Comparitive Religions

[gandalfglamdrin.livejournal.com]

Good evening, and welcome to the class tonight.
I hope you have your homework from last class done, and a large thank you again to Rogue, for handling that for me.

Sit, enjoy the food, please...

and we will discuss the basic tennents of Buddism.

Can anyone tell me what those are?

Comments

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

I thought Buddhism was about total abstinence. Putting yourself above any worldly desires and trying to reach a higher state of being through it.

[gandalfglamdrin.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is part of it, but not all.

The founder of Buddism was actually removed from a monastary because he *wouldnt* do those things, once.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Wait. I saw the movie. Didn't Buddha try to first reach a higher good by completely forgetting about his body and then he realised he should actually seek out a balance between the two of them? You know, that 'healthy mind in a healthy body' thing you see in other cultures too?