Litmus test:  does it make any supernatural claims?  Yes?  Silly, ridiculous relic.<p>Buddhism?  Yes.  Silly, ridiculous relic.<p>Please don&#x27;t bore us with the usual equivocating about how Buddhism is different, and complex, highly personal, etc.<p>Are there helpful aspects to Buddhist beliefs?  Maybe.  But it&#x27;s still Bronze Age philosophy with <i>plenty</i> of supernatural claptrap mixed in.  I&#x27;m not aware of any useful aspects of Buddhism that don&#x27;t have a purely secular equivalent.