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"Religion, noun: the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods."
Mahayana Buddhism is the usual example people give, but the Buddha actually refuses to commit as to the existence or non-existence of Gods and supernatural entities.
In the 80 odd years he lived, Buddha taught many, each according 2 his capacity & disposition.
Why are there no life-affirming religions anymore? ... Every major religion from Christianity to Islam to Buddhism basically says "this world is evil" and gives you a laundry-list of things that are e...
Thread: https://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/15827987
That image is ubiquitous & those who don't know about Buddhism mistakenly think he advocated that. But he found it out too extreme. He didn't say the world is evil. He said there're better ways 2 find happiness than the methods used by most.