What is your opinion on Buddhism????

[Hoffman]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

[bryant.coleman]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

Modern Buddhism is different from what you have written here. It is not possible to practice "unconditional love and reverence to all beings" all the time, as others can take advantage out of it. Buddhism has evolved, just like Christianity and Hinduism. Radical groups such as the 969 movement are a result of this evolution.

[swogerino]

Well , im not really into it, and i dont know the rules that are in your society.
But i know that you are very peaceful religion , and that is most important!!!!

Rules of our society are very simple.. #look after your parents when you can stand alone, # Help others # Don't sex with other woman expect your wife Not girl friend. # don't drink alcohol # do not gamble # do not kill a living being # do not Cut trees # Do not steal # do not Lie. # respect others.

Are these what Buddist follow as a set of guidelines?
I am always interested in these kind of religions and keep an open mind to them.

[hpunsara]

Well , im not really into it, and i dont know the rules that are in your society.
But i know that you are very peaceful religion , and that is most important!!!!

Rules of our society are very simple.. #look after your parents when you can stand alone, # Help others # Don't sex with other woman expect your wife Not girl friend. # don't drink alcohol # do not gamble # do not kill a living being # do not Cut trees # Do not steal # do not Lie. # respect others.

Are these what Buddist follow as a set of guidelines?
I am always interested in these kind of religions and keep an open mind to them.

Yes.. We Follow them

[Daisy14]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

All these is theory, in practice, you can't truly love someone unless you believe in the God who created the universe - not several gods.

There is only one God and He is the only one that makes us love because we human beings are born selfish.

[xht]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

Modern Buddhism is different from what you have written here. It is not possible to practice "unconditional love and reverence to all beings" all the time, as others can take advantage out of it. Buddhism has evolved, just like Christianity and Hinduism. Radical groups such as the 969 movement are a result of this evolution.

exactly you are right, old buddha teach how to respect for older people but today it just stayed the past, today is about freedom of speech in the world and now age isn't important.

[hpunsara]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

All these is theory, in practice, you can't truly love someone unless you believe in the God who created the universe - not several gods.

There is only one God and He is the only one that makes us love because we human beings are born selfish.

ISIS also believe in one god.. They love people..As you say

[hpunsara]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

Modern Buddhism is different from what you have written here. It is not possible to practice "unconditional love and reverence to all beings" all the time, as others can take advantage out of it. Buddhism has evolved, just like Christianity and Hinduism. Radical groups such as the 969 movement are a result of this evolution.

exactly you are right, old buddha teach how to respect for older people but today it just stayed the past, today is about freedom of speech in the world and now age isn't important.

I can agree with that.. But If you consider about "therawada Buddhism" It is the pure buddhism.. IN my country Sri lanka 90% of buddhist still lives according to pure buddhism

[passwordnow]

buddhism is more of a practice than religion.  unconditional love and reverence to all beings, it does not matter how you identify yourself.  buddhist mantras use vibrational energy to heal and transmute unhealthy emotions and patterns.  buddhism is about raising the vibration of yourself and those around you

you dont need to identify as a buddhist to practice buddhism, it is the essence of the loving natural man, which we all are within

All these is theory, in practice, you can't truly love someone unless you believe in the God who created the universe - not several gods.

There is only one God and He is the only one that makes us love because we human beings are born selfish.

ISIS also believe in one god.. They love people..As you say

Yeah ISIS do believe in god not with one God. Because their god is the god of war and we can see it on their attitudes that they don't have heart and they only just want to kill innocent people. Unlike buddhism, well we can't deny that they are much better and have peace on their hearts. Look at those monks they are very disciplined.

[Sithara007]

All these is theory, in practice, you can't truly love someone unless you believe in the God who created the universe - not several gods.

Do you have any evidence to prove this? Forget it. There is no point in arguing with those who are brainwashed by religious indoctrination.

[nekochan05]

I do not know a lot about Buddhaism. what I know that it is a religion which people worship idols and pray for it. they think there are many gods. correct me if I am wrong !

We are not worship to thee gods. There are many gods. gods are once were people who gathered many good karma and born in heaven( Its the simple meaning.. But it more complicate)

They worship idols. They say there are many gods. My opinion is that there could be only one GOD according to the holy BIBLE and I  believe in that very strongly.

Commonly they are not GOD, they are only like angels in the heaven & someday they can die & reborn too like human beings.

In Buddhism, there are useless praying to asking something from the angels or even from The Great Teacher, Buddha Gautama.
if you see we do kneeling to statue, we do that to salute them because their level is better than us (and we use statue to make it easy about the direction & make different between of them like a photograph).
if you see we burning incense, we do that to remind us that we must do good karma in remark, deed & mind at everywhere to everyone (like the smell of incense everyone can smell it)
if you see we placing some flowers, we do that to remind us that our bodies are not eternal, we will get old, sick and die so do good karma before it too late.

Buddhism teach us if you want harvest something, plant it.
for example: if you want to be rich & happiness, start to do charity & donations (not always in money, it's can be your time, your energy, your suggestion, your smile, your joke and many more of your kindness that can help another one)

I hope it will help everyone to know more about Buddhism

regards

[RobFre]

I like buddhism because I find it... peaceful. There have been episodes of violence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence) but it is less compared to the other big religions.

[Das]

 ISIS also believe in one god.. They love people..As you say

Just because someone claims to "believe in God" does not mean he truly believes in God.

The bible says, '...by their fruits you shall know them.'

Those who truly believe in God will TRULY love His creation.

[Moloch]

 ISIS also believe in one god.. They love people..As you say

Just because someone claims to "believe in God" does not mean he truly believes in God.

The bible says, '...by their fruits you shall know them.'

Those who truly believe in God will TRULY love His creation.

Which is why statistically speaking... Atheists are better people than christians...

Look at any comparable statistic, and you will see the truth... don't take my word for it, do your own research

I will provide an example... prison populations in USA:



Protestants are 46.5% of the general population, and 35% of the prison population... indicating they are less likely to commit crimes than the average person

Catholics are 21% of the general population, but 39% of the prison population... showing they are twice as likely to commit crimes than the average person

Muslims are 1% of the general population, yet 7% of the prison population!... They are 7x as likely to be criminals!

Mormons are 1.6% of the general population, and only 0.4% of the prison population... indicating they are 1/4th as likely to be criminals

Atheists are 3% of the general population, but only 0.2% of the prison population... showing atheists are 1/15th as likely to be a criminal compared to the average person...

(all this implies getting caught and going to jail, not "committing crimes", but we don't have statistics on people who didn't get arrested)




Statistically speaking...
Muslims are 120 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Catholics are 28 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Protestants are 11 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Even Mormons are 3.7 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists! (Mormons are quite good compared to anyone other than Atheists)

And there you have it... Atheists are the good guys... "by their fruits shall you know them"

[doublemore]

I am a buddhist. I would like to know others opinion on my religion..  

My opinion is im surprised you call it a religion as its more a philosophy.  I have spent much of my life interested in buddhism though, its very scientific and logical, it makes sense.  I did consider becoming a monk at a few points in my life but im not sure you need to be a monk to be buddhist.

[bryant.coleman]

Muslims are 120 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Catholics are 28 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Protestants are 11 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Even Mormons are 3.7 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists! (Mormons are quite good compared to anyone other than Atheists)

And there you have it... Atheists are the good guys... "by their fruits shall you know them"

These figures are as expected.. but I have to add a few things here. According to the US BJS, 2.2 million adults were incarcerated in US federal and state prisons, and county jails in 2013. And you have responses (74,731) only from 3.5% of this population. We don't know the religious affiliation of the remaining 96.5% of the prisoners.

[Moloch]

Muslims are 120 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Catholics are 28 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Protestants are 11 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists
Even Mormons are 3.7 times more likely to be criminals than Atheists! (Mormons are quite good compared to anyone other than Atheists)

And there you have it... Atheists are the good guys... "by their fruits shall you know them"

These figures are as expected.. but I have to add a few things here. According to the US BJS, 2.2 million adults were incarcerated in US federal and state prisons, and county jails in 2013. And you have responses (74,731) only from 3.5% of this population. We don't know the religious affiliation of the remaining 96.5% of the prisoners.

I didn't conduct the survey, but typically a sample size of 500 is considered sufficient... so 75,000 is WAY more than needed for an accurate depiction of the situation (150 times the sample size of your average poll, scientific study, etc)

[tsaroz]

Buddha was an atheist.

He opposed the traditional stone worshipping practices as a solution of every human problem.

He showed people the cure for curable problem and lead them to spirituality to tackle with uncurable.

[TyrionTarg]

My parents are Hindu, but I myself find it hard to believe in the deities presented in Hinduism. That's why I'd like to think I follow more of a Buddhist approach to life. I try and follow the values that Buddha did.

[groll]

Buddha was an atheist.

He opposed the traditional stone worshipping practices as a solution of every human problem.

He showed people the cure for curable problem and lead them to spirituality to tackle with uncurable.

Then he should be called a hero or a doctor rather than being called as a prophet or whatever you call it.  I was not really able to understand those teachings when my teacher taught us those religion.  I mixed-up their beliefs and thought that they were all the same.  As long as we do good for our fellows it is okay even you do not have a religion or even from who you believed in.  The important thing is you show respect and love to one another.  Though I believe that there is one God, the real God who is always looking upon us and guide us.