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why is buddhism obscure?
bruce, here in the west, it is widely held that buddhism is not a religion because (1) there is no deity and (2) there is no soul!
instead, there is the listing of "4 truths" and an exhortation from the buddha for each person to attend to his/her own salvation - quite an ambitious undertaking for . . . (shall we call it) a spiritual system.
even if deity-less, however, buddhism would clearly still have to conform to certain widely-held notions of "natural" spirituality. otherwise, there could hardly be a wide subscription to it throughout the past 2500 years. what might these notions be?
these considerations and others may all easily play a part in anyone's developing personal perspective on ohsawa, mb, and religious thought and structure in general.
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