Is Buddhism a form of rational atheism?

[GrandmasterP]

Mu

 

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Edited April 10, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[Apech]

Mu

 

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Koan: When is a link not a link?

Ans: When it's on this thread.

 

Koan: Has a cow got Buddha nature?

Ans: Moo.

 

Koan: What sound of one hand crapping?

Ans: It's clapping you fool!

Koan: Clapping?

Ans: Yes.

Koan: Thank you for the applause but really I am not worthy.

[Simple_Jack]

Themiddleway, I mean threads where that's the topic at hand or where I'm not the only one lambasting eternalism. Can you say for sure that the 'rational model' is increasingly becoming the 'normative form of Buddhism'? I don't see this happening widely within Vajrayana which is arguably becoming the most popular form of buddhadharma in the West. The case could be that people with secular leanings are increasingly adopting buddhadharma, but you see this particularly with Theravada because the way it has been marketed in the West. I can't speak for an entire demographic, but there are people such as Jack Kornfield and Ajahn Brahmavamso, who openly discuss their experiences of contact with immaterial beings.

[Simple_Jack]

Even in these 'rational forms' of Theravada, the core of the Buddhist path is taught i.e. 37 bodhipaksha and 3 seals (anicca, dukkha, anatta). Irregardless, of secular-physicalist leanings, an individual is learning all that is needed in order to achieve liberation.