What is Bhudism?

Question

I hate to ask this question for fear of all the religous out brust to fallow. My husband and I are trying to decide what religoun is right for us. We know Catholic anything, Christion anything and anything like them are not for us.

We thought Bhudism might be it, but we're not sure. We believe that believing is the most importen thing of all. To be open mind to all religuons even after we decide on one and that peace, hope and harimly are the key to happies.

Is Bhudism right for us? Where can I find a site to better find this out. Can anyone better explane Bhudism to us?

Answer 1

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pathmaps.htm <<
http://www.buddhanet.net/ <<< reliable buddhist website

http://www.buddhanet.net/worlddir.htm << buddhist directories...you can visit a temple/ monastry near you, & listen to a talk, or something.

Buddhism depends more on understanding than faith.
In one way being a Buddhist means belonging to a particular community of people and following a path of life taught by the Buddhas (enlightened beings). Members of the Buddhist community are formally joined by taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma (the teaching) and the Sangha (the community of noble disciples).

Simply speaking, this is to avoid harming others and to help them as much as possible. Another way of expressing this is, Abandon negative action; create perfect virtue; subdue your own mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha. By abandoning negative actions (killing, etc.) and destructive motivations (anger, attachment, close-mindedness, etc.), we stop harming ourselves and others. By creating perfect virtue, we develop beneficial attitudes, like impartial love and compassion, and do actions motivated by these thoughts. By subduing our mind, we cut away all false projections, thus making ourselves calm and peaceful by understanding reality.

The essence of Buddha’s teachings is also contained in the three principles of the path: definite emergence, the dedicated heart and wisdom realizing emptiness. Initially, we seek definitely to emerge from the confusion of our problems and their causes. Then, we see that other people also have problems, and with love and compassion, we dedicate our heart to becoming a Buddha so that we are capable of helping others extensively. In order to do this, we develop the wisdom understanding the real nature of ourselves and other phenomena.

Answer 2

I am not a Bhudist however I am a person who has studied world religions so perhaps I know what you want to.
This is a philosophy not a religion though many seem to think it is. There have been several Bhuddas and they have been extremely enlightened people. The wise things they have taught have been written down and as far as I can tell they are excellent life lessons none of which contradict christianity as far as I know but as I said my knowledge is limited. They have several interesting ways of imparting knowledge to the followers. There is more than one type of Bhudism, for instance one is Zen. While I never found any disagreement between them per se they have a very widely different form of expression. Many of their practices cause the practicers to get more zing out of life a for instance would be Tantric Bhudism which studies in depth the experience of sexual love, i'd try that one first to get off to a good start, I know more about that disapline than the others. This is a highly intellectual type of process and yet they frown on the idea that knowing is the answer. One teaching method is to study the answers to what at first might seem like a question without an answer such as "what is the sound of one hand clapping"

Answer 3

Buddhism
Now one of the world's major religions, Buddhism is based upon the teachings of Siddhartha Gutama Buddha in reaction to the animism and pantheism which were common in India at the time. The principle beliefs of Buddhism are expressed in the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.

There are three main schools of Buddhism today. the first is Therevada (Doctrine of the Elders), which is the surviving form of Hinayana, or Lesser-Vehicle and can be found in Ceylon, Burma, and other areas of Southeast Asia. The second is Mahayana, or Great-Vehicle, and can be found in China, Korea and Japan. The third is Vajrayana, or Diamond Vehicle, and can be found in Tibet and some surrounding areas.

In India, where Buddhism originated, it can now only be found in very small numbers.

Answer 4

BuddhismHow does one become a Buddhist?
What do Buddhists do? ... This is not really for me to become a practicing Buddhist but rather to gain an understanding of ...
buddhism.about.com

Answer 5

Buddism is no religion.
its beyond that
its humanity.
best among all the religions
it teaches us life's reality.
one who comes in the fold of Buddism he will never be worried.
he will always be happy.
he has nothing to do with the world still being in the world.
BASICALLY ITS A EIGHT FOLD PATH.
IF U WANT MY ADVISE PLEASE FOLLOW IT WITHOUT ANY HANKYPANKY.