Mystical Angels - what kind of religion is Buddhism prophetic or mystical ? and why ?

what kind of religion is Buddhism prophetic or mystical ? and why ?

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I don't really understand what you mean by prophetic or mystical. Could you please explain? edit: wow lupo. Buddhism is not an oriental faith. It started in India.
its got quite a philosophical base to it. it relieves the mind of its illusions and allows it to let the things of what you perceive...go. it makes more sense than many other religions but it too has its down falls. sorry..neither prophetic nor mystical. it is the opposite of it all. it teaches life is not what you think...it just is.
Neither. It's neither "Prophetic" nor "Mystical". It's a lot of common sense, really. Besides, the Oriental "Faiths" are a way of life and not "Religions", actually. All the best. PS, I wasn't aware that India had moved elsewhere. Last time I looked, it was still in the Orient [East]. I was just using the general term to encompass the gamut of the proto-Hindu Faiths. By the way, could you please check out where the Lumbini Gardens, where Buddha was born, are, in the context of the present day? Last time I looked, it was in Nepal. The Sakya Clan to which Sakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama Buddha belonged were what you'd call Nepali, today. Anyway, what could I possibly know?. While I would agree with the Satyr in that the Oriental Faiths are esoteric and the Desert Messianic Faiths that are now synonymous with the Occident [though inaccurately, since the real Occidental beliefs would have been the Nordic and Druidic ones and we could also throw in the Greco and Roman ones, too] are truly more exoteric, I wouldn't equate esoteric with Mysticism. But then, that's just me.
Mystical, as it is based on a personal mystical experience, the attainment of Nirvana, and has no divine prophecies. It is really more of a philosophy that acts like a religion, as it doesn't actually require any supernatural beliefs save for a belief in reincarnation. Different sects of Buddhism treat it differently, however.
It's not a religion. of so they say. It doesn't come off as mystical, it's seems to me like a yoga practice where they meditate a lot. When they're not meditating and doing something they try to stay in what they term "mindfulness," which is keeping your mind in the present time and staying aware of yourself and what you're doing and thinking.
It is neither. It is more practical than any prophetic or mystical religion.
Jack, there's a difference between "oriental" and "asian". India is not considered to be a part of the Middle East but of the Far East. The point is, Hinduism and Buddhism both are Vedic religions. They are thrown into the same bucket. I would say that Buddhism (like Hinduism) is indeed mystical. In other words, it is esoteric and not fit for mass consumption. On the other hand, the Abrahamic religions are exoteric. These churches' kitchens cook for the masses. Which is fine when you consider that you don't want most humans to know the truth of things, now do you? What kind of a world would that be? If everyone knew the truth, it'd be like heaven and that would put Organized Religion completely out of business. I would also have to say that all "isms" are "wasms". - The Eternal Satyr
Buddha is the god of Chinese food restaurants.
Buddhism consists of very practical methods to train the mind to become awake. Nothing special.
It's neither prophetic nor mystical. It's a common sense. It's a way to become happy, liberated from our ignorance, hatred and greed that are the fundamental causes of our sufferings. If you'd like to learn more about Buddhism, you could go to any of these sites. http://www.bswa.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=4 http://www.bswa.org/ http://tenzinpalmo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=36 http://www.jhanagrove.org.au/content/view/13/41/ http://www.tara.org/jetsunma-ahkon-lhamo/ http://www.thubtenchodron.org/ForThoseNewToBuddhism/index.html http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/ http://dhammafriends.net/Sub%20pages/Dhamma_Audio.html http://www.buddhanet.net./e-learning/index.htm http://www.vipassanadhura.com/dhammatalks.htm So, Good Luck! =) May you always be well and happy... May all beings always have happiness...
I've heard it refered to as "transcendental common sense". The only real prophesy I know of in Buddhism was Padmasambhava's famous 'When the iron bird flies and the horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the world, and the Dharma will come to the land of the red men' . As for mystical, its methods aren't, but the results (or at least the side effects) have been described that way.
There are prophacies and some mystacism connected to some Buddhist sects. However, for those who practice diligently are not distracted by mysticism or prophecies. We prefer to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all beings.
its a practical religion it teaches you the healthiest way to live and how to end all suffering.
Its definitely not prophetic. Prophetic religion assumes that what we do in this life matters. Buddhism assumes that this life is meaningless. The goal is to escape it by attaining Nirvana.
There are mny different types of Buddhism. Most of the answerers here have some kind of westerners fantasy ideal of it. Most types are extremely ritualistic and hierarchical. They are just as 'organized' as any of the Abrahamic religions. There is quite a lot of prophetic aspects, the coming of Maitreya is a particularly popular idea. There are others according to the different strands of Buddhism. The institutionalization of mysticism of Buddhism is one of the aspects that attracts Westerners to it. It may serve to fulfill the tribal urge to belong to a coherent religious group without the overt moral imperatives of the Abrahamic faiths.