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- From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
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- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: religion vs. philosophy
- Message-ID: <725674961.AA08309@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:00:00 -0500
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- SCX>Seems to me that, in practical terms, a philosophical system which
- SCX>achieves some kind of spiritual status is not so different from
- SCX>religion...Some religions don't rely on the existence of a deity
- SCX>(for example) Buddhism...
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- Okay, semantically, you can call anything from Bushism to Fish
- Fetishism a religion. My point is simply that acknowlegement of any
- deity is not an intrinsic part of the martial arts.
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- SCX>many martial arts have a powerful spiritual component...At my
- SCX>my current Kung-fu school, there is actually a set of injunctions
- SCX>posted on the wall...
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- It's a common practice in the dojangs of the Korean disciplines as well.
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- SCX>...Is it possible to discuss the spiritual aspects of MA
- SCX>training without dragging in the religions and philosophies which
- SCX>serve as their foundation?
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- Sure. The spiritual aspects of the MAs are not necessarily related to
- religion: philosophy, yes; religion,no.
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- Peace in our time,
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- Tom Stovall
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