{"id":5292,"date":"2026-02-07T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bliachicago.org\/en-us\/?page_id=5292"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:49:27","slug":"humanistic-buddhism-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ibpschicago.org\/en-us\/humanistic-buddhism-2","title":{"rendered":"Humanistic-Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5292\" class=\"elementor elementor-5292\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f40638 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31f40638\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a91d7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a91d7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 64.008px\">Humanistic-Huddhism<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f072ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59f072ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e0b586 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"53e0b586\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2024ede7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2024ede7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b9a43a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49b9a43a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e626e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e626e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Humanistic-Buddhism?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed3ee2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2ed3ee2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d485b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28d485b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We know that the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni Buddha, was a Buddha of the human world. He was born, practiced, attained enlightenment, and taught all beings in the human realm. Everything he did centered on humanity. Why didn&#8217;t the Buddha attain enlightenment in the other five realms of existence? Why, among the Ten Dharma Realms, did he choose to be born and awakened in ours? Furthermore, why didn&#8217;t he choose a time in the distant past or the far future, but instead chose this current Sah\u0101 world? 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