Quote from: xht on August 17, 2016, 07:36:55 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on August 17, 2016, 08:38:33 AM

Quote from: Hoffman on August 16, 2016, 06:21:17 PM

buddhism is more of a practice than religion. unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself. buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns. buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

Modern Buddhism is different from what you have written here. It is not possible to practice "unconditional love and reverence to all beings" all the time, as others can take advantage out of it. Buddhism has evolved, just like Christianity and Hinduism. Radical groups such as the 969 movement are a result of this evolution.

exactly you are right, old buddha teach how to respect for older people but today it just stayed the past, today is about freedom of speech in the world and now age isn't important.

I can agree with that.. But If you consider about "therawada Buddhism" It is the pure buddhism.. IN my country Sri lanka 90% of buddhist still lives according to pure buddhism