Buddhism without the Goal

[triskell]

Buddhism without the goal of enlightenment is nothing more than spiritual materialism.

Buddhism's ultimate goal is the awakening into enlightenment. The Buddha did it. Many hundreds of thousands throughout the history of the enlightenment movement have done it. You can do it too. The question is "do you want to?" Can you even think about it as a

Comments

[adityanath]

Amen!

[ayrkain]

Thank you. This was a very informative read.

[triskell]

You're welcome!

[ngakmafaery]

...if you post this in buddhistpagan1_, it'd be great...

[triskell]

All right. I'll post it there. Thank you for reading it. I almost didn't post it at all. I thought it may have been a bit to strong.

[triskell]

There seems to be something wrong with the link. I'll search for it and see if I can find it.

[ngakmafaery]

...I'm sure some people *will* find it strong, but I'm a sort of for-real buddhist, and understand that view, and find it really goes along well with what Chogyam Trungpa said, and I agree with you...and I feel that especially in the west, especially with pagans and sort of magic-y types, you get a lot of pick-and-choose ego building under the guise of 'buddhist' this or 'pagan-buddhist' that...I'm sure you'll get some strong respnnses over at the other community, but I'll write a supportive view there too...

[beanrua]

Yes, yes.

Thank you for making me think about this.

[triskell]

You are welcome too! I hope it benefits you.

[anonymous]

In a way, I felt like you were picking on me after we talked the other day, but I did make it through the whole thing, you are possibly the only person more long winded than me, and I did not get dizzy once ;) I guess I am on a path and I do not see the end, but the bit of the path I can see in front is bigger, longer, (must not make South Park refernce in serious thread), there is less fog and fewer obstacles. I have no idea if that will make sense to anyone but me, but there you go. I am still working on whether I am Buddhist or some other kind of thing, but you usually help me out with that and that is the direction I am being pulled into in a way. Thank you.

[triskell]

You're welcome. I wasn't making fun of you. I wasn't speaking to anyone in particular in this "piece." I am simply addressing attitudes of some people. If the writing helps you gain some clarity, then I am happy.