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Originally Posted by BlueSky
But in the context of spirituality it's different. If what someone is trying to be heard refers to a truth of some sort than as Sky123 said they will hear what they want or need to hear but only in the context of their own perceived spiritual path which in most cases as I see it is more relative to self help than it is to some common truth.
I think we can all agree that the fact that perceived truth changes for us over time that it is really self help that we are discovering.
The fact that everyone here has quite different views on what Buddhism is confirms that there is no underlying common truth in any religion to be heard by all.
So in my opinion folks are sharing what has helped them and for others it may not be relevant but still, to me, it's their song and it's beautiful.
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Yes indeed. The fact that we may arbitrarily declare 'what Buddhism is' implies that no Buddhism inherently exists. It's really lot of 'facts' about nothing. The teaching is called 'dhamma', which refers to the way of nature, and what Gotama said about it. That's why it isn't 'Buddhist' in any sectarian sense, but universal. Thus dhamma is available to anyone regardless of culture, religion or other spiritual beliefs - even Buddhist monks!
