I once wrote a Buddhist-orientated article for a US Benedictine organisation. Buddhist ideology is essential undermining of Judeo-Christian concepts of religion – and religion in general. Buddhism is NOT a religion in Asia – but has become distorted into a religion in the West as Europeans project their Judeo-Christian ideals onto an Indian holy man who thoroughly rejected the religiosity of his time and culture. Furthermore, as Buddhism is a system of self-administered psycho-therapy – its meditative methods discipline the body, still the mind, and uproot the taints of greed, hatred, and delusion. Buddha admits that prior to understanding that god does not exist – a deluded individual will think that a god exists (this is not the same as stating god exists in the objective sense). Whilst suffering under this delusion, the Buddha advised these people to slowly strip their minds of this conditioning – by carefully applying his meditative method.
Needless to say, the learned Benedictine Brothers were not impressed with my missive – and certainly refused to print it in a Christian academic journal. One Brother took me to one side and explained that the Catholic concept of “Interfaith” was a misnomer – as its true purpose was to have the minds of Buddhists infiltrated by Catholic dogma – and for these Buddhists to “convert” to Christianity as a means to stop their heathen (non-White) souls descending into the fires of hell following their physical death. So far – so good. In military terms – this type of unscripted and quite often messy advance to gain intelligence about the enemy is termed “reconnaissance under fire”. The vehicle through which these Brothers delivered their condescending attitudes was one of racism and discrimination – disguised as religious piety (even those non-Whites who convert – are inferior to White Christians regardless of strength of belief). I was also informed that Asian Buddhists were invariably “Socialistic” – an ideology rejected by the Catholic Church.
Politicised religiosity – of any form (including Buddhism) – is a lie designed to control society through ignorance. Children are brainwashed by their parents and community at a time when their brains are still developing and they possess no ability to defend themselves from this type of superstitious grooming. My view is that children should be taught science, logic and reason – before any religiosity is even addressed – if it should be addressed at all. My view is that religion should be kept out of schools completely – with parents needing to consent for their offspring to be exposed to any form of religious indoctrination outside of their formal schooling. Religions are comforting myths – despite whatever compelling institution or method (such as meditation and monasticism) that might be preserved and passed-on within religious doctrine. Only science is materially real – everything else is a product of imagination and represents what might be construed to be a form of creative art. Art in and of itself is not a problem – but politicised art that teaches the falsehood of sky-spirits is a problem.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 