seemingly it changed her life for ever.
2006-11-16 14:09:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The teachings of Buddha are simple. When you are hungry, eat, When you are thirsty, drink. When you are tired, sleep. Choose your way of life and stick to it with all your heart. Just keep it simple.
2006-11-16 14:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jazz 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Oh she has? I didn't know. Well I was born in a technically Buddhist country where no one is religious but technically Buddhist, so I have been technically Buddhist since when I was born. (I am from Japan, by the way.) But I don't know how it's changed my life.
But I tell you, it does tell you things like 'nothing lasts forever, for good or bad' and 'you must achieve inner peace inside you to be free from feelings that upset you' or something like that, but most of the things Buddhism teaches are common senses. Like 'don't steal' and 'don't kill' and 'don't' cause harm' and stuff like that. It depends on the branch of Buddhism that you practise as well, but the main thing they teach you is 'be a good person, and help others to be good people too.'
So yeah, if she finds it easier for her to be a good person being a Buddhist, then good for her. I am happy for her. For those who don't agree with the teaching of Buddhism, I tell you, that's fine. Buddhism is pacifist, and if you don't want it, then that's OK, but if you want to know about it, then the door is always open. We don't need people to convert into it, we just need people to be good people to achieve peace.
2006-11-16 16:37:15 · answer #2 · answered by ono 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I loved what Jazz said. That is exactly what Buddhism does for me. It isin't a really earth shattering, sudden change so much as the persistent realization of the moment and to stop and really experience it. This small thing can make you start to appreciate everything so much more.
2006-11-16 14:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I certainly have no idea why Jazz's answer is considered a reflection of Buddha's teaching. I have studied with the former head of the Gyuto tantric college, the junior tutor of the Dalai Lama, and other eminent Lamas. The Buddha's Dharma cannot be summed up in such empty platitudes as expressed in previous answers. Real Dharma is no less radical than a complete end to suffering, death, unhappiness of any kind. To short change it in any way is to show you don't understand the method. Nothing is more bastardized, more falsified, more misunderstood in the west than the Buddhadharma. Exactly how does the nature of mind or the fact of Sunyata translate into "eat when hungry?" That's a shameful bastardization of true Dharma.
2006-11-16 14:29:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Didn't know she'd turned Buddhist.
Does she have a Buddhist name or is she still Tina Turner?
2006-11-16 14:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has made me a better person, and has taught me how to deal with hatred and anger from other people...
It has given me a guideline to judge my beliefs by:
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it"
- Siddhartha Gautama -
2006-11-16 14:22:38 · answer #6 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
First I love your display picture.
A lot of people have found ithelps by teaching them the strength in meditation. It promotes non violence but you can defend yourself, Its supposed to work on mind body and spirit a very wholistic approach to religion. Its something that most people to day could benefit from.
2006-11-16 14:15:42 · answer #7 · answered by Fran T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
since i was told that i would make a good buddhist, I have consolidated my good points and tried to reject less positive behaviour.
it's difficult in times of stress but that's when it's most important.
i don't know much about budhism but i'm pleased that it exists.
2006-11-16 15:03:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has made life clear and simple. It has given me the tools to be aware and to have serenity. Once you learn the 'secret' you are changed.
2006-11-16 14:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Buddha came to trick the atheist people so they did not have to suffer in hell. He said he was an ordinary man and that there was no God. But he was an empowered incarnation. Being they followed him they where saved from hell they would merge into Gods energy and after millions of years become board and fall back to the earth to get another chance to serve God again. He's so merciful To understand universal truths go to http://www.stephen-knapp.com
2006-11-16 14:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋