why do the buddhists in singapore worship and follow buddha when he said "do not worship me, i am not the way"
why do the buddhists in singapore belive in God or gods....when prince gurthama did not even taught about God.
why do the buddhists in singapore mix taoism and buddhism together and worship all the gods, when neither taoism and buddhism is about GODS????
2007-03-10 12:46:38 · 5 answers · asked by sylll 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
if you go to the temples in singapore u see a statue of "buddha" sitting with hundreds of other taoist "folklores" beings. and you see hundreds of buddhists worshippin these statues with josssticks, bowing down to them
2007-03-10 12:51:36 · update #1
not jus in singapore. actually everywhere around the world buddhists follow buddha and worship buddha. and they build statues of buddha when buddha became nothing according to himself
2007-03-10 12:52:32 · update #2
i dunno if you are been sarcastic, fundie
judging other religions without proof
2007-03-10 13:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by wb 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Um... nobody "worships" the Buddha... it might look like that to you, but it's not. We test what he said, like he told us to, and we follow it if it makes logical sense to us (which it generally does. Buddha's works haven't been logically disproven in over 2000 years)... and we're grateful. I'm Tibetan Buddhist... I know the Buddha was a man, the word "Buddha" is a title not his name, and yes, the idea of an omnipotent creator being is illogical to us... what people do "mixing" isn't Buddhism IF this is even the truth you're saying...
Anyway... don't worry about it... if your concept of an omnipotent creator being works for you and teaches you wisdom and altruism, then I think that's what's best for you and you shouldn't be so worried about what others are doing.
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2007-03-10 21:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a buddhist i feel somewhat qualified to answer this.
The wroshiping you describe is actually not what they would call worshiping. By bowing down to a statue of one of the buddhas (its not always siddartha although you might not be able to tell the difference) they are using him a reminder of the path AND a practice of humbleness. To be able to bow down is a practice of ego-detachment.
Also Siddartha never taught about Gods, but he did believe they existed, like everyone else in his time. The gods however were not counted on to intervene with our lives. Also his culture believed with enough positive karma one could be reborn as a God, so clearly they did believe in supernatural beigs, just not a "creator" god
2007-03-10 21:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by kkcoz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Provide proof of what you're accusing them of.
They're not worshipping Buddha. They use him as a focal point for their beliefs.
2007-03-10 20:49:37 · answer #4 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you ask a Buddhist from Singapore. My guess:they do things weird in Singapore.
2007-03-10 20:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jedi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋