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    Quote Originally Posted by Frankenstein View Post
    As long as you recognize the four noble truths, follow the eightfold path and take refuge in the dhamma you are a Buddhist.
    Definition of a Buddhist is someone who takes refuge in the three jewels of Buddhism. Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

    The eightfold path is a hinayana teaching not emphasised by Mahayanists.

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    in a sense you could say that a consensus of people to the way they live their life by given rule or following a desired goal is a religion. Also anything can be philosophical, that being which a human can derive meaning about.

    in this sense there are many religions, non of them have actual meaning and of course many believe and have faith that they do, the majority if not all will break all rules and commandments under which they live.

    So in effect by actual and truthful understanding there will never be anyone going to heaven if there were such a thing, because people cannot obtain perfection and this is what most if not all religions of gods is about.

    release yourself from the expectation of needing to have a religion for whatever purpose that maybe and enjoy being a moral or immoral person for the sake of truth. Everything else is just that which ties it all together.
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