Nonsense in Buddhism
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:16 pm
Now I replied to this video to clear some things up.
But I'll post it here since you most likely wont reply on youtube and I'll make it more detailed.
Reincarnation wasn't the core belief. The original teaching of the Buddha was to end suffering and ideas of god. He encouraged debate just as people do today. Now after he died, his small group of followers who he taught for many years decided to take on the responsibility of spreading his teachings to the suffering people of the earth. The Hindus of lower class were ecstatic about this religion and ideas of equality, but it isn't popular, especially to the thousands who weren't of lower class. So the previously Hindu followers decided to make it more appealing to other Hindus by integrating stories of extreme proportions about the Buddha and his teachings. As Buddhism traveled trough India the extreme stories became more common to the point that it is permanently accepted. The Buddha being athiest and ascetic wouldn't accept those stories about him being born that way and so on.
As Buddhism came closer to China, it too also adapted to it's environment there. At first the poor loved Buddhism, but Confucian officials were afraid of Buddhism because if the official religion were changed they would loose their positions and jobs. Now as Buddhism started to merge into China ideas of wealth, fortune, and luck were integrated. That is why they use the Budai(the fat monk of wealth) in resturants and stores and have golden statues. So this type of Mahayana Buddhism is really based on fortune rather than the original teachings of suffering. [I really hate Chinese Buddhism for making him look like a god but I shouldn't hate. I'm part Chinese but I think Chinese are really stupid, that's the reason we are bad at driving and lots of them are reverting to Christianity and western ideas of Capitalism even though they are communist.]
The same goes for Japan. Buddhism integrated with Shintoist beliefs and and some other beliefs to form more Mahayana branches. Zen Buddhism in particular is the idea of becoming enlightened through meditation and relaxation.
This is the reason for the many branches of Buddhism around the world. The integration with previous religions caused the many different religions. I think there was a word for this adaption or evolution but I don't remember the word. They shouldn't be called Buddhism in my opinion.
Well I'm done. I hope next time Mr. MenoftheInfinite that you please be specific on which branch you are critiquing. And btw you kinda look like Santa Clause. Just a bit.
But I'll post it here since you most likely wont reply on youtube and I'll make it more detailed.
Reincarnation wasn't the core belief. The original teaching of the Buddha was to end suffering and ideas of god. He encouraged debate just as people do today. Now after he died, his small group of followers who he taught for many years decided to take on the responsibility of spreading his teachings to the suffering people of the earth. The Hindus of lower class were ecstatic about this religion and ideas of equality, but it isn't popular, especially to the thousands who weren't of lower class. So the previously Hindu followers decided to make it more appealing to other Hindus by integrating stories of extreme proportions about the Buddha and his teachings. As Buddhism traveled trough India the extreme stories became more common to the point that it is permanently accepted. The Buddha being athiest and ascetic wouldn't accept those stories about him being born that way and so on.
As Buddhism came closer to China, it too also adapted to it's environment there. At first the poor loved Buddhism, but Confucian officials were afraid of Buddhism because if the official religion were changed they would loose their positions and jobs. Now as Buddhism started to merge into China ideas of wealth, fortune, and luck were integrated. That is why they use the Budai(the fat monk of wealth) in resturants and stores and have golden statues. So this type of Mahayana Buddhism is really based on fortune rather than the original teachings of suffering. [I really hate Chinese Buddhism for making him look like a god but I shouldn't hate. I'm part Chinese but I think Chinese are really stupid, that's the reason we are bad at driving and lots of them are reverting to Christianity and western ideas of Capitalism even though they are communist.]
The same goes for Japan. Buddhism integrated with Shintoist beliefs and and some other beliefs to form more Mahayana branches. Zen Buddhism in particular is the idea of becoming enlightened through meditation and relaxation.
This is the reason for the many branches of Buddhism around the world. The integration with previous religions caused the many different religions. I think there was a word for this adaption or evolution but I don't remember the word. They shouldn't be called Buddhism in my opinion.
Well I'm done. I hope next time Mr. MenoftheInfinite that you please be specific on which branch you are critiquing. And btw you kinda look like Santa Clause. Just a bit.