| Buddhism is a teaching which has spread
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| | group.For one attempting to provide a
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| worldwide absorbing the culture of each
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| | definition of religion these practices
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| country it arrived in, which has resulted
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| | would need to be described in a manner
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| in many expressions of Buddhism. Each
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| | which did not exclude one religion from
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| strand, no matter how varied in nature
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| | the definition. There needs to be one
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| and practice, holds a common emphasis on
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| | thing that is attributed to all
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| the impermanence of human life. The
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| | religions, a common factor. For many,
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| worldwide spread of Buddhism means that
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| | the common factor is God. However, if we
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| it is now practiced by over three hundred
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| | conclude that God is the focus of all
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| million people worldwide, and thus, is
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| | religion then much of the material found
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| generally considered to be a world
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| | in Asia must be excluded because there is
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| religion. However, its authenticity as a
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| | no God here, and occasionally not even
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| religion has often come under scrutiny by
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| | Gods. From the perspective that religion
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| intellectuals in the Western world. To
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| | entails belief in a God, Buddhism is
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| explore whether Buddhism can in fact be
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| | excluded from having the title of
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| counted as a religion we must acknowledge
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| | religion. Many outsiders to the Buddhist
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| that the main problems arise when looking
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| | tradition may claim that the Buddha held
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| for a definition of what a religion is.
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| | some divinity and is elevated to a Godly
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| Either, definitions have proved too
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| | position, but the Buddha himself refused
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| narrow excluding many belief systems
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| | to be regarded as divine. For the Buddha,
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| which people believe are religious, or
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| | humanity is here to improve ourselves and
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| they become too broad which means that
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| | achieve liberation rather than worrying
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| any structure can be counted. When
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| | about ultimate questions. Buddhists
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| applying varying definitions of religion
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| | would argue that knowledge of a God or
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| to Buddhism we come up with some very
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| | the afterlife does not matter as neither
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| contradictory answers; some which say
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| | help in the quest for nirvana.
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| that Buddhism is simply a philosophy or
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| | If Buddhism is not counted as a religion
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| teaching, whilst others will prove that
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| | then what is it? Buddhism can be thought
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| it is in fact, a religion in practice.To
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| | of as a way of life, a philosophy, a
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| determine whether Buddhism is a religion
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| | psychology, a way of thinking through
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| or not, we must also note that we, as
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| | which we can take responsibility for our
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| Westerners will have different views and
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| | present life and lives.Like all major
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| concepts of religion to those practicing
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| | religions Buddhism contains a morality,
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| in the East. We must ask the question, is
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| | rituals and behaviours, certain ethical
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| it even possible for Westerners to
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| | values and an origin of existence, yet
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| understand the religious life of Asia?
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| | because Buddhists do not believe in an
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| What we view as Asian religion and
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| | all knowing creator God some claim that
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| religious activity is for most of the
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| | Buddhism fails to be a religion. The
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| people practicing it a natural part of
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| | large variety of definitions of religion
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| daily life; our ideas and concepts vary
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| | shows that we can never give a solid, one
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| so greatly that perhaps someone observing
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| | answer description of what it is that
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| Buddhism from a Western perspective may
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| | religion is and does.
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| never truly grasp the religiosity of the
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