Buddhism as popularly practiced is richly supernatural despite its nontheistic dogma
Evidence
As best I could tell, the whole thing appeared to be less a faith than a philosophy, and one that had been intriguing psychologists since the days of Freud, when his early Viennese followers studied those newly translated texts. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 440 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Until recently, changes of religious culture have always proceeded in the following way: a certain form of religious life, originally fully adequate in its strengths and essential characteristics, gradually rigidifies in superficialties and narrow specialization. It is displaced by a newly rising form in which religious impulses can flow, dynamically and without impediment. In other words, a new religious form, a new series of beliefs took the place of an outmoded one. For a relatively large number of people today, the supernatural objects of religious belief have been radically excised; their religious impulse, however, has not thereby been eliminated. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Buddhism serves as a philosophy rather than a religion. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 440; Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864
Related
- Buddhism serves as a philosophy rather than a religion. (similarity 0.86)
- Buddhism is lived as a supernatural religion despite nontheistic theology (similarity 0.84)
- Buddhism as lived practice is full of supernatural agents despite nontheistic theology (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- Buddhism serves as a philosophy rather than a religion.
#contradicts(0.85) — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 440 - Modern religiosity persists after its supernatural objects are excised
#complicates(0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 864