8 - Problems with Terminology & Symbols

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 3 March 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode, I will explore the typical problems that people encounter when first learning or hearing about Buddhist terminology and symbols. Buddhism emphasizes truth rather than God, meditation rather than prayer, enlightenment rather than salvation, and universal life rather than individual soul. But for many secular minded people, the terminology and the symbols encountered when learning about Buddhism can still be misunderstood. This episode aims at clarifying the meaning behind the terminology and the symbols that are so common in Buddhism. The book I reference in this podcast is called "American Buddhism" by Gyomay M. Kubose

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0:00.0	Hello, you are listening to the Secular Buddhism Podcast. This is episode 8. I am your host Noah
0:06.7	Rochetta and today I'm talking about misunderstanding terminology and symbols within Buddhism. So let's get
0:13.8	started.
0:15.9	Hey guys, welcome to the Secular Buddhism Podcast. This podcast is produced every week and covers
0:30.4	philosophical topics within Buddhism and secular humanism. Episodes 1 through 5 serve as a basic
0:36.4	introduction to secular Buddhism into general Buddhist concepts. So if you're new to the podcast,
0:41.2	I recommend listening to the first five episodes in order. All episodes after that are meant to be
0:46.2	individual topics that you can listen to in any order. So before starting again, the Dalai Lama
0:51.6	says do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever
0:56.4	you already are. Please keep this in mind as you listen and learn about the topics and concepts
1:02.0	discussed in this podcast episode. If you enjoy this podcast feel free to share, write a review,
1:08.0	or give it a rating. So let's jump into this week's topic. Hey guys, I want to talk to you today a
1:14.0	little bit about Buddhist terminology and Buddhist symbols. Back in 1986, there was a book that was
1:25.2	published in a pamphlet by a Japanese Buddhist named Guyome Kubosi and he talks about the idea of
1:33.6	American Buddhism because Buddhism was finally spreading in the West and there was a lot of misunderstandings
1:41.1	among Westerners about some of the standard Buddhist terminology and Buddhist symbols. So I wanted
1:47.7	to clarify a couple of the things that he talks about in his book American Buddhism and in his pamphlet
1:54.8	called Buddhism, the Path of Enlightenment because these are completely relevant to the secular
1:59.4	Buddhism approach that I like to teach. So he talks about Buddhism as a way of life. I've talked
2:07.3	about this before whether or not Buddhism is a religion or a psychology or a philosophy and in
2:13.2	reality the answer is yes to all of those things but from the approach the secular Buddhist approach
2:19.9	and I kind of want to clarify that I'll probably do a podcast specifically about secular Buddhism
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