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Location: Small town, TN
Age: 33
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The Q, there are different sects of Buddhism. The original, formed by Buddha (aka Sidartha Guatama, though I'm not sure on the spelling) was simply a way of life. A set of rules to live by that he thought led a person to a paradise in the afterlife. He taught others to be selfless, and that's all Buddhism is: a way of life in which you are completely selfless and live entirely for other people (as I said before). It was only later that people declared Buddha to be a god. The funny thing is, Sidartha was a leen, fit man (after all, he had to live off of others and couldn't have been too well fed :P), not the fat Buddha that we see in statues. Buddhism is very misunderstood in this regard. I can't remember the separate name for people who believe Buddha is a god (like, neo-Buddhist or something), but I do know that it's different from the original, which is what I would call true Buddhism.
So really, a Christian can be Buddhist, too. But really, one could say that Jesus was fairly Buddhist. He was never concerned with himself (except, if you're picky, when he asked why God forsook him) and lived his life for others, even dying for them. Actually, many religions were started by a guy like this. I think this shows that Buddhism is definitly the way to go (or maybe that all religions are the same...but that's a different subject to discuss).
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