i've heard a few times before that buddha said before he died that Buddhism would last for 5000, and then it's gonna be the end of the world.
did he really?
2007-02-28 15:46:42 · 6 answers · asked by Ganbatteru 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
*i mean 5000 years, lol
2007-02-28 15:47:34 · update #1
You got it wrong.What the Buddha said was that his teaching(dhamma)will last for 5000 years.Then the world will enter into 'dark age' until the arrival of the next Buddha:the Metteyya Buddha.
2007-03-01 01:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, I have never heard about this. Maybe the belief does exist in some branch of buddhism, but I don't think it's a common belief. It's like how some branches of main religions thought that 2000 was going to be the end of the world(I read this is a nonfiction book, I hope I'm not offending anyone tho...)
to Watchman: Jeez, the way some chinese treat baby girls are revelent to Buddhism. That's like saying McDonalds is God's fault.
2007-03-01 01:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by i like pizza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was pretty much the end of the world for the baby girls in Buddhist China, millions of them were and still are aborted.
2007-02-28 23:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anger eating demon is correct according to my knowledge of Buddhism..
2007-03-02 01:38:34 · answer #4 · answered by Shehan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to my knowledge...I've not run across that teaching at all.I'm Tibetan Buddhist.. and I've not heard this one at all.
2007-02-28 23:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
confirmed!!! anger eating demon is right.
2007-03-02 04:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋