How does the prayer form of meditation apply to the Budist's way of worship?
2006-10-24 09:25:40 · 4 answers · asked by shotokan838 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it helps them look deep into themselves to achieve enlightenment. it sort of like praying but not to a higher power... you are basically searching your own soul for answers
2006-10-24 09:30:31 · answer #1 · answered by alicia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, I'm not a Buddhist. I have spent a lot of time with Buddhist and have studied thier beliefs. My understanding is that meditation is more or less a way to clear thier minds. When one meditates the end result should be complete absence of thought (or forgetting our desires). All of this ties in to the end result of no attachment. If we have no attachment, or overcome the self, we become that much closer to reaching our goal.
2006-10-24 16:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically there should be no worship in Buddhism. It is an Atheistic belief and anyone who is actually praying in the Buddhist religion is not supposed to and is following the Buddhist religion the wrong way, or at least the way that it was not intended to be followed.
2006-10-24 16:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by RoboTron5.0 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Buddhists do not pray, we have no one to pray too. Meditation is a search for truth, involving the quieting of the mind, body and heart..
2006-10-24 16:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋