Realising or revealing religion?

About this episode

This episode discusses the growth of Buddhism in Western Australia and the distinction between revealed and realised religions.

This talk explores the growth of Buddhism in Western Australia and compares it with other religions. It discusses two types of religion: revealed and realised. Revealed religion depends on a holy book or person, while realised religion encourages individuals to find the truth for themselves. Buddhism is a democratic religion where people have the freedom to disagree and experiment with teachings. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded in 20th June 2008. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of interest to his many fans. These talks by Ajahn Brahm have been recorded and made available for free distribution by the Buddhist Society of Western Australia under the Creative Commons licence. You can support the Buddhist Society of Western Australia by pledging your support via their Ko-fi page.

People in this episode

Host: Ajahn Brahm

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• religion
• revealed religion
• realised religion
• Western Australia
• democratic religion

Keywords

• Buddhism
• revealed religion
• realised religion
• Western Australia
• Ajahn Brahm
• dhamma talk
• freedom of belief

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Everyday Dhamma Network, Buddhist Society of Western Australia

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