2007-02-15 23:31:57 · 13 answers · asked by Easy Rider 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Although some Buddhists practise fortune-telling and dispense some forms of charms or amulets under the guise of religion, the Buddha at no time encouraged anyone to practise such things. Like fortune-telling, charms come under the category of superstition, and have no religious value. Yet there are many people today who, because of sickness and misfortunes attribute the cause of their illness and ill-luck to the power of charms. When the cause of certain sickness and misfortunes cannot be ascertained or traced, many people tend to believe that their problems are due to charms or some other external causes. They have forgotten that they are now living in the twentieth century. This is the modern age of scientific development and achievement. Our leading scientists have thrown aside many superstitious beliefs and they have even placed men on the moon!
All sicknesses owe their origin to either mental or physical causes. In Shakespeare, Macbeth asked a doctor if there was any medicine that could cure his wife and the doctor replied: 'More needs she the divine than the physician.' What he meant was that some diseases could only be cured if the mind was purified. Some severe mental disorders manifest themselves in a physical manner--ulcers, stomach aches, and so on.
Of course diseases are purely physical and can be cured by a competent doctor. And finally, some inexplicable disorders could be caused by what Buddhist call the ripening of the kammic fruit. This means we would have to pay for some evil deed that we have committed in a past life. If we can understand this in the case of some incurable diseases, we can bear it with greater patience, knowing its real cause.
People who cannot be cured of their sickness are advised to consult a medical specialist and obtain specialized attention. If after having gone through a medical check-up, a person still feels in need of attention, then he may want to seek spiritual guidance from a proper religious teacher.
Buddhists are strongly advised against falling into the miserable pit of superstitious beliefs and allowing the mind to be troubled by unnecessary and unfounded fears. Cultivate a strong will-power by refusing to believe in the influence of charms.
A short meditation course may also prove very helpful to clear the mind of unwholesome thoughts. Meditation leads to the purification of the mind. A purified mind automatically leads to a purified and healthy body. The Buddha-Dhamma is a soothing balm to get rid of sickness of this nature.
2007-02-15 23:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-13 20:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, But ive never met a buddhist into tarot, they rely on thier second sight instead. I dont think Buddhist give/get tarot readings, but i dont think they think its a sin either.
2007-02-15 23:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in (Buddhist) Thailand, and Tarot card reading is very popular here. It has nothing to do with Buddhism, but Thais are big into covering all the bases.
2007-02-15 23:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a distraction from reality. Trying to look into the future robs you of being able to appreciate the present. Tarot reading for fun is simply a goofy pass-time. Tarot reading for planning purposes is superstition.
2007-02-15 23:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically speaking, Tarot reading is a western practice. And also, since Buddhism is more concerned with spirituality, it does not forbid the practice in the first place. Considering that both the Chinese and the Indians have their own practices of fortune telling, I would think that it would not have interfered even if it wanted to, because the religion would have integrated parts of these practices into the religion itself.
One example would be how my parents are visiting the temples soon to pray for good fortune and get a monk to tell them their fortune for the next year. Another example would be the Chinese Zodiac.
2007-02-16 00:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by optimistic_pessimist1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddhists don't talk of sin in the Christian sense just actions and consequences. Clinging to delusions of the supernatural might have unpleasant consequences, but it would depend how seriously you took it.
2007-02-15 23:34:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 18:49:47 · answer #8 · answered by brett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spirituality is born from a personal occurrence with a divine, psychic or mystical experience of one form or another which inevitably connects a person to All that Is/God/Goddess/Allah/Great Spirit /whatever you want to call it.
Religion is second hand opinion of someone else’s divine experience. I think you will find that religions, and especially fanatical religions, tend to separate and divide people, while spirituality brings people together.
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2007-02-19 18:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddhism isnt even a religion so how would they know? What it is is WITCHCRAFT just like Harry Potter and that is a BIG SIN.
2007-02-15 23:39:28 · answer #10 · answered by Gullibles Travels 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's not a sin. But neither is it for real.
2007-02-16 04:30:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋