I love these responses. In my experience, being part of a community, even if it’s explicitly Buddhist, is extraordinarily helpful.
Personally, even though I’m agnostic/atheist, I am very comfortable with most of the Buddhist practices, even if they feel “religious.”
I always try to remember that the Buddha said we should never take anything on faith value, even if he himself proclaimed it. His motto was: come see for yourself.
As a slight tangent, one of my mid to long rage goals for this little community is that we can help people create their own meditation groups, locally. I’m not quite sure how to do that yet, though.
ooo... I like this idea a lot! Being a former atheist who has aged enough to recognize nothing is for certain, I'm now a bemused, slightly befuddled agnostic with a yen for a sangha. Buddhists are thin on the ground in my neck of the woods. Thanks Dan.
I love these responses. In my experience, being part of a community, even if it’s explicitly Buddhist, is extraordinarily helpful.
Personally, even though I’m agnostic/atheist, I am very comfortable with most of the Buddhist practices, even if they feel “religious.”
I always try to remember that the Buddha said we should never take anything on faith value, even if he himself proclaimed it. His motto was: come see for yourself.
As a slight tangent, one of my mid to long rage goals for this little community is that we can help people create their own meditation groups, locally. I’m not quite sure how to do that yet, though.
ooo... I like this idea a lot! Being a former atheist who has aged enough to recognize nothing is for certain, I'm now a bemused, slightly befuddled agnostic with a yen for a sangha. Buddhists are thin on the ground in my neck of the woods. Thanks Dan.
I love the idea of somehow creating local groups from this community!
I like the idea of creating small, local meditation groups. Maybe they can be satellites of this community!