Buddhism...?

Question

Is Buddhism just perfect to you?

Any opinion please!

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Answer 1

Its very interesting, and well worth reading about.

Answer 2

My primary experience is with Zen Buddhism. I've found it to be very useful, as far as it goes...perhaps the most practical religion in the world for improving one's life and understanding the way of things. But it doesn't register an opinion on the existence of God, either one way or the other. Perhaps it's a good thing, in a sense. That makes it more accessible to more people.

Is it perfect? No. People can twist it just as they can twist any other religion...as someone mentioned, karma is really handy for that. But if I were forced to pick a religion, I'd probably pick Zen Buddhism.

Answer 3

I would agree that there is nothing perfect in the practice of Buddhism, but nevertheless it has been very grounding for me. My capacity for understanding has broadened considerably over the years, and I have a much greater sense of calm and peacefulness.

As for the posting about karma - this a completely misunderstood description. Karma is not about people 'getting what they deserve' or 'what goes around comes around', it is simply an explanation of how results arise out of certain causes and conditions.

May all being be well and happy.

Answer 4

Not perfect, no. But I learnt some very useful lessons from practising Zen Buddhism, particularly mindfulness.

Gradually life steered me through Chan (Chinese Zen) to my old friend Taoism, which is where I now reside.

So I guess Buddhism is a sort of 'next-door neighbour' for whom I still feel great warmth.

Namaste.
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Answer 5

I don't think any religion is perfect.
Not every Buddhist, Christian or Muslim believes the same thing. We all have doubts with our religion - I have a Jewish friend who questions about god, and a lot of Christians I know don't really believe in the devil. My friend doesn't believe in judgement day, and she's Christian.

However, I, personally think that Buddhism is based on truth, or what we know and not too much on faith. I believe that almost all types of suffering is caused by greed, and in a way it's true.
We will never know whether god exists or not, its entirely on faith with Christianity.
It's not perfect, but I think it really helps you understand life a bit better and appreciate things.

Answer 6

I am a Nichiren Shu Buddhist. I have practing Buddhism since 1980. Here is a link its my priest site to where you can read on buddhism and its very deep and there is books and other things you can get on there too. Huggies....Mary

http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/Ryuei/

Answer 7

I really like alot of things in Buddhism. As religions go its one of the more relaxed and peaceful ;)

Answer 8

Yes, Buddhism is perfect for me.

To me, the goal in Buddhism is shaping your own philosophy based upon the 4 noble truths and the 8 fold paths so that you can be content in this crazy world. It is a real serendipity for me to discover core similarities upon unselfish people whom have come from different religions.

Buddhism at its core teaches a way of thinking. It takes a least a few years to figure out this way of thinking (it's very scientific). Once you have achieved this way of thinking, you don't see it as a religion anymore.
When I was a hot-headed teenager I thought I had achieve this level, because I no longer look at it as a religion and I didn't see the importance in some of the rituals or practices. I was so wrong.

By the time I reached the more mature age of 26, I finally understood why my mother made me do certain practices. I realized that it wasn't just about doing the motions, but the meaning behind it. The meaning that words just can't describe. Unfortunately, some Buddhist do the motions their whole life without understanding the meaning.

A simple water-down analogy:
Majority of people function on a basic level, because they too busy working, too busy supporting their families, or too busy watching TV, to really take time-out to think. Religion serves as good way to live for the majority of the population much like traffic laws serve a good purpose on the roads. Majority of people stop at red light or don’t drive 30mph over the speed limit because of the fear of being punish or the fear of having to pay for the traffic violation ticket/fine. Thus they follow the set law without considering the meaning behind that law. The meaning behind that law is a person should stop at the red light because that they may EQUALLY hurt other people and themselves.

I realized that everything had cause and effect. Just like physics where every action has an equal opposite reaction. So every simple action we do has consequences, whether it’s positive or negative. An alcoholic illogically put himself into a vicious cycle of seeking alcohol to forget his problems, when it simply creates more. Which in turns, makes him to seek even more alcohol. No matter how hard his family tries to help him, they can not cure his alcoholism, until he himself must wake-up.

It’s all actions and consequences.
When I yell at my wife...there are consequences.
When I make my wife happy….there are positive consequences.
When I pick buy coffee bag that cost 50cent cheaper than the one next to it, there are consequences.
When I buy a Ralph Lauren Polo shirt...there are consequences.
When I buy a poorly made shirt…there are consequences.
When I choose to shop at certain stores….there are consequences.

The average American doesn't realized that after lunch, he has depended upon half the world's population.

Buddhism as a religion is like a training wheels, once you realized certain things, you can begin to take the training wheels off...and formulate your own philosophy.

When a person spends his whole life running after his bodily desires without thinking he has relinquish the need for a human brain and opted for an animal one. When he wants a Burger, he gets a burger; when wants sex, he gets a prostitute or take advantage of some innocent girl; when it rains, he seek shelter; when he’s fat and diabetic, he seeks a doctor; when he's out of money, he seeks more money.
Finally at the time of death, Ascension or Descension or remain at the same level is the result of the sum of our actions. No one punishes you with descension or grants you with ascension, just like physics, you when hit a wall the wall hits back. Remember an alcoholic punishes himself, a CEO punishes himself by placing money, power, prestige over his family; a burger joint worker punishes himself by not learning new skills needed for a better job.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? First there is no such thing as good people or bad people.
We harvest what we sow. Actions and consequences again. If you grow poison plants, you get poison plants. If you grow sweet fruit, you'll get sweet fruit. These "bad people" receive good things because they planted sweet fruits in an earlier time, perhaps their previous life. These "good people" need to stop complaining about poison plants, and start planting sweet fruits. Sometimes the seed comes to fruitition in weeks, years, or lifetimes.

Perhaps, some other time I'll explain why people die in natural disasters. The short explanation is people have individual karmas and also collective karmas.

Some things just can't be taught or explain in text. You have to discover and learn them yourselves. Example: you can't explain the color red to a blind person.

Crude Steps in Buddhist philosophy.
1. To Realize/acknowledge the way you're thinking may not bring you happiness or contentment.

2. Take time out everyday to think about your thoughts. Such as: Why is this person always pissing me off? Why am I attracted to certain female characteristics? Why am I attracted to hot bitchy girls and not ugly nice ones? Why am I not rich or famous? Why do I want to be rich and famous?
Why is the following true? "There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it." -G.B. Shaw (too bad he bought into the socialistic ideals…but that’s another story) Just think of all those things you wanted really bad, and then you got it, what happens?

3. Realized that if you want to become better you need to simply get rid of bad habits and develop good habits. This is the hardest step and a step that last a lifetime.

Answer 9

If there is any religion worth following it would be budhism for me.

Answer 10

yeah why cant they become the majority religion in the world