RE: Thoughts on Buddhism
January 28, 2012 at 11:18 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2012 at 11:25 pm by passionatefool.)
(January 28, 2012 at 9:29 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: The. You where very lucky to have met such wonderful people pash. I have not. So these ones who claim the Hindu texts but claim Buddhism are fake? HmmmmI have been misled clearly....
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It depends on where you go. In Buddhism there are different sect or traditions. If you go to Zen/Chan you will most likely meet a group of more open-minded or "liberal buddhists". Especially the Zen lead by westerners or Japanese, they tend to be very open minded and almost seem non-religious.....most of them even deny rebirth lol...they just sit and meditate then go home lol. Chinese Chan(Zen) is more conservatives. But if you go to traditions like "Pure Land", you will meet much more religious group of Buddhist. They have quite similar belief to Christianity such as having faith in this one Specific buddha called Amitabha and pray to him, when they die, they will be born in a Pure Land, similar to Christian's heaven. the only difference is they are not suppose to be there forever, it is just a place of "nourishment" until they become a Buddha and go save other beings. But either way, they are less open minded and more superstitious so you might experience a little more aggression from them.
yeah you might had come across a sect of Hindus that claimed Buddha to be one of Vishnu's avatar, or reincarnation because Buddhism was gaining a great deal of supporters and followers. Buddhists deny such claim though. Buddhism is only related to Hinduism was because Buddha came from a time in which Hinduism was thriving but Buddhism and Hinduism have two differently unrelated canon/sutras and belief
