alanbwt on Nostr: “Buddhism is a way of liberation instead of a religion. And we can see the ...

“Buddhism is a way of liberation instead of a religion. And we can see the difference most effectively if we look at Buddhism and Christianity with regard to their different social functions. A religion like Christianity serves the social function of cementing a community together, giving that community its laws, its principles of ethics, and its common objectives. The function of Buddhism, on the other hand, as a way of liberation, is as it were to provide a cure for the inevitable ill effects of making the conventions of a community too strong, making the bonds of a community too strong.”

— Alan Watts, Buddhism and Christianity