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Buddhism is not a religion
Modern scholars say that Buddhism is a science of mind training, not a religion. There is no worship of a deity. Buddha Shakyamuni was an example of what is possible for all to accomplish. His teachings are instructions to follow in order to achieve enlightenment. There are so many different teachings because there are many different types of individuals of different capacities for understanding. There should be 6 billion different religions (7.8 billion as of May 2018).
See Dalai Lama "Art of Happiness" and http://meridian-trust.org/video/the-four-noble-truths-1-of-2/ Hpfeil (talk) 20:18, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Buddha did not believe in gods and certainly isn't considered a god by adherents to this philosophy. Whether it is a religion or philosophy is still hotly contested by scholars so calling it a religion in the very first line of this article demonstrates ignorance of the topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.208.109 (talk) 11:14, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Whether Buddhism is a religion or not depends on how one defines religion. I suggest the person who typed that Buddhism is not a religion reads about the differences between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, the former denying the existence of deities, the latter accepting spiritual realities. Vorbee (talk) 17:15, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
According to me and other Asians, Buddhism is not a religion but wisdom and philosophy, Buddhism only teaches "truth" and is towards humanity and reality, it is atheistic and criticizes superstition. However, Westerners and radical materialists have a different view of Buddhism, it doesn't matter, Buddhism itself respects freedom and human rights. But whether it's religion or not is not a problem at Wikipedia, it's just superfluous, after all, Buddhism also teaches us how to be self-reliant as well as calm down and let go of delusion for liberation, the only problem is the way of looking at each person's point of view and in Asia or Europe only, Buddhism is complex but surprisingly simple :) We just need to live well in this life, which includes giving up this pointless debate on Wikipedia :) 14.248.102.77 (talk) 06:42, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Buddhism encompasses a wide range of sects and practices, some of which are religious and some of which are philosophical. As a Buddhist myself, I am also agnostic, along with a large portion of my temple. I think the lead should be changed to "Buddhism is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha."
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Don’t want to get dragged into a debate, but much of Mahayana Buddhism at least involves the view of the omniscience of the Buddha and the worship of Bodhisattvas and Devas. If that’s not a religion, I don’t know what is.KashKarti (talk) 07:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We are talking about Buddhism in general, not just Mahayana or any school, instead of arguing, it is best to write both (philosophy and religion) as the current version. Mhmedian (talk) 10:33, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
According to the Western definition and standards, Buddhism is not a religion because Buddhists do not worship gods, they do not care about the soul, they do not promote the supernatural, they are not dogmatic, they are central to the mind and things, they are peace, they value people, they appreciate reason + science and effort + hard work as well as democracy and equality, they are objective + live openly according to nature and do not believe in luck and heaven and the idealism: that considers morality and wisdom to be available things that must be promoted by sentient beings, they are humane and practical against complexity and difficulty,...and then the ultimate goal of cultivation Buddhism is about freedom and happiness as well as freedom from stagnation and suffering. How can we consider Buddhism as a true religion???!!! That's why I support Wikipedia should not just write it as a religion, I don't want to make this a forum but let's write Buddhism is not just a religion, especially wrong when someone considers it a religion in the Buddha's time because Buddhism at that time was not a religion or belief no matter what, after it only changed and branched when it spread and developed in history, now it is a religion like Mahayana that is typical like China (or with the popular Tibetan Vajrayana), however, in fact, when we consider it correctly, standard Buddhism is not a religion by its very nature. Deu74 (talk) 23:23, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Zen is not a Mahayana school. There is so much wrong with this article it's not even worth addressing here, especially considering wikipedia is based more on politics than it is on facts, so it won't matter what I say and there won't be any honest, open, discussion from he opposing party about what I say here. Even saying Zen is not Mahayana will get ignored and justified to be an "incorrect view". It's what you get when you let scholars and (wiki-)politicians become an authority. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.241.193.183 (talk) 07:24, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In all respect, categorically, Zen is widely considered by academics to be a form of Mahayana. It is admittedly (in my opinion) quite different in some ways from many other sects considered as apart of the Mahayana tradition, but even then, it's a pretty well established as being a decedent of the tradition. @84.241.193.183:-Euphoria42 (talk) 03:44, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In the history of buddhism,it is stated " the arrival of Communist repression to Tibet (1966–1980) " which should read (1966-present). The Chineese government is STILL repressing Buddhism in Tibet as well as basic human rights.
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