[Buddha-l] Rice & Dragons

[Richard Hayes]

On Apr 15, 2012, at 9:45 AM, "Jo" <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

> The BJP line so far as citizens views go, as one Hindu nationalist told me,
> seems to be that Buddhist doctrines were already in Hinduism. No need to
> become a Buddhist if you like their doctrine.

Although I am not a big BJP fan, I think they are essentially right about this. If one is drawn to Buddhism, there is no reason to convert to it, because everything it has to offer can be found pretty much everywhere else.

Richard Hayes