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I’m a member of various Yahoo message boards and while I cannot keep up with them ALL all the time, occasionally I find an interesting discussion. Most recently, I was on the Buddhism 101 message board<\/a>. Following a discussion about comparing religions (why it’s beneficial to compare religions and different spiritual paths), someone asked me about the similarities between Wicca and Buddhism.<\/p>\n The following is my response:<\/p>\n Hm… similarites between Wicca and Buddhism. Well, hadn’t really sat The first thing that comes to mind is tolerance. It seemed to me that The rest of this is coming off the top of my head as I think through a Both Wicca and Buddhism place an emphasis on experience. Buddhists The ideas of immanence and animism are present in Wicca and Buddhism. I hope that’s a starting point of comparison for you. As I said, I’m Cassandrah A short comparison between Wicca and Buddhism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brigidsflame.com\/feymorgaina\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ndown and thought through ALL the similarities and differences yet.
\nI’m still learning and I don’t quite have as much experience with
\nBuddhism as I do with Wicca.<\/p>\n
\nthe philosophy of Buddhism inherently provides tolerance for all
\nsystems of belief. In my experience, the Wiccans and Pagans I know
\nare tolerant of other beliefs (even Christianity, though of course the
\nbiggest complaint we have about Christianity is that we just want
\nto be left alone and please don’t proselytize to us, we don’t need to
\nbe saved!) Both Buddhism and Wicca say that all paths lead to the
\nsame. In Wicca, it is phrased, “All goddesses are one goddesses; all
\ngods are one god.” Many Wiccans can be eclectic Wiccans which means
\nthat they adopt beliefs (and practices) from other sources and mix and
\nblend what they find suitable for them. Both Wicca and Buddhism
\naccept that others may choose to follow another belief or faith if
\ns\/he chooses. Both do not proselytize.<\/p>\n
\ncomparison… and I may be wrong about some points on Buddhism, but
\nthis comparison is based on my impressions of Buddhism so far based on
\nwhat I’ve read and researched.<\/p>\n
\nemphasize connection to the divine through meditation and mindfulness.
\nWiccans also uses meditation (and mindfulness, though that term has
\nnot been used in Wiccan teachings) to connect to divinity. The major
\nform of experience for Wicca is through ritual. Rituals can be very
\nsimple (e.g., meditation) or very complex (e.g., a re-enactment of a
\nmyth in order to learn – very fun!). Regardless of the type of
\nexperience, both Wicca and Buddhism emphasize experience with the
\ndivine.<\/p>\n
\nImmanence refers to the idea that deity can exist here and now not
\njust “out there somewhere” (transcendence). The Christian deity is
\ntranscendent, Wiccan deities are immanent. Buddhism thought that we
\ncan achieve divine status is an immanent idea. (Definition of
\nimmanent,
\nhttp:\/\/www.m-w.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?book=Diction
\nary&va=immanent&x=0&y=0<\/a>;
\ndefinition of transcendent,
\nhttp:\/\/www.m-w.com\/cgi-bin\/dictionary?book=Diction
\nary&va=transcendent&x=0&y=0<\/a>)
\nAnimism is the belief that everything in nature has a soul or
\nconsciousness. Both Wiccans and Buddhists believe this about things
\nin nature. Examples would be stones and plants
\nhaving a soul or consciousness. I once read somewhere that a man was
\nso mindful about deity being in everything that even his human waste
\ncaused him to become ecstatic.
\nstory, have to find that source somewhere…)<\/p>\n
\nstill learning and the above is just off the top of my head.<\/laughs>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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