The Accidental Buddhist

Unexpected Buddhists: Mindfulness, enlightenment, and sitting are still written about Dinty M. Moore's entry into the American Buddhist world. Moore, an Irish American living in the central state of Pennsylvania, grew up in a Catholic family and attended a Catholic school, but he decided to resign God when he was young, he gave up his religious beliefs It was. However, in his adult life, he encountered Thich Naht Hanh's book "Peace" and wanted to know "what Buddhist found" and "what he missed" (19).

The relationship between Buddism and peace is neither coincident nor abnormality. Most of the primer on Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy does not mention Buddhist violence. Instead, they tied Buddhism to pacifism and non-violence. Many about Buddhist meditations, peaceful work of Buddhist activists such as the 14th Dalai Lama and its non-violence advocacy, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh (Little Martin Luther King won Nobel Peace) Please think of a book. Award nomination) 1967) Naturally, many Westerners believe that Buddhism is not violent politics, it is a nonviolent religion devoted to inner peace and harmony.

Buddhist philosophy is a philosophical study and research system developed at Buddhist school in India after the death of Buddha and later spread throughout Asia. The way of Buddhism is a combination of philosophical reasoning and meditation. The Buddhist tradition provides a multitude of Buddhist paths for liberation and East Asian Indian and subsequent Buddhist thinkers have a variety of topics such as phenomenology, ethics, ontology, epistemology, logic, and time philosophy Covered.

According to the Indian census of 2011, there are 8.4 million Buddhists in India, but Buddhist leaders insist that there are about 50 to 60 million Buddhists in India . Maharashtra State is the country with the most Indian Buddhists, accounting for 5.81% of the total population. Nearby 90% of Navayana and Neo Buddhists live in this state.