What makes you feel that way?

I think there are many very different ways to approach experiencing it. If my first experience was at a temple in my local area I would very much be turned away….

I’m sure the Thai, Myanmar, and Sri Lankan things are still going on but bad people of a religion doesn’t equal said religion. Unless you’re an atheist in the west than that equals all of said religion.

Yes it is surprising but people are of their circumstances

Could you explain further

That’s kind of you to say but there are certainly plenty of problematic Buddhist groups, like any social group.

What about you?

Buddhist, I was more Christian. Growing up in a fundamentalist church and becoming more intellectual drove me to ask big question that Christianity didn’t answer for me. Causes and conditions allowed me to encounter Buddhism when I was living in Japan and it’s grown in me ever since. I really liked how Zen meditation made me feel. Very different from being told to pray but there was nothing and also no unstructured. Buddhism has clear practices and results. I know it has “supernatural” elements but it’s all mostly logical to me and I like that

I didn’t follow but thanks for being kind and explaining

nice

Yeah I got that, but no one asked their political stance lol

What does your last sentence have to do with the question

Interesting question that idk. It’s a harsh truth that even I struggle with at the lowest level of some people are just mean. Sometimes there’s a comment here on lemmy that is so mean for no reason that it sticks with me. Idk how to explain that to a child

Kids shouldn’t be taught religion, depending on their age it has zero effect to harmful. I say this as a religious person

You sure are posting a lot of questions pal

Prior to this Spring I would say America because I can speak and act more freely, but after thinking that’s not true in any place in America including public, academia, protesting, social media, etc I will say little in America is better than China.

China has awesome food, transportation, every level of city is walkable, a health centric culture, strong family values and not in a nut job way, diverse religion, lots of languages, many different cultures, low interest rates, affordable education, awesome tech, a government that works hard to build public infrastructure, parks, medical care, and parks.

The biggest two things I dislike about China are the pollution increase in the past 20 years and racism against non-Han peoples. The latter is a problem in America too but I feel sometimes more so in China. Frequently if there’s an issue between a Han person and non Han ethnicity of the non Han is instantly brought up. The pollution one is just sad. Most bodies of water are dirty when 20 years ago they were used to play and do your clothes in, at least in my families countryside.

Please no one comment but what about…

I’m sure it helps to some degree just not to the extent OP implies

But how would I backup everything from an iPhone? I got photos and contacts down. Idk about the rest. Maybe you’ve given me a new project.

How can you do this especially if you don’t pay for cloud storage? I have self hosted cloud

Have you seen a birth? Not fun

Yes, that’s why I replied to you. I think this conversation is done though, this isn’t going anywhere.

It seems like you’re having a different conversation than my comment.

I mod the Buddhism coms here and am working on a PhD in Buddhism. I think I got it covered.

There’s a reason people take medication.