Whats the difference? Looking at this site http://www.taoism.net/ and
this site http:///www.aimwell.org you can see similarities. Are they
different paths to the same goal?

All roads lead to Rome, as the adage states,
but it does make a great difference,
when and where you start from.

On Sep 6, 9:49 am, ChrisC googlemail.com> wrote:

Yes, day and night dif.

....My discussion of this topic from an earlier post.

(...) Writes:

"Should I study Buddhism in the East, as I am afraid the Western
Buddhism is just a watered version of real Buddhism?"

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Real Buddhism???

Buddhism has and will always evolve.

Religion evolves from the egos of men.

We should also give credit to the Hindus for the development of
Buddhism.

The Buddha was a Hindu acetic before he became a Buddha.

Buddhism is basically Hinduism without the atman or soul.

"ChrisC" googlemail.com> wrote in message
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There are two distinct religious beliefs. One, heaven comes to Earth, and
two/ Earthlings gravitate to heaven.

Of course, like all paradoxes, the truth is in the middle.

BOfL

"curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote in message
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I think the difference may depend on what happens along the way as well.

Scott

On Sep 6, 6:49 am, ChrisC googlemail.com> wrote:

At least Taoist scriptures were syncretically based upon the layout of
Buddhist scriptures, but follow the first two links and see what the
differences are.

Scriptures: The Daozang (Treasury of Tao) is sometimes referred to as
the Taoist canon. It was originally compiled during the Jin, Tang, and
Song dynasties. The version surviving today was published during the
Ming dynasty. The Ming Daozang includes almost 1500 texts. Following
the example of the Buddhist Tripitaka, it is divided into three dong
("?", "caves", "grottoes").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taoism

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:27:38 +0000, V wrote:

This seems like a joke considering the subject!

This reminds me of an old country and wesrern song.
It,s not the road or the miles, but the stops in between."