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CroMagna · 06-27-2009, 04:31 PM

Buddhism

LIKES

Encourages mental liberation from wealth, fame, and power
Helps passive people unhinge from aggressors by encouraging them to walk away from the aggressor and not care if the aggressor thinks you're being a coward
Excellent role models like the Dalai Lama and Tibetan monks who while famous and very oppressed continue to be poor and mild-mannered
Enjoyable practices like yoga, meditation, and healthy eating
Universally liked and well-received, easy to admit to
"Free-spirit" image
Unique but not "too unique" (see above)

DISLIKES

Involves being at one with everything including people who are very unlikable i.e. dictators and terrorists
Involves annihilation of the ego rather than preservation of the ego (as in Satanism)
Is conducive to disdainful behaviors including humility, meekness, laziness, and aversion to world wars

Part III:

06-27-2009, 04:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
CroMagna Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 884	Buddhism LIKES Encourages mental liberation from wealth, fame, and power Helps passive people unhinge from aggressors by encouraging them to walk away from the aggressor and not care if the aggressor thinks you're being a coward Excellent role models like the Dalai Lama and Tibetan monks who while famous and very oppressed continue to be poor and mild-mannered Enjoyable practices like yoga, meditation, and healthy eating Universally liked and well-received, easy to admit to "Free-spirit" image Unique but not "too unique" (see above) DISLIKES Involves being at one with everything including people who are very unlikable i.e. dictators and terrorists Involves annihilation of the ego rather than preservation of the ego (as in Satanism) Is conducive to disdainful behaviors including humility, meekness, laziness, and aversion to world wars Part III: __________________ "Each film is only as good as its villain. Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a triumph." -Roger Ebert Last edited by CroMagna; 06-27-2009 at 05:01 PM.