Talk:Buddhism

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Hi. I looked at the navbox stack and saw three templates - 'Buddhist topics' , 'Gautama Buddha', and 'Religion' - tucked into a hidden navbox list. The exposed templates were the Buddhism-in-(your choice of continent here). So I played with it, brought the templates out of the hidden-box, moved template 'Buddhism topics' to the top template slot, and left Gautama Buddha and Religion where they were. To me it flowed better, got more info near the top, and when I looked at the page it looked very nice - the colors, length of the phrasing, the aesthetics which seem to go well together when something is "right". Just some explanation of the "whys" of the edit. Does it seem okay to the long-time editors? Thanks. Randy Kryn 3:44 6 November, 2014 (UTC)

Later, have made a navbox stack with the title 'Buddhism by country' and put the five continent templates, which are just names of countries anyway, into that stack. Better. Randy Kryn 4:42 6 November, 2014 (UTC)

Nirvana

Nirvana and the cessation of suffering:

1) Although what's written on the Buddhism page about nirvana is probably the standard you would find in many temples of Asia, I respectfully ask that you consider the following, as I feel it will give people who come to this page a much more clear understanding of Buddhism.

2) Nirvana is a state of being, true; but it is also a place (otherwise called Pure Land in some branches) outside of Earth, elsewhere in the Universe where life is much better than here (on Earth)

3) The cessation of suffering in Buddhist terms really means one's soul leaves Earth (due to the good influences and attempts of a person to be good as recommended in Buddhist teachings plus Amitabha's help(or most major religions' holy teachings, for that matter)and is reborn in nirvana or the Pure Land.

4) Amitabha Buddha is the energy and Love that created our Entire Universe, not the person of Shakyamuni Buddha. (Shakyamuni Buddha told his followers NOT to pray to him, as he was only a person, and not the all powerful force that Created Our Universe()

Buddhism

Please change: From: Buddhism /ˈbudɪzəm/[1][2] is a nontheistic religion[note 1][3] or philosophy (Sanskrit: dharma; Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one").

To: Buddhism /ˈbudɪzəm/ is a religion that teach us to avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind[1]. Buddhism is based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha ("the awakened one").

Reason: “to avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas”. (Dhammapada 183). This is the Executive Summary of Buddhism. By reading this sentence all readers may have a global comprehensive understanding regarding Buddhism.

Source: [1] Dhammpada 183

HartonoLowis (talk) 07:51, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

• Not done: The lead sentence is supposed to tell the nonspecialist reader what (or who) the subject is.. See MOS:BEGIN for more information. The current first sentence gives a general overview of what Buddhism is. If you want to insert the specific teachings of the Buddhas elsewhere in the article that would be acceptable. Please give a specific location and reactive this request. Thank you. --Stabila711 (talk) 17:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2015

Could someone please change Dharmacakra to Dharmachakra? I know it's not that serious, but it really bugs me...
Thanks:) 123.231.125.32 (talk) 14:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Done, thanks! Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:06, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2015

And could someone also add Dharmapada under scriptures?
Thanks:) 123.231.125.32 (talk) 14:31, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm happy to add it, but where exactly does it belong? Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:06, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

buddhism

The article should state that Buddha did not think that total understanding of the concept of the universe and or god was important to practice Buddhism or Indian religion that became Buddhism. Total understanding may be too complex and living according to karma would lead to the path of god or the eternal universe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.55.34.248 (talk) 01:51, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Countries in lead

The list of all the countries in the lead is undue and confusing.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 16:08, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

I have reverted your edits. You have not explained how it is undue here and what is confusing in it. --Human3015^TALK  16:30, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

The info clearly belongs in the body of the article.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 18:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Lead should summarize the article. Even if you think that it should be in body then why you are removing it from article? It is useful information. --Human3015^TALK  18:06, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

I can't even understand the second paragraph with all these countries in it.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 18:09, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

This is article on Buddhism. Lead should talk about some general things about Buddhism like various schools, teachings and obviously about Buddhist countries. Lead should talk about which countries are Buddhist majority countries. But as there are multiple schools of Buddhism we should mention it schoolwise. If you or anyone else don't understand it then it is not reason for removing it but you can make wording or structure more simple to understand it properly instead of removing it from article. --Human3015^TALK  18:29, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Christianity article does not list every country. Mostly geographic regions. Same with the Islam article. Same with the Hinduism article.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 18:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I have done some copy-edit, removed some countries where region was mentioned. You can read 2nd para, I think it can be easily understood now. --Human3015^TALK  18:45, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Tibetan Buddhism can be simply reduced to Himalayan region and Mongolian region.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 18:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Mention of Kalmykia is important because it is only region in Europe where Buddhism is majority religion. Nepal and Bhutan is removed. --Human3015^TALK  19:05, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

You have to replace "Himalayan region of India" with "Himalayan region".VictoriaGrayson^Talk 19:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes replaced. But there is no separate page for broad Himalayan region which describes all nations within this territory, so piped article remains Indian Himalayan Region. --Human3015^TALK  20:35, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Then rephrase to "countries surrounding the Himalayas".VictoriaGrayson^Talk 22:49, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Non-Theistic & Theistic Buddhism

The lead of the article says that Buddhism is a nontheistic religion (or a philosophy) which is oftentimes the case, but there are actually theistic schools of Buddhism, and many Buddhists do have a concept of God as evidenced in the links below (that lists many sources). A poll even shows most American Buddhists are indeed theistic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanghyang_Adi_Buddha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2008/06/buddhists-do-believe-in-god/ http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/buddhist/

I'd edit the lead and have it read: "Buddhism is a religion (oftentimes nontheistic) or philosophy..." It's a simple accuracy concern. Israell (talk) 06:26, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theism "Theism, in the field of comparative religion, is the belief that at least one deity exists."

The Buddhism page claims Buddhism is "nontheistic religion" while writing in the same page: Asuras: variously translated as lowly deities, demons, titans, or anti-gods; not recognized by Theravada tradition as a separate realm;[note 3] Devas including Brahmās: variously translated as gods, deities, spirits, angels, or left untranslated. 37.142.176.161 (talk) 09:52, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 10:55, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2015

Channasandeepanaperera (talk) 14:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)