From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 08:09:32 MDT
>From: Party of Citizens <citizens@vcn.bc.ca>
>Am I correct that the word "budh" means "awake"? Can someone then
>be a buddhist and be a Christian or Muslim or whatever at the same
>time? POC
Yes, Buddha means the "awakened" or "enlightened" one. You can be
a Buddhist and be almost anything else according to Buddhists.
The essence of Buddhism is that the problems we have in life stem
from not living in the moment, not understanding how the universe
really is, having an ego that forms attachments, and engaging in
practices that cause harm. It proposes an eightfold path to correct
this.
The part I always liked best was that the Buddha said not to take
anyones word on this, not even his, but to try it and see if it
works for you.
I'm more of a Zen/Buddhist.
Brian
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