RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
January 28, 2012 at 4:23 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2012 at 4:37 pm by passionatefool.)
(January 28, 2012 at 12:51 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote:(January 28, 2012 at 8:28 am)Mitja Wrote: Buddhism= Peacefull religion. They have that gods are equal to humans and that they live in forests,they repsect their nature,and they arent wasteful,and they are vegeterians.
Perfect religion if you ask me
Wonderful...but Mitja...you have missed all the wars and bloodshed perpetrated by these Hindu gods. And then there is Brahma and all the meat eating along with the vegetarianism... sorry kid but you seem ill informed and far too idealistic. I would REALLY have a good LOOK at all the Hindu texts and traditions, Shiva, Shakti and Kali are NOT that nice.
Sorry but I think you should go educate yourself. Even though Buddhism and Hinduism both came from India, Buddhism and hinduism are two different religions. Buddhism reject supreme creator or god that hinduism claim, infact Buddha rejected hinduism and went against their practice of sacrifices and belief. Buddhists do not worship/believe hindu gods (brahma, shiva, vishnu etc) or care much for them. This is just as dumb as talking about Christianity using taoist belief as its representation. To learn about buddhism, you look at buddhist canon/text, not Hindu's.
Being around most buddhists and monks when I was a buddhist and I can tell you they are the most peaceful and least forceful group of people (there are however extreme case as well but no where as bad as christians) even more than us atheists. They really arent wasteful and do have a great respect for nature and earth. However not all buddhists or monks are vegetarian, theravada monks consume meats, mahayana monks dont but most lay practitioners eat meats. Most monastic dont live in forest..but there are still monastery of monks living in seclusion on mountains or forest.
