Weird facts about Buddhism no one talks about!
November 24, 2017 at 8:10 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2017 at 8:12 am by curiosne.)
I'm an ex Buddhist (Thereveda) and I never got my head around some of the inconsistencies that are in the religion. Here are a few interesting facts about Buddhism that no one really talks about and every Buddhist ignores:
1) Siddhartha Gautama could only become the Buddha because he accumulated good Karma from countless generations of reincarnated lives. If he's meant to have the highest good Karma out of everyone then why was he so unlucky that he died of mesenteric infarction at age 80? Whereas a lot of his disciples allegedly lived until 120 years?
2) Buddhist believe that upon death the mind (not soul as reincarnation by the soul is a Hindu concept) appears in another body. But does all my mind appear there or is it only a part of it (eg going from human to a flea)?
3) If I get reincarnated as a lion and kill other animals do I get bad Karma from killing them?
4) Every life form apparently has both good and bad Karma and they don't cancel each other out (eg if you have a heap of both good and bad Karma, you might win the lottery but then someone will come steal it all). But I've been told that if you are born with a limb missing for example it may be due to bad Karma from a past life. I don't get what the point of it is if I can't remember what I've done wrong and learn from it?
5) Buddha has amazing powers apparently. No one can clearly explain what his powers are. I thought he was like Professor X when I was little.
Hope the above was interesting. Let me know if you want to know about Buddhism.
1) Siddhartha Gautama could only become the Buddha because he accumulated good Karma from countless generations of reincarnated lives. If he's meant to have the highest good Karma out of everyone then why was he so unlucky that he died of mesenteric infarction at age 80? Whereas a lot of his disciples allegedly lived until 120 years?
2) Buddhist believe that upon death the mind (not soul as reincarnation by the soul is a Hindu concept) appears in another body. But does all my mind appear there or is it only a part of it (eg going from human to a flea)?
3) If I get reincarnated as a lion and kill other animals do I get bad Karma from killing them?
4) Every life form apparently has both good and bad Karma and they don't cancel each other out (eg if you have a heap of both good and bad Karma, you might win the lottery but then someone will come steal it all). But I've been told that if you are born with a limb missing for example it may be due to bad Karma from a past life. I don't get what the point of it is if I can't remember what I've done wrong and learn from it?
5) Buddha has amazing powers apparently. No one can clearly explain what his powers are. I thought he was like Professor X when I was little.
Hope the above was interesting. Let me know if you want to know about Buddhism.
