Reading through, I am glad that most have a positive view of Buddhism. But there are a few things which are not correct that I would like to set straight.
To begin with, the Buddha is not a God. He was a human that attained to Buddhahood (perfection of knowledge) through development of wisdom and mental power.
A practitioner of the Buddhist teachings will as a minimum, uphold these five basic rules:
1. Not taking life of another living being
2. Not taking what is not given
3. Not engaging in sexual misconduct (misconduct is clearly defined as with someone who is "protected" by another - such as protected by a parent, husband/wife, sister/brother, teacher/guardian, etc.)
4. Not speaking untruth where there is an expectation of truth (i.e. its ok to say untruths as a joke if everybody understands your only joking)
5. Not taking intoxicants that cloud one's mind
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sila/pancasila.htmlThese rules are followed out of goodwill and compassion for ourselves and for our fellow beings. These few rules ensure that we do not contribute to the suffering in the world and keep us grounded. But these rules play a far more important role than simply helping us live in peace in the here and now - they are the fundamental virtues needed to keep the mind happy, content, calm and sharp which is essential for the next stage of practice which is Meditation.
Buddhist meditation is the act of self introspection to understand oneself at the most fundamental levels of existence. Through meditation we gain knowledge and self mastery which in turn becomes wisdom. This ensures our well-being in this world and beyond as we progress towards our goal of Nirvana.
A fundamental postulate of Dharma is that all suffering comes from ignorance (or the lack of knowledge of the true nature of things) - inversely, in the perfection of knowledge there is the perfection of happiness - this is Nirvana.
Modern Buddhism is different from what you have written here. ... Buddhism has evolved, just like Christianity and Hinduism. Radical groups such as the 969 movement are a result of this evolution.
Buddhism does not evolve - the Buddha by definition is the perfection of knowledge and therefore the Dharma the Buddha set down is also complete and perfected in every detail. As with everything else, the name of the Buddha and the Dharma and the label Buddhist has been used and abused by various parties with vested interests. Whatever others may say or do, the original Dharma is pure and complete for anyone who cares to study and practice it.
it's actually a very violent one:
As mentioned before, unfortunately, many parties have abused and continue to abuse the name of the Buddha and the Dharma for their own ends. Anyone who does not uphold the five basic rules of the teaching are by definition not Buddhists.
It is not possible to practice "unconditional love and reverence to all beings" all the time, as others can take advantage out of it.
It is most definitely possible to have unconditional love to all beings all the time. It is by no means easy, but those well gone in the path of Dharma surely can and all practitioners of the Dharma aspire and train to be so.
It is important to understand that love is only perfected in wisdom. For it is wisdom that guides us in how to love so that we protect all - including those that are out to harm us.
actually I'm a little bit confused with buddhist and I have a question, why do you make your gods' statues and pray to the statues not to the God himself
We do not pray to statues or gods. Some of us do however use statues as tools to recollect and concentrate our minds on the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha (community of practitioners who have entered the path to Nirvana).
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.
So are all these gods has the same power ? and what if one of them wants to do something against the other will? who would win ? or they all work together with no conflicts ? ?
Well this is a bit complicated but let me try to explain in simple terms. Dharma as a science describes the underlying fabric of existence and its operation at the most fundamental levels. Through this it explains the arising of beings, and from this, a hierarchy of beings can be elicited. This hierarchy of beings and their states of existence are somewhat analogous to and range from the lowest hells to the highest heavens in other religions. The human realm is roughly in the center of this hierarchy. All beings above the human realm are considered deities as they are more powerful than humans. At the highest point in this hierarchy which can interact with the sensual sphere (the physically formed universe that we can sense with our physical senses; the hierarchy extends beyond what is sensorily perceptible; but even this can be perceived in meditation) we acknowledge a father god - the great Brahma in Hinduism whose intrinsic essence is love (analogous to the Almighty God of Abrahamic religions). But none of this really matters for the Buddhist practitioner as our focus is to perfect virtue, mental power and wisdom. We appreciate and respect all these beings while working harmoniously within this scheme to attain the goal of Nirvana.
May you all be happy and at peace.
