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rafaelruiz95 (November 23rd, 2009 @ 3:28 am)

All of the comments I have read are amusing. Armchair Quarterbacks all of you. What is most important is the sincere practice of the buddhist faith. Its history is important but your personal journey is moreso

qaplatlhinganmaH (November 18th, 2009 @ 12:20 am)

Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelt Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE

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buckleycloud (October 13th, 2009 @ 3:48 am)

@ kawilik: Einstein never said that, it's an apocryphal statement. Look in his speeches or in anything he wrote, he never said that. I am a Buddhist myself, and it would have been nice if Einstein had said that, but he didn't. So far as relics goes, the Buddha's relics are mentioned in the Mahaparinibbana-Sutta a.k.a. The Buddha's Final Nirvana, in the Digha-nikaya. Check out Rupert Gethin's Sayings of the Buddha, published by Oxford World's Classics.

kawilik (October 10th, 2009 @ 9:39 am)

cont... What Einstein did say : The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.

kawilik (October 10th, 2009 @ 9:38 am)

Mr. Lancaster's overall presentation was a good one. However, as an American Buddhist I can't help but feel he misrepresented some of the integral aspects of the Teaching, especially when talking about the transmission of the Teaching from one country to another. Not once did he mention the Four Noble Truths by name, nor their commonness to all.

kawilik (October 10th, 2009 @ 3:35 am)

mallidevarak! The Buddha did not mention relics in the Thuparaha Sutta (Anguttara Nikaya) or those worthy of a stupa in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta? If that is what you're saying then I think you'd better do some more reading.

Dhammika64 (October 9th, 2009 @ 8:38 am)

Very effective way to the modern world to think of true natural law towards betterment of day to day life. through a portable religion..."Do it your self Religion" Thank you Mr.Lewis Lancaster...you have done a wonderful start towards wonderful portable religion....

buckleycloud (September 28th, 2009 @ 12:23 am)

@ hebalott: Shamanism is indeed arguably the world's oldest religion, but it's not the world's oldest "portable" religion. Shamanism is not "evangelical" per se, and it is bound by language and geography.

oneviwatara (September 25th, 2009 @ 6:34 am)

Buddhist monks does not beg for foods.

hebalott (September 15th, 2009 @ 2:35 pm)

I beliv shamanism is the oldest religion.

mallidevarak (August 17th, 2009 @ 4:46 am)

Dr Burke is talking about the Buddhism that has been created by Asians as "religion" and added to it all kinds of traditions like the "relics' he is talking about...It is not the real Buddhism. It is not a religion it is a philosophy that Lord Buddha introduced.. that does not have relics, traditions, drumming, dancing, drawings etc etc...I do not think Dr B knows about the reality about what Buddhism is...