what do you think about Buddhism? 
Buddhism
anyone?....
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Please use quote tags when posting other peoples work. Tags added by Moderating Team Buddhism is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, which is also a philosophy and a system of psychology. Buddhism is also known as Buddha Dharma or Dhamma, which means the "teachings of the Awakened One" in Sanskrit and Pali, the languages of ancient Buddhist texts. Buddhism was founded around the fifth century BCE by Siddhartha Gautama, hereafter referred to as "the Buddha". Early sources say that the Buddha was born in Lumbini (now in Nepal), and that he died around age 80 in Kushinagar (India). He lived around the fifth century BCE, according to scholarship. Buddhism spread throughout the Indian subcontinent in the five centuries following the Buddha's passing, and thence into Asia and elsewhere over the next two millennia. Indian Buddhism has become virtually extinct, except in parts of Nepal. The most frequently used classification of present-day Buddhism among scholars divides present-day adherents into the following three traditions : * Southern Buddhism, or Theravada (its own usual name for itself), also known as Southeast Asian Buddhism, or Pali Buddhism - practiced mainly in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and parts of Malaysia, Vietnam, China and Bangladesh (Southeast Asia) * Eastern Buddhism, also known as East Asian Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, Sino-Japanese Buddhism, or Mahayana - practiced predominantly in China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore and parts of Russia * Northern Buddhism, also known as Tibetan Buddhism, Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism, or Vajrayana, sometimes called Lamaism - practiced mainly in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of Nepal, India, China and Russia. An alternative scheme used by some scholars has just two divisions, Theravada and Mahayana, the latter comprising both Eastern and Northern. Some scholars use other schemes. The term Hinayana, referring to Theravada and various extinct Indian schools, is sometimes used, but is often considered derogatory, and the World Federation of Buddhists recommends it be avoided. Buddhism continues to attract followers around the world and is considered a major world religion. According to one source, "World estimates for Buddhists vary between 230 and 500 million, with most around 350 million." However, estimates are uncertain for several countries. According to one analysis, Buddhism is the fifth-largest religion in the world behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese religion. The monks' order (Sangha), which began during the lifetime of the Buddha in India, is amongst the oldest organizations on earth. In Buddhism, any person who has awakened from the "sleep of ignorance" (by directly realizing the true nature of reality) is called a buddha. Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is thus only one among other buddhas before or after him. His teachings are oriented toward the attainment of this kind of awakening, also called enlightenment, Bodhi, liberation, or Nirvana. Part of the Buddha’s teachings regarding the holy life and the goal of liberation is constituted by the "The Four Noble Truths", which focus on dukkha, a term that refers to suffering or the unhappiness ultimately characteristic of unawakened, worldly life. The Four Noble Truths regarding suffering state what is its nature, its cause, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation. This way to the cessation of suffering is called "The Noble Eightfold Path", which is one of the fundamentals of Buddhist virtuous or moral life. _____________ I learned more about Buddhism back in high school but now, I couldn't remember almost everything about it. maybe I was not that interested in the topic. But The teachings are good. A nice pick if one does not have a religion right now. |
its the most sensible religion goign i think
as far as i know, and they is a very good chancei am wrong because i havent ever looked into it.
but arnt thy one of the few religions left that hvent started a war?
as far as i know, and they is a very good chancei am wrong because i havent ever looked into it.
but arnt thy one of the few religions left that hvent started a war?
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| its the most sensible religion goign i think
as far as i know, and they is a very good chancei am wrong because i havent ever looked into it. but arnt thy one of the few religions left that hvent started a war? |
Depends on which theory you subscribe to. If you subscribe to theory that it only takes a follower of the religion to start a war in the religion's name, regardless of actual motivation, then no. If you subscribe to the theory that it someone has to lead the group in general, then yes. If you subscribe to the theory that battles between different temples counts, then no.
Keep in mind that Buddhist temples come in two varieties, it seems, when it comes to fighting: Some are quiet places of contemplation, and others encourage their monks to become experts in self-defense (as opposed to other religions where clergy learning to fight is a bad thing). Also, due to the belief in reincarnation, protest through suicide is encouraged (a monk killing himself through flame is not an uncommon method).
HM
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The martial arts monks are from Mahayana tradition monks..not all Buddhist monk allowed to fight like them..suicide is never encouraged at all in Buddhism..the monk that suicide just because protesting is considered as a fool..
The martial arts monks are from Mahayana tradition monks..not all Buddhist monk allowed to fight like them..suicide is never encouraged at all in Buddhism..the monk that suicide just because protesting is considered as a fool..
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The martial arts monks are from Mahayana tradition monks..not all Buddhist monk allowed to fight like them..suicide is never encouraged at all in Buddhism..the monk that suicide just because protesting is considered as a fool.. |
You'll note tow things:
1) "Not all buddhist monk allowed": I just wanted it noted (in my post) that some temples do practice martial arts, even if it is just for self-defense. Too many people equate Buddhism with passive meditation; it's interesting to have a religion that encourages more active participation in things.
2) Suicide is foolish: Whereas I appreciate the logic (it makes no sense to take a permanent solution to a temporary problem), it should be noted that suicide as protest does seem to happen a lot throughout history (especially among Japanese monks, who still believed in the samurai tradition). Note that I'm not saying that it's an everyday occurence, just that there are times when it seems to be more common than other times...
HM
IMO it is a fruitless search. Anything that can be done to 'earn favour' in that religion is part of pretty much all other religions, so if you want to cover all your bases I would go with a religion that can forgive sins as well as encouraging good deeds, that way if you are reincarnated, you'll be fine, but if you're not, you'll also be fine.
I really like some concepts of Buddhism, especially Zen-Buddhism. Their idea of getting rid of every kind of earthly desire is to a point a very interesting philosophy and definitely one of the reason why there was never raged a war for this religion.
And the believe in Nirvana, the "blackness". Every other big religion promises a better life after death, while Buddhists try to achieve to finally and forever rest their soul.
This makes this religion something special, a different way to look at the world's pain and hardship.
And the believe in Nirvana, the "blackness". Every other big religion promises a better life after death, while Buddhists try to achieve to finally and forever rest their soul.
This makes this religion something special, a different way to look at the world's pain and hardship.
Peace be unto you
he who has cast the desires out
But how many of us can really do it. Buddhism is not practical. that is why it slowly faded away in India. But then the modified Buddhism took roots in Japan and China and in many other countries (Sri Lanka for one). But for the modifications, Japan would not have fought a war. Being Buddhist they should have been fighting for peace not for territory which primarily means that the basic teachings of Buddha was forgotten.
Buddha never said he is God. His followers did. Christ never said he is God. Some of his followers did. Prophet also said he is the true prophet. He didn't say he is god.
he who has cast the desires out
But how many of us can really do it. Buddhism is not practical. that is why it slowly faded away in India. But then the modified Buddhism took roots in Japan and China and in many other countries (Sri Lanka for one). But for the modifications, Japan would not have fought a war. Being Buddhist they should have been fighting for peace not for territory which primarily means that the basic teachings of Buddha was forgotten.
Buddha never said he is God. His followers did. Christ never said he is God. Some of his followers did. Prophet also said he is the true prophet. He didn't say he is god.
What you all seem to be forgetting is that, in all practical senses of the word, Buddhism is not a religion. Lord Buddha is not a god, and was never considered as such. He was merely the first human to reach enlightenment, and through his teachings encouraged others to follow. He never claimed he was descended from a god, or that he was one himself. He is merely a teacher, trying to help people to live a better way of life.
@ monkey:
Suicide is not encouraged in Buddhism, as it directly contradicts one of the main philosophies behind it, namely that all life is sacred, and harm against oneself is no different to harm against any other living thing. In Japan, notably with the samurai's, suicide was merely a matter of honor, more respectable to kill oneself than be killed by an enemy.
@ monkey:
Suicide is not encouraged in Buddhism, as it directly contradicts one of the main philosophies behind it, namely that all life is sacred, and harm against oneself is no different to harm against any other living thing. In Japan, notably with the samurai's, suicide was merely a matter of honor, more respectable to kill oneself than be killed by an enemy.
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It's my understanding that Buddhism teaches that everything in life is an illusion! Everything is really nothing at all. Or something to that effect...
Any way, the religion is very self-defeating as all one would have to do is ask some simple questions, "Why do they cry for their dead loved ones?"
If they or their lives were an illusion, they either never was, or they finally escaped the illusion of life. So why mourn?
If death is the key to escaping the illusion of life, why don't they all kill themselves?
Who or what created and is projecting such a powerful illusion?
What is reality and how do they experience it?
Buddhism is the illusion.
I've just finished reading a book about buddha and now I think I am a buddhist, although I don't believe in committing to a religion I already thought most of the things the buddha taught.....
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| I've just finished reading a book about buddha and now I think I am a buddhist, although I don't believe in committing to a religion I already thought most of the things the buddha taught..... |
Why would that make you a Buddhist? You've thought for yourself thus far, so why stop now just because you happened to find someone who happened to have the same thoughts as you? Why not just keep thinking for yourself and be a "tijn01ist"?
they threat women's really bad. The women's is second pepole in the buddhism and if women monk act right she become a man in the next life and she cant reach nirvana before she is a man. So buddhism is not as butiful that many belives the filosofi is good but this put the score bad.
Alll religions has good and bad aspects about it, all after man creating it.
Buddhism has always fasinated me, and for a long time I thought it was the right pathfor me, but there is one thing I truly disagree in. Why distance yourself from the world you are a part of? And say that is not real, and illution, and not "good" enough.
Is it not possible to be a part of all, which we all are but are not aware of, through living in it? And just that?
Buddhism has always fasinated me, and for a long time I thought it was the right pathfor me, but there is one thing I truly disagree in. Why distance yourself from the world you are a part of? And say that is not real, and illution, and not "good" enough.
Is it not possible to be a part of all, which we all are but are not aware of, through living in it? And just that?
Theres no doubt about it. Buddhism is interesting. It doesn't nessacarily belive in a God. Its main beliefs and objectives are to reach enlightenment through meditation and to strive to self improve the mind, body and spirit.
Tai-chi is similar. I was thinking about taking it up. Anyone here do it?
Tai-chi is similar. I was thinking about taking it up. Anyone here do it?
I think that If you believe in Buddhism that this relegion can enlight you. In my homeland is the first buddhist monk inaugurated. The man, a true Belgian man, has lived for 20 years in India and Sri Lanka where i studied the relegion and now he has choosen his path in the buddhism.
So i've you true believe in this relegion than you must choose to follow the way of buddha.
So i've you true believe in this relegion than you must choose to follow the way of buddha.
yeah i think to get the most out of it you have to really get involved with the religion and not just be kinda part of it
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