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I know a lot of christians who practice zen meditation and don't believe it contradicts their faith.
Buddhism should be described as spirituality in my opinion. It's not centered around a god so the idea of worship common in "religion" is missing. And it's more personal than philosophy.
The thing I find interesting is that when people were travelling on the silk trail back in the day historians all say they must have come across the many monks and buddhists and buddha carvings in the mountains (the ones the Taliban blew up a few years back). A lot of people believe that buddha was the inspiration for the Jesus story (i.e. Virgin birth, wandering teacher, enlightened at 30 etc.).
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Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
You think you hold the high hand
I've got my doubts
I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts
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And even if I have to go to Claremont
Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont
Let me go
Let me lie low
Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
And you send your dark messengers to tempt me
I come from Chino so all your threats are empty
- the mountain goats
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