Side-by-side Comparison Wayism with Other Religions

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Buddhism vs Wayism

Buddhism	Wayism
Atheism(1) Polytheism (deities)(2)	Panentheism
Does not acknowledge, neither speaks of a Divine One, Prime Mover or Ultimate Being but has several demigod-like beings in its 'pantheon'.	Very aware of the presence of the Divine in all things. Our spirituality is absolutely rooted in mysticism and consciousness and heightened awareness of the Divine.
Heaven. There are many many thousands of heavens.	Wayism could go along with this but we choose to concentrate only on soul-heaven where souls on various planets abide between incarnations and spirit-heaven where we (our kind) are destined once graduated from here. Soul-heaven is where souls abide between incarnations. It is in another dimension on the earth plane. Spirit-heaven is where spiritual beings exist. It is a multidimensional domain where spiritual beings of our kind carry on full lives and careers as social change-makers, helpers, and spiritual guides to other planets in the galaxy with similar soul-life than on planet earth.
Hell is expressed in more primitive symbolism but is in many ways similar to Wayism.	Hell (see above) is expressed and understood in a more contemporary language and symbolism.
Salvation. Salvation is required because this earth plane is considered 'evil'. Salvation is obtained by devotion, repeating mantras, making supplications to demigods and/or bodhisattvas, and many other means.	There is nothing to be saved 'from'. The Benevolent Divine creates and upholds a benevolent system that provides all opportunity for us to fulfill the purpose of life.
Moral codes are imposed by scripture.	Morals are individually determined. See above.
Nature is not very important. Buddhism is mostly about humans. This world is seen as evil by most schools and non-existent by other schools.	Nature is good, beautiful and intertwined with our being, awareness, and spirituality. We cannot grow and fulfill the purpose of life without nature.
Sex and sensuality are considered less than good, basically evil. Abstaining is considered superior.	See above.
Avalokitesvara, greatest spiritual presence on Earth available to all human beings and sentient beings in the most glorious form imaginable	Avalokitesvara, greatest spiritual presence on Earth available to all human beings and sentient beings in the most glorious form imaginable.
Highest qualities in a human: Renunciation of desire (and sensuality), Orthodox devotion, Orthodox actions, Orthodox thinking.	Highest qualities in a human: Renunciation of desire (and sensuality), Orthodox devotion, Orthodox actions, Orthodox thinking.
Temples and shrines are established worldwide. Priests and monks are employed to assist devotees in orthodox worship.	Community information centers may be established but are not required.
Karma is regarded as heavy matter that clings to the soul, keeps the soul from liberation from Earth. Karma is negative. It is acquired by desire. All desires create karma. Desire for basic necessities to sustain life are also subject to karma.	Karma is never negative, it is the lesson plan for our future opportunities to encounter issues about the human condition and learn the wisdom to required to fulfill the purpose of life, which is rebirth in spirit-heaven.
Dharma is thought of as orthodox teaching, which is correct conduct, which becomes one's duty.	Dharma is a direct consequence of one's wisdom. Wisdom gained results in dharma, which is defined as duty. Dharma is therefore "correct conduct". A junior soul may have less dharma and therefore different duty obligations in its reaction to karmic tests than a more developed soul.
Maya is considered as veils of illusion that make us believe that creation is real and that bodily experiences do in fact matter. True reality lies beyond the veils of Maya.	Maya is understood as veils of ignorance that limits memory when a soul or spirit is incarnated. We need that to go through birth, childhood, etc in every lifetime with only wisdom but no memory of past lifetimes because without that we would not treat each incarnation as a unique new experience and series of tests. We must pass the tests of each lifetime not because we have memory (which is knowledge) of past lives, as if learned by route, but because of our inherent wisdom, our inherent goodness. When the body dies all memory and knowledge vanish, only wisdom remains. In the end, we will take with us only our wisdom and it is our wisdom that will eventually get us to heaven, not knowledge or memories.
Enlightenment happen in phases but the lower phases are rather high up already. Enlightened beings are less and less concerned or present in the world.	Enlightenment is a process. It culminates in rebirth, or metamorphosis of the soul into a spiritual being. Enlightened beings are therefore not on earth any more unless they were specially trained in spirit-heaven to incarnate into human bodies again to do a certain job, like Jesus did. There are however millions of non-incarnated enlightened beings, spirit beings, in our sphere to help us. We may know them as angels, bodhisattvas, dakini, and by many other names. Wayists dont get involved in analyzing all levels and names of things supernatural. It is of no concern to us. To us, they are all the same. We concentrate
Why is the world's population growing? Where do souls come from? In the absence of a doctrine about a Creator, Buddhism has problems to explain this.	Souls evolve from lower life forms. I heard a certain Wayist the other day explain it to a group of people, that he believes a certain American president may have just recently been a soul of a trained houses pet but is now human. This is so wrong, by the sounds of it, but it does explain the doctrine in a way.
Why do bad things happen to people? Usually punishment by God, or else it is because of Satan. Why do the rich who are obviously not blessed by God getting richer? God is not omnipotent or omniscient but he is the ultimate judge and those people will fry in hell for eternity.	It is sometimes because of nature gone seemingly awry (as nature goes). The process of creation is not stable, things happen and change all the time. People can also be victim to disease, it comes with the territory. People can also fall victim to other people. Those perpetrators triggered karma for themselves and may or may not one day be victims themselves to learn their lessons. It is not for us to judge. There are too many factors involved. Karma does a great job and we trust it.
Why do good things happen to bad people? Because the devil rewards his pious so well...we think.	We just don't have the ability to know whether something is good or bad for someone, we cannot judge that. Will it be good for your soul development to inherit $50,000,000 tomorrow? Will that be a test that you end up failing because you are not yet prepared for it, and then you sit with several lifetimes worth of karma ahead of you? Is it a bad thing if I would lose my family in an accident? How would I know. Of course my family each have their own karma and lesson plan. Death is not traumatic for them (only for me, I will miss the heck out of them). I will be a mess, probably for many years, but who is to say that that was bad for my soul growth? So, what do you say to a person who won $100million in the lottery? You should say condolences, and if you really care pray for them; its a very very difficult test. Simply put, we don't know, so we don't go there. There is a beautiful story from ancient China that talks about this problem; the story of the farmer and his son: One day in late summer, an old farmer was working in his field with his old sick horse. The farmer felt compassion for the horse and desired to lift its burden. So he left his horse loose to go the mountains and live out the rest of its life. Soon after, neighbors from the nearby village visited, offering their condolences and said, "What a shame. Now your only horse is gone. How unfortunate you are!. You must be very sad. How will you live, work the land, and prosper?" The farmer replied: "Who knows? We shall see". Two days later the old horse came back now rejuvenated after meandering in the mountainsides while eating the wild grasses. He came back with twelve new younger and healthy horses which followed the old horse into the corral. Word got out in the village of the old farmer's good fortune and it wasn't long before people stopped by to congratulate the farmer on his good luck. "How fortunate you are!" they exclaimed. You must be very happy!" Again, the farmer softly said, "Who knows? We shall see." At daybreak on the next morning, the farmer's only son set off to attempt to train the new wild horses, but the farmer's son was thrown to the ground and broke his leg. One by one villagers arrived during the day to bemoan the farmer's latest misfortune. "Oh, what a tragedy! Your son won't be able to help you farm with a broken leg. You'll have to do all the work yourself, How will you survive? You must be very sad" they said. Calmly going about his usual business the farmer answered, "Who knows? We shall see". Several days later a war broke out. The Emperor's men arrived in the village demanding that young men come with them to be conscripted into the Emperor's army. As it happened the farmer's son was deemed unfit because of his broken leg. "What very good fortune you have!!" the villagers exclaimed as their own young sons were marched away. "You must be very happy." "Who knows? We shall see!", replied the old farmer as he headed off to work his field alone. As time went on the broken leg healed but the son was left with a slight limp. Again the neighbors came to pay their condolences. "Oh what bad luck. Too bad for you"! But the old farmer simply replied; "Who knows? We shall see."As it turned out the other young village boys had died in the war and the old farmer and his son were the only able bodied men capable of working the village lands. The old farmer became wealthy and was very generous to the villagers. They said: "Oh how fortunate we are, you must be very happy", to which the old farmer replied, "Who knows? We shall see!" [Downloaded from: http://www.rainbowbody.com/newarticles/farmerson.htm]