How much do u know about Buddhism???

Question

I've been reseaching on almost every religion,and shock to found many "nonbudhhist" misunderstud the teachings of the buddha!! So , give me your best shot tell me every thing u know about buddhism.

Answer 1

You've asked for an answer to a very big question. It is very difficult to reduce a philosophy and an ideology to a few lines or even paragraphs, but if you bear with me I'll do the best I can to satisfy your avid curiosity. I'll try to keep it to less than War and Peace..../Buddhists are allowed to have a sense of humour/...

Buddhism then....in a nutshell....whew this is going to be tough even for me as a Buddhist........

We believe in the Dharma or Teaching. The basis of which is the 4 Noble Truths which are
1. In Life there is suffering
2.The cause of suffering is self serving human desire
3.To cease suffering one must cease self serving desire
4.The way to do this is by following the Noble Eightfold Path

It follows then that to follow the Noble Eightfold Path one must develop the following

Morality including
1.Right Speech
2.Right Actions
3.Right Livelihood (killing is forbidden even as employment)

Mind including
4.Right Effort
5.Right mindfulness
6.Right concentration

Wisdom including
7.Right thoughts
8.Right understanding

As well as these, there are a set of moral code guidelines which are called the Precepts. In general there are 5 but some prefer the more strict code and follow 8. The 5 are
1.Refrain from taking Life
2.Refrain from theft
3.Refrain from sexual miscunduct
4.Refrain from lying
5.Refrain from drugs and alcohol

So, by practising the development of these 8 characteristics of the Noble Eightfold Path and adhering to the 5 Precepts we strive for the achiement of an enlightened state of consciousness which is free of suffering.

We do this not for a selfish reason, rather we strive so that all beings are free of suffering both through a direct result or consequence of our Actions or through the positive consequence or Karma for which we strive.

Buddhists believe several things
1.That Beings include all sentient Life Forms, these Life Forms
include animals and humans.
2.There are several levels of existence....several Lower Realms,
this Realm and several higher Realms each containing Life
Forms of their own.
3.There is no Deity or all powerful God
4.Some higher Realms do have Beings such as Gods and
superhumans who have evolved to get to that Realm
5.Life is a cyclic phenomenon which continues endlessly from
Birth through Life then Death then Rebirth
6.Rebirth is a result of another phenomena known as Karma.
Karma is a phenomena which is a consequence of our
Actions in both this Life and our previous Lives. These
consequences can be positive, negative or neutral depending
on our intentions.
7.To escape from and therefore move out of the cycle of Karma,
Death and Rebirth, one must evolve and to do this one must
attain enlightenment it is understood that we do not have to be Monks to achieve this state but it attainable by all who dilligently follow the Path, it is further understood that it is a Path with no end, that following it will expand our awareness to include others and thereby release ourselves from our self serving feelings, selfishness if you will. We are in effect to become truly selfless in our dealings with others.
8.Buddhists do not preach to attract converts as the Dharma
states that we each should not believe the Dharma but should
reach understanding by our own experience of it.
9.Buddhists do not worship the Lord Buddha or His image, rather we pay homage, respect and honour to a man for his great compassion in giving the beautiful Dharma to human beings. We do this generally by repeating our promises to him to...seek refuge in the Buddha...seek refuge in the Dharma...and seek refuge in the Sangha or Community.

This is a very, very basic introduction to the Dharma and Buddhist ideology. Do not take this answer as the truth of Buddhism. I am not a Teacher nor an Adept and only serves as a very incomplete guide.

I hope I've helped you...

Peace from a Buddhist..in the season of joy

Answer 2

The Veda existed 10,000 years ago.....independantly in India,
a vast body of written work...125,000 to 150,000 volumes. (Very little has been translated)
The Dhyana followed this also appearing in India.This again is a spiritual philosophy or sacred lore.( Dharma was a legendary Hindu sage.)
Dhyana again means Knowing and Looking. The Veda, the Tao, the Dharma, all mean Knowing. They are all religious works. These are actually the religions of about two thirds of the population of earth.
We call it Buddhism in the Western World. It actually has very little to do with Buddha. The Dhyana is what the Buddhists talk about and is their background.
There were many Bohdis, or Buddhas.The greatest was Gautama Sakyamuni.
He was looked upon as the founder of the Dhyana, but it existed quite a long time before he came along.He was a great teacher, and scientific philosopher.
He wrote in Dharma-Parda:
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. It is founded upon our thoughts. It is made up of our thoughts."
This is the same theme of Knowing and religious philosophy that runs through these all these particular philosophers.
This is what civilized the East from a barbarism 500 years before Jesus appeared in the Middle East.

This is not "everything" I know about "Buddhism" but it is an accurate overview of it's actual source.
Guatama Buddha did say that he would appear again in the West to complete his work and create a Golden Age.
" I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last..... in due time another Buddha will arise, and he will reveal to you the self-same eternal truth I have taught you."
(from "The Book of the Great Decease" )

Answer 3

what's a faith? no remember if this is a theory equipment that's composed of one or extra deities, then Buddhism isn't strictly a faith. Buddha is respected as a God in some branches of Buddhism, yet as a instructor in others. The latter are philosophies no longer religions.

Answer 4

There are 2 major types. I don't know what they are called, but one worships Buddha like he is god, and the other one considers him more of an enlightened being and study the philosophy. I think they believe in reincarnation and try to live an austere life so they will be rewarded in the next life. They believe in being in harmony with nature.

Answer 5

All I know is that the sabath days for Buddists are the the first and the fifteeth of each month

Answer 6

Buddhism

4 noble truths

1. life is full of pain and suffering
2. Pain and suffering are caused by desires for pleasures
3. One way to end pain and suffering is to end your desires.
4. The way to end desire is to follow the noble eightfold path.

Noble eightfold path

1. right view
2. right intentions
3. right speech
4. right actions
5. right living
6. right effort
7. right mindfullness
8. right thinking

Answer 7

Judging by your question, you still don't UNDERSTAND Buddhism. Maybe you know, but you don't understand.

Did I pass your test?

Answer 8

this is what we do in Thailand.
www.11meditation.co.nr.

about your question, even some Buddhisms in Thailand still confuse about that.

Answer 9

From the Bhagavatam we understand that Lord Buddha is the incarnation of Krishna who appeared when materialism was rampant and materialists were using the pretext of the authority of the Vedas. Although there are certain restrictive rules and regulations regarding animal sacrifice for particular purposes in the Vedas, people of demonic tendency still took to animal sacrifice without reference to the Vedic principles. Lord Buddha appeared to stop this nonsense and to establish the Vedic principles of nonviolence. Therefore each and every avatara, or incarnation of the Lord, has a particular mission, and they are all described in the revealed scriptures.
from Bhagavad-gita-as-it-is,
by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of ISKCON

Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, in the province of Gaya, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.
Srimad Bhagavatam(1.3.24)
Excerpts- purport by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in the province of Gaya (Bihar) as the son of Anjana, and he preached his own conception of nonviolence and deprecated even the animal sacrifices sanctioned in the Vedas. At the time when Lord Buddha appeared, the people in general were atheistic and preferred animal flesh to anything else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice, every place was practically turned into a slaughterhouse, and animal-killing was indulged in unrestrictedly. Lord Buddha preached nonviolence, taking pity on the poor animals. He preached that he did not believe in the tenets of the Vedas and stressed the adverse psychological effects incurred by animal-killing. Less intelligent men of the age of Kali, who had no faith in God, followed his principle, and for the time being they were trained in moral discipline and nonviolence, the preliminary steps for proceeding further on the path of God realization. He deluded the atheists because such atheists who followed his principles did not believe in God, but they kept their absolute faith in Lord Buddha, who himself was the incarnation of God. Thus the faithless people were made to believe in God in the form of Lord Buddha. That was the mercy of Lord Buddha: he made the faithless faithful to him.
For complete purport read the Srimad Bhagavatam.
It is very elaborate

Srila Jayadeva Gosvami,great devotee poet, wrote in the Gita Govinda, while glorifying the ten incarnations(matsya, kurma, varaha, vamana etc...) of Lord Krishna about Lord Buddha. About Buddha it is as follows
Dasavatara-stotra, 9
O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Buddha! All glories to You! With your heart full of compassion, you decry animal slaughter performed according to the scriptural rules of Vedic sacrifice.

Answer 10

Buddha taught that aura is all around us and it comes back at you, good or bad. You search for enlightenment from one life to the next by meditation until you reach nirvana, the point of full enlightenment, when you are finally complete. Oh, and if you rub his belly, you'd be one lucky bastard...