What are you? "Buddhist ...? But what school? "Mahayana, Theravada ...? And what lineage? If you are Tibetan ... "Guelupa? Or what? If you Zen, "Soto, Rinzai ...? Are you lay or ordained person?
Ah! Are you a Christian. "Catholic? "Orthodox? Is it Protestant ...? Wow, you are a priest ... Married? How is it possible? Wait a minute ... Are you a believer? Because you believe in God, right?
Who do you ask? "In Buddhist? The Buddhist or believed or longer believe, simplememte follows the Dharma. Did you ask a Christian? Yes, I believe in God. Which one? What of the Jews in the Islam, the Christians? All are from the First Patriarch. Uffff ... What a mess! "Mess? No! Why? Let's see: We all seek peace, brotherhood, eliminate the suffering and be happy. Stop! Serve ... To whom and for what? Then serve God, because if done in a selfless, humble, without labels and putting the whole being in this event, all you do becomes sacred. The remaining suras, sutras, rules, verses, and chapters orders will be reduced to eroded if the entities do not bear the stamp of the heroic act of detachment. I've seen and, despite my doubts, flaws and addictions. If I serve a God (or Dharma) with my intention and I will be interest free server men without masks, arrogance or artifice.
Why complicate everything so much? Do not converge Buddhism, Christianity and virtually all religions in a single reference of humility and simplicity?
Oh, the ego! The ego of believers and non believers, lay and clergy, teachers, disciples, monks and "desnortados" seekers of truth. Truth? Let us not continue to roll.
