From a60001faf91ffff9c61c38fed1b929536329a909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JJM317 <131259937+JJM317@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:26:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] no religion (#452) * no religion * Update no-religion_buddhadasa.md --------- Co-authored-by: Khemarato Bhikkhu --- _content/booklets/no-religion_buddhadasa.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _content/booklets/no-religion_buddhadasa.md diff --git a/_content/booklets/no-religion_buddhadasa.md b/_content/booklets/no-religion_buddhadasa.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bfee447a13 --- /dev/null +++ b/_content/booklets/no-religion_buddhadasa.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: "No Religion" +authors: + - buddhadasa +translator: "Santikaro Bhikkhu " +external_url: "https://www.suanmokkh.org/books/127" +drive_links: + - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBUk6gprmIIjhFhXPyG11V6I-ndBAG7D/view?usp=sharing" + - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JSgzV1C3rueKFWINlw-mFhuU_R34TM9X/view?usp=drivesdk" +course: interfaith +tags: + - modern +year: 1969 +address: "Bangkok" +pages: 29 +--- + +> In the same way, one who has attained to the ultimate truth sees that there's no such thing as ‘religion.’ There is only a certain nature which can be called whatever we like. We can call it ‘Dhamma,’ we can call it ‘Truth,’ we can call it ‘God,’ ‘Tao,’ or whatever, but we shouldn't particularize that Dhamma or that Truth as Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, Judaism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, or Islam, for we can neither capture nor confine it with labels and concepts. + +In this 1967 discussion with laywomen in Bangkok, Venerable Buddhadasa explores themes of religious pluralism, the nature of language, and the essence of religious experience. He presents the thought-provoking thesis that true awakening transcends conventional boundaries of religion, leading to a state of "no-religion."