About this Buddhism Crap

[Guest guest]

I feel that if a whole group or country strayed away from what the

Buddha taught, that doesn't make the entire religion bad. That simply

means that some people who happen to be Buddhist are choosing to

ignore the teachings of Buddha. That, in essence, would make them

non-buddhists. Don't you think? I mean, the esence of buddhism is

compassion and ahimsa, or non-violence. These who would torture the

animals for sake of profit cannot really be Buddhist if the don't

follow the profound and simple teachings of Siddhartha Gautauma

Buddha. It's as simple as that. So to say that the " religion " of

Budhism is bad because some people in a buddhist country are killing

animals, (dogs)like saying Musslems are bad because a few people

claiming to be musslem hijacked a few plains and crashed them into

the twin towers. Or how about Catholic Priests who have permenantly

damaged the lives of innocent children with their " weapons " ? Does

that mean all Catholics are horrible child molesters? No. These

atrocities don't make for a bad religion, they make for bad people.

I am an American Buddhist. I don't kill anything to the best of my

ability. I do my best to respect all life and adhere to Buddhist

teachings. The Dharma is very sacred to me and I take it very

seriously. If I accidently stepped on an ant on the sidewalk, or hit

a squirrel with my car, would that mean that I am not Buddhist?

No. It would mean that I accidently stepped on an ant or hit a

squirrel with my car. However, if I claim to be Buddhist and go out

and whack a dog in the head with a baseball bat knowing full well

what I was doing, then someone would have the right to question my

philosophy on Buddhism. Because if I did that intentionally, then

obviously I would not be following in the path of Buddha-hood. Don't

hate an entire group of people because of something a select few have

done. They are choosing not to be Buddhist by killing. Be angry at

them for that... for killing... not for being Buddhist.

Thank you for allowing me to voice my side of it

Veronica