rede and by many others. "Ethics Of Reciprocity like the Golden Rule and the Wiccan Rede Do Not Work" by Vexen Crabtree (2001).

• The Buddhist Emperor Wang Mang was 'probably the first recorded ruler to abolish the slave trade' on "Traditional Religions and Abolition of the Slave Trade" by Vexen Crabtree (2003)

William James says that Buddhism, like Christianity, is more "complete" than many other religions because it has attempted complex explanations of why suffering exists. See "The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James (1902) [Book Review].

2. Page Index Search

The following pages mention this religion. The 10 most relevant are listed:

Criticisms of Buddhism: Its History, Doctrine and Common Practices, 246 times, in the following sections:
    2.2. The Imbalanced Interest in Selected Practises, Devoid of Rationality
    3. Buddhism's Part in War and Strife
    5.1. The Inequality of Women
    2. Western Buddhism is Schizophrenic and Shallow
    5.4. The Social Vampirism of Monasteries
    2.4. Real Buddhism is Social, not Individualistic
    5.3. Human Suffering: Paying the Price for the Sins of a Previous Life
    4.2. World Rejection
    1.2. Nothing New
    5.2. Sex Scandals and Cover-ups: the Same as Other Religions
    2.1. The Imbalanced Interest in Selected Rational Texts Only
    1.1. The Literary Foundation of Buddhism, Divisions and Denominations
    4.1. The First Cause Dilemma: A Fundamental Contradiction
    6. Conclusions
    1.3. The Buddha Was Not a Historical Person
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    2.3. The Census Exaggerates Buddhist Numbers
    4.3. Buddhist Psychology is Too Idealistic

Buddhism is an Atheist Religion, 21 times, in these sections:
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The Nine Satanic Sins, 21 times, in these sections:
    6. Historical Progression
    7. Conclusions

Cultural Religion Versus Scholarly Religion, 15 times, in these sections:
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    1.2. Examples from Ancient Babylon to the Christian Present
    3. Soka Gakkai: All Believers Excommunicated by the Shoshu Priesthood

Religion Versus Womankind, 15 times:
    1. The Dominance of Men in Traditional Religions
    6. Buddhism and Women

Satan, Devils and Demons in World Religions, 12 times, in these sections:
    1. Satan and Demons in World Religions
    3.1. World-Rejecting Religions such as Buddhism, Gnosticism, Hinduism and Typical Eastern Religions

Review of 'Varieties of Religious Experience' by William James, 9 times:
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Religion and Intelligence, 9 times, in the following sections:
    2.4. The Exceptions of Minority Religions

Review of 'The Phenomenon of Religion' by Moojan Momen, 6 times, in these sections:
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The Causes of Fundamentalism, Intolerance and Extremism in World Religions, and Some Solutions, 6 times, in these sections:
    6.5. No-one Captures the Flag: New Age, Wicca and Modern Paganism'