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Originally Posted by ProggyMan
Well, 'Buddhism', like Taoism is, in it's original form in India/China and the rest of SE asia, more of a folk religion than anything. What makes you say Theravada has less dogma than Mahayana and Vajrayana? Seems to me like it's the other way around, but I prefer Taoist philosophy anyway, though Buddhism (Specifically Mahayana/Ch'an and Zen) could be said to be more practical, more focused on what needs to actually be done, so while I disagree I understand the appeal.
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No... Theravada Buddhism deals less with deities and religious practices than the others do (i.e. religious dogma, etc). It is a more "philosophical" version of Buddhism... even though they are all philosophical. I guess you could say it doesn't require as much faith, in a sense.
Zen Buddhism is classified under Mahayana, so I suppose that particular segment of Mahayana Buddhism has less religious dogma. Overall, however, this is not the case.