Irreligion: An Approach of the Justification by Faith in Theravada Buddhism

Abstract

This article aims to present the irreligiousness from the rational proposal in Theravada Buddhism. It is a study using books and related documents. The results of the study found that irreligiousness arises from referring to the naturalist group which believes that everything as having a natural principle is connected to the truth, a truth that does not include human beings, everything as an abstraction that does not allow anyone to claim to be superior to others. It is also related to the nihilist group which questions to the responsibility for what one does, rather than blaming others that are beyond one’s control. From this principle, Theravada Buddhism believes that the principle of irreligion, referring to the Kalama Sutta principle that does not allow to believe leading to the expansion of knowledge that does not come from any one source. Furthermore, knowledge is not absolute and may change all the time. Moreover, the principle that refers to human beings not determine their own actions, makes them not responsible for the consequences, which leads to chaos. Theravada Buddhism believes that such phenomena have to be rejected by these beliefs, allowing human beings to receive their own consequences. Furthermore, human beings are not superior to other things in nature, but are the same, equality, and equity The body of knowledge indicate that the justification for the irreligion in Theravada Buddhism which appears in the dimensions of naturalism and ethics that want everyone to be equal, as well as the mechanism of liberalism which offers the creation of epistemological knowledge that does not adhere to any one approach, but rather seeks common ground among that knowledge.