Some people argue that if there were no religion, the world would be a better place. Because, according to them, no war would be waged in the name of God.

I ask then if supposedly the notion of God were erased from human memory and civilisation, would no blood really be spilled on Earth? Not the least! Human will still find other excuses to spill blood: racial superiority, economical elitism, entitled right to a certain territory or resource, group self defense and so forth.
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Greedy humans love to sabotage. When confronted with religion, they take verses from the scripture that befit their mindset and abandon those that do not. The true spirit of the religion itself is overlooked. That is how men come to sabotage religion.

Buat yang sudah pernah mengkaji Buddhisme lalu menilik pemikiran-pemikiran Nietzsche akan menemukan bahwa banyak pemikiran Nietzsche yang sama dengan pemikiran Buddha.

Diantaranya, keduanya sama-sama meyakini bahwa esensi hidup adalah penderitaan dan bahwa untuk menjadi manusia paripurna (Übermensch dalam istilah Nietszche), manusia harus berjuang untuk mengalahkan dirinya sendiri.
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Bedanya, Nietzsche belum menemukan jalan dan praktek-praktek untuk melampaui penderitaan, sebagaimana Buddha. Buddha sudah menemukan ini dan merumuskannya dalam "Jalan Mulia Beruas Delapan" (Eightfold Noble Paths). Lebih lanjut bahkan Buddha sudah menetapkan aturan-aturan kehidupan monastik untuk mereka yang tertarik mencapai "pencerahan spiritual" lebih cepat.

When being asked, who his best friend is, many a people shall respond "this person" or "that person". I, however, grow to believe that this is wrong.

Our own best friend is actually and should always be.. ourself!

We give our best friends or beloved ones advices that they should take care of their bodies or their health. Yet how many of us has done it to ourself?

We give our best friends or beloved ones consolation when they make mistakes and regret about them. Yet how many of us has done it to ourself?

While we seem to always attempt to be best friend to our beloved ones, why haven't we become one to our own self?

Friends will not always be on our side. But we are always on our own side.

You may lament as well that God is not on your side when a misfortune or calamity strikes in your life. Yet you are always on your own side.

​As many wise men say that we are the block to our own enlightenment or advancement. In the pursuit to that end, at its every cherishful or harsh turn, we should always be our own best friend!