[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

[Federico Andino]

I guess that he means that there´s a cultural, ethical, social and
religious dimension to buddhism, which in his eyes supersedes the
practice of buddhism. But if that were the only dimensions that
buddhism had, it would be a kind of tribal religion.
Poor Buddhaghuya and his Yogavatara, also...and the yogaratnamala, and
the vimalaprabha, etc...they just missed the point.

For myself, I celebrate that buddhism can be understood as "just a
practice" since that way it can reach people who´d be resistant
otherwise.

F

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:59 AM,  <Jackhat1 at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/20/2011 9:07:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> dingirfecho at gmail.com writes:
>
> _http://www.huffingtonpost.com/owen-flanagan-phd/do-american-buddhists-miss-
> the-point-of-buddhism_b_964188.html_
> (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/owen-flanagan-phd/do-american-buddhists-miss-the-point-of-buddhism_b_964188.html)
> ===
>>Buddhism has about as little to do with meditation as Jesus's  message of
> love has to do with prayer, which is some, not entirely nothing;  but almost
> nothing.<
>
>
> It was interesting to learn that this person thinks the Four Noble
> Truths/8-Fold Path, Anapanasati Sutta, Satipatthana Sutta, the many references  to
> jhana in the Pali Sutta and on and on are not  Buddhist.
>
>
> jack
>
>
>
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