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There is no god of the scales of Brahma in Buddhism. I think it will bust the myth of Buddhism being part of Hinduism. To attain Nirvana you don't need idols and gods. They are irrelevant.

I haven't had time to read Hindu scripture. I only have a vague idea about Hinduism. According to you if Hindu scriptures are the same as what Buddha preached, then their should not be any mean to worship idols and gods. Their shouldn't be any temples or mandirs. Buddha has taught very basic...

This is where you get it all confused. Buddha didn't use meditation as a means of a ritual (or practice) but rather as way to calm his mind. The essence of Buddhism is about controlling ones mind. It is done through meditation. The core goal of a meditating Buddhist is to calm his mind down...

If I'm wrong, it is better to correct me rather than running away. That makes me reinforce the idea that my conclusions are correct.

Buddha just taught the reality of the life. It's us the people should decide what to do with it. Buddha has no concern whether his teaching will remain in this world or not. He just thought what he has learnt for the people who are interested enough to try it for themselves.

It is a point less life. We live then we die. We don't even know what type of life we would inherit after this one. It's unpredictable. Only the good and bad Karmas we have collected so far would remain with us. We don't know what will strike first. The good or the bad. That's why Buddha said do...

Yeah it's some what right. Because of Sri Lanka that Theravada branch of Buddhism has survived to date.

He can't save others. He found the path for self enlightenment but he couldn't bring others with him to it. Only thing he could do was to teach them the path so that if they were willing they could try it them selves. At first, he didn't want to share his thought because he believed no one is...

Yes. The Buddhist concept is a selfish one. There is no one but yourself that need to find your salvation. You can't help others but yourself. It's a simple concept. It's just the simple reality. There is no god. No greater good. But simply salvation of yourself. In an essence you have to let go...

The middle path is not the technique. Technique is the meditation. Middle path is the overall guide line. As far as Buddha is concerned other techniques do not work to achieve Nirvana. I have never personally tried meditation so not expert to express my ideas on how should we meditate and how...

Rather hollow argument. I thought you could do better than that.

Well this is being an off topic subject but I rather like to hear about what is your agreed ideology.

He was a realist. Nothing is permanent and so does his teachings. He didn't teach fairy tales to people in order to shield them from the reality.

So what does that mean? Only the natives understands the concept better and the rest of the people are just dumb fools? If that logic is correct no one other than White Europeans should understand all the scientific facts.

Buddhism is not about controlling your mind or desires or senses. The core essence is to reach Nirvana. Meditation is the method of calming your mind. Buddha has learnt about other philosophies present at that time but realized none of them would take here where he wanted. He practiced what he...

Tibetian Buddhism is not the correct one taught by Buddha. It's just another religion where Buddha has turned into a god. It doesn't matter what people called Theravada Buddhism. Only the truth triumphs at the end.

Yeah I agree with you on certain things. But, the acceptance of women into Sangha was granted by Buddha after much of a concern. It wasn't a later addition. Buddha was against it at the beginning. Buddha is just a normal guy who had happened to attain Nirvana. He taught people about it and how...

Were you then? I just wonder......

Please don't mingle Buddhism with Hinduism. It doesn't make any sense.

Yeah that doesn't mean Buddha can justify Hindu fables.