Do you think Christians and Muslims need more Buddha in their lives?

Answer 1

Coming from a Buddhist,my answer is a big NO.Christainity and Islam are also good teachng;true Christain and Muslim already have Buddha in their hearts.

Answer 2

We all do. One thing I've always respected the Buddhists for is their sense of logic, compassion and lack of fanaticism. I think both Christians may want to add a page from Buddha 's wisdom to the Bible, and Muslims a page of Buddha's notions of logic and moderation to the Koran.

Answer 3

ALL People, including us Buddhists Need to learn to dissolve our anger and hatred,
and should choose to develop Patience, and Tolerance, without negatively crititcizing, judging, and condemning another person !
"There is no denying that for all of us,
the main object of our anger, hatred and frustration is Most often another human being!
Until we all learn to interact with others in a way that is not tainted by strong negative destructive emotions such as anger and hatred, no genuine development of patience can take place. It also depends on our perspective and attitude as well, 'Our enemy is really our greatest teacher, in that we can use their mistreatment toward us as an optimistic opportunity to cultivate wisdom, insight, understanding, Tolerance, and PATIENCE.
We learn how to forgive others, in order to love them properly, without false attachments ! These wholesome characteristics are to be cultivated within us, for the benefit of all humanity, not just for those who love us, accept us, or benefit us in some way."
What fuels anger and hatred ? Our mental unhappiness, and discontentment greatly fuels our anger and hatred toward others. People, through introspection and insight meditation can see how to prevent the arising of those destructive emotions before they arise within us.
The approach, is to get to the root of the problem, the chain, which would then ultimately explode in emotional states like anger, and
hatred - causing harm to others, and to oneself!
The idea is to stop this discontentment at an early stage, rather than wait for that anger and hatred to arise fully. Anger, Hatred, Rage, Killing and Murder - we must stop anger in its earliest form, to prevent anger from festing.
Our mind will never experience peace as long as it fosters painful thoughts of anger, and hatred toward another person or toward another religion. This always remain true.
Anger and hatred, they are our REAL enemies !
For anger and hatred not only destroy our immediate calmness, and peace of mind, but anger and hatred also throws us all into a state of confusion. They throw us into a very complicated situation in which we are constantly confronted with confusion, problems, and difficulties. Anger and Hatred have no other function than to cause us and others harm, here and now, as well as in the future. Anger and Hatred have no other function than to destroy us, and all humanity. Lovingkindness, compassion, and Patience are crucial, if we are to successfully defeat our "demons" of anger and hatred.
But what about greed ? Where does greed come into all of this ? Greed is a form of unwholesome desire. It is an exaggerated form of desire, based on overexpectation.
It is quite helpful for us all to frequently dwell on the lovingkindness of others. Another antidote to greed is Contentment. Greed leads us to a feeling of frustration, disappointment, and a lot
of confusion, as well as many problems, which could have been avoided in the first place.
When it comes to dealing with greed, one thing
which is characteric is, that although it arises from the desire to obtain something, it is never actually satisfied once the object has been acquired. "On the other hand, if one has a very strong sense of Contentment, it doesn't matter whether one obtains the object, person, etc. or not; either way, one is still happy, and content.

Conclusion: We all should understand the importance of transforming our minds and our lives through introspection & mindfulness {to help us to clearly see things, people, ourselves, situations, as they really are) in order to have True Peace of Mind & Happiness.
Thus attacking one another, harshly judging and condemning one another, as well as other religions which are different from our own - will cease.
We actually can learn a lot from one another, and learn to live peaceably, thus obtaining
"True Happiness and Peace of Mind."

This is directed to all humanity, "including buddhists {myself especially), & not anyone, or any religion(s) in particular. With Metta.