It is a good question that none Buddhists can ask from Buddhists. Most probably Buddhists will answer for you that Buddhism is not just a religion it is more than that. What do they mean more than that? It is a philosophy that helps human beings by supplying pieces of advice, methods and best ways to reach their goals in current life as well as our next life. When we pay our attention back to the topic “Is Buddhism a religion?” I said that it is more than a religion, then we can get general understand that Buddhism includes religious belief, customs and offer methods.
I would like to pay your attention to that what is the philosophy in Buddhism, as a religion is it possible that philosophy includes in it? Let’s pay attention to that and get to know about Buddhism. First I would like to pay your attention to the philosophy of Buddhism. Philosophy means love of wisdom. Buddhism really can drive you into success or your dreams. Then how? Two major scriptures teach about how to earn and behaved. “Sigalowada sutra” is a sutra about how to earn and how to live as a good person in society. If you think that as a religion Buddhism debar earning it’s incorrect, because Lord Buddha preached his teachings and methods or the philosophy for people to abstain from the myth. In short, Lord Buddha says that we must earn from a good business which does not harm any other living being. Not only earning he preached about saving even, but people must also save ¼ from there earning to take emergency periods of their life.
Another major scripture in Buddhism is “Dhammapada”, it contains many sutras. It includes many teachings which help people to live their life according to their wishes and how to gain success in their day to day life. I want to pay your attention about these sutras because someone thinks it is difficult to understand or those sutras only used for worshipping, No, it, not just a sutra because the hidden purpose of this sutras is, it is very easy to recall from our mind in every moment which we need. Philosophy and psychology take apart of Buddhism as a result of that, you can relax your mind through meditations and enlighten your knowledge. There is no debate that Buddhism has about philosophy in it and another good understanding is, non-Buddhists also can follow Buddhism philosophy without any other rules and regulations.
Then, I like to take my major point, that is Buddhism a Religion? Frankly yes, because there are so many ways to worship, pray, alms-giving, meditations, etc. Buddhists Religious aspects can be divide into two ways they are, policy offering and Amis offering. Under the policy offering, Buddhists follow rules of a good life by the bottom of their heart as following five precepts and meditations. Under the Amis offering they do Alms-giving, Vesak festival and building temples according to Buddhist culture so on. There is no one behind Buddhists and push them in to follow the religious aspects. Buddhists have their freedom to follow their religion and take decisions. Even priests are not compelling to people to do religious works. So, Buddhism is a religion in which people live as they are and take their freedom as it is.
As a final point in the article I can conclude the whole idea into one paragraph, Is Buddhism a religion? Yes, it is. You can count it as a religion like other religions but, Buddhism offers the freedom to their followers to do their religious works and find their way off in religious life. On the other hand, Buddhism brings up to your philosophy which is very useful to our general life. Our life is build up with so many likeness and Dislikes and also dreams. All our likes and dreams may not have accepted by society but according to Buddhism, we can get pieces of advice about which we must do or don’t from that we can live in the society peacefully and be a success.