Timeline for Buddhism in context, differences through SE Asia? [closed]
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| Jul 16, 2017 at 11:20 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | Can you narrow the question any further? Say what kind of topic, what type of characteristic, you are interested in? Or say why you're asking, in case that helps to clarify what you're asking (i.e. what to include in an answer)? The question currently includes history, politics, customs, doctrines, famous teachers (traditions), etc. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 11:16 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | So maybe a question like, "What's unique about Buddhism in each of the various countries? For example what characterizes Buddhism in Thailand but no-where else?" That might remove the value-judgement: calling a characteristic "unique" rather than "impure". It's still very broad though; each country has a different history. If you did make separate questions about each country, that might be more focused. But wouldn't a good answer still be too long for this format, e.g. Buddhism in Thailand hardly scratches the surface. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 | comment | added | Luke McFadden | @ChrisW I was merely attempting to learn about the nuances in Buddhism, some of which are cultural. Not trying to make negative comparisons from a “which one is right or more pure” perspective, but how is Buddhism and it’s practices unique. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 11:02 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | If you quoted and asked for an explanation of one sentence, like this one from Wikipedia, "Buddhism in Thailand has also become integrated with folk religion as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai Chinese population", then I suppose that would be on-topic ... no explicit rule against it, in the FAQs ... I couldn't predict whether there would be good answers to that, though. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 11:00 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | I'm not sure how to reword it. Part of the problem is that it's a "broad comparison", another part is asking "not actually be consider purely Buddhism". If someone wants to say that Buddhism is practiced in Thailand, for example, I don't want to say, "Oh that is not Buddhism: not pure Buddhism." Do you think there's such a thing as pure Buddhism without cultural aspects? And if you are somehow asking about non-Buddhism, is that even on-topic on this site? | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 10:48 | comment | added | Luke McFadden | So how might I reword it to allow people to share about the differences? Ask only about one specific country? | |
| S Jul 16, 2017 at 8:03 | history | closed | ChrisW♦ | Not suitable for this site | |
| S Jul 16, 2017 at 8:03 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it fits the definition of a "Broad comparison" question defined in the FAQ. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 8:02 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | This is not a good question, from my point of view -- it encourages answers to point fingers and say, "this isn't Buddhism" and "that isn't Buddhism" and "you're not Buddhist" (or "You're not a pure Buddhist"), etc. I think it's probably a "Broad comparison" question -- one of the few types of question that people decided couldn't be answered satisfactorily and so which shouldn't be asked. | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 5:11 | answer | added | Dhamma Dhatu | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 5:02 | answer | added | Bonn | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Jul 16, 2017 at 2:50 | history | asked | Luke McFadden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |