tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post106001685730904108..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: The Hidden Christ of Beliefnet BuddhismKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-43208482256862661942010-04-24T11:37:06.610+09:002010-04-24T11:37:06.610+09:00This reply is coming three years too late, but I w...This reply is coming three years too late, but I wanted to say that quite a few of the B'net Buddhists were fine folks, too. This post, if read alone and out of context, might give people the impression that B'net is full of jerks. Not so. There are a few jerks there, but that's no different from what you'll find when you take a cross-section of <i>any</i> large online community.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-87908764505825090962007-12-28T08:08:00.000+09:002007-12-28T08:08:00.000+09:00Excellent post, and I am an ex-Beliefnet poster my...Excellent post, and I am an ex-Beliefnet poster myself (under the same name). I noticed this same trend, but could never put a face or name to it. Whatever it was, I gave up on Beliefnet a while ago, and haven't found much better on E-sangha.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I have noticed this same Jesus meme in myself very often, but my wife, whose Japanese has a way of cutting through that with little witticisms and such. I found that I would get hung up (and still do) on which is the right sect/teaching within Buddhism and what isn't. My wife would just tell me I am thinking too much, and she's right. :p<BR/><BR/>When I went with her to Japan, I found that things just "breathed" Buddhism in a way totally different in the West. I think this is due to lack of Western religious influence, but also because Buddhism has been grounded there way longer than in the US (which can at best say 50-100 years of Buddhist tradition).<BR/><BR/>The best example I can think of was in a Japanese Buddhist cemetery where I saw a collection of statues off by themselves. My wife explained that these were people who had no ancestors to care for them, so other people could take care of their graves. For some reason, that struck me really deeply at the time, and never left. I can just see now Western Buddhists saying "oh no, that's idol worship or superstition". Hell, I've said it sometimes, but I know I am wrong. It's just old habits really die hard sometimes. :)<BR/><BR/>Anyways, great post and I can honestly say I read the whole thing. I'd love to know who T and Y are, but I have a hunch or two. >:) Take care!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150776813254693234noreply@blogger.com