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Buddhism - Different Strokes for Different Folks
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Don't believe everything you thinkThe liminal space Veteran
Buddha taught in different ways to different people depending upon their interests, abilities and dispositions.
Michael Liebenson Grady: We have heard you make the distinction between buddhadharma and Buddhism. Could you say more about that?
Master Sheng-yen: In buddhadharma, there is only one taste, the taste of liberation. That is the one dharma. Buddhism, on the other hand, is a manifestation of causes and conditions according to the changing environment that the buddhadharma encounters and the disposition of its practitioners. According to varying conditions and changing times, there arises what is known as Buddhism.
Buddhadharma is not only the taste of liberation. It is also the way of the bodhisattva. Moreover, buddhadharma has various levels and types of teachings to respond to the various dispositions of sentient beings. Sometimes this includes a graded path of Buddhism, but all of the gradations, systems and different ways to organize the Buddhist teachings point to liberation.
http://archive.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2003/fall/interviewshenyen.html
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