Dear brother, this does not mean no one will benefit from sharing of merits to the departed, even if your immediate relatives are not in the ghost realm.

The Buddha said, in our infinite past in Samsara, there will be bound to have our past relatives etc that is still suffering in there that will benefit from our acts of charity.

I don't read chinese well. Translation says something about some Buddha?

U duno read Chinese wording, but u r Buddhist??

Buddha is Indian, ori Buddhist sutras are in Indo-Aryan languages. What's Chinese got to do with it?

because modern Buddhist = dominated by Chinese.

Mahayana buddhism (sanskrit) ---> tibet ---> china/japan/korea ---> chinese language Most chinese material on buddhism is dominated by Mahayana tradition.


Theravada buddhism (pali language) ---> sri lanka ---> burma/ thailand/ cambodia ----> native language of burma/ thailand. Very few people outside of these countries know about this tradition.

Angmoh (british) came during colonial era ---> contact with this teaching--> help translate it out to English.

Most Theravada materials are in English , although there is great effort to translate more of it to Chinese language.


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Immediate family of the Buddha

1. King Suddhodana (Father) - Became a lay arahant

2. Queen Maha Maya (Mother) - Passed away 7 days after giving birth to the Buddha, reborn as a deva (god) in Tusita realm.

3. Maha Pajapati Gotami (sister of Queen Maya who nursed and took care of the young Sidartha) - became an arahant (female nun)

4. Yasodhara (sidarta's wife) - She attained Arahanthship and was declared the chief disciple among the nuns who attained supernormal powers (Maha Abhiaaa) to recall infinite eras of the past.

5. Rahula (buddha's son) - Became arahant. Rahula passed away before the Buddha, Sariputta and Moggallana. The Buddha declared that Rahula was foremost among the monks for his high standard of discipline and obedience. Rahula, who had entered the order at the tender age of seven, was a role model for the younger members of the Noble Order through his obedience and pleasing nature.



As we can see, all the Buddha's family benefited from Buddha's enlightenment. The Buddha gave them the deathless state, and certainly did not abandon them after attaining enlightenment

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I've found out something extremely interesting in Buddhism.

Can any Buddhist here confirm this? The Kalama Sutta and some quotes in Buddhism appear to suggest that we should always question everything including religion, and it appears to encourage us to be atheists or even an anti-theist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalama_Sutta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan





And I've even heard this from one of my former Buddhist friend that made him an atheist:

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Deswai I recommend u Buddhism...

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hi, dear buddhism, any ex-christian here? i need serious help.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4197570
please read the post. i having serious problem for few years, and my life have been sux a lot,

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hi,
my case are quite different from you all , yes it is indeed holy spirit harass me most of the time.
i keep refuse and resist everything，the LORD indeed want me to abandone my degree as well. luckily i did pass and the degree cert.
and yes i did join churches before, the "lord" really want me to forsake everything, my career, my loves one, my relatives, almost everything, like an child being abandoned. if my parents help me on anything that benefits me, the force will use many ways to create conflict and cause many unexplained/weird damage between me and my family, sometimes my friends.
secondly, demons and christ angels(holy spirit) are partners/friends in term of real relationship. They use each other for own purposes sometimes.

i am not 神经病/psycho/insane people, this situation is real. Anything to do with my gain of my need, especially money, they will heavily interfere.

So even if i become atheist, they will still harrass me, because i have no protection. therefore the only way is Buddhism, the another authority which is the only the power can protect me. I understand how the spiritual force works in the universe.

this time i don't think can take it anymore. it has reached my max limit of patience level . if the holy spirit appear in the flesh, i would use knife /gun or anything straight kill him without any second thought .

Anyway, any good buddhist temple in Malaysia? i need the genuine one. i really have no choice anymore. I do not need you to understand my situation, i just need to find a genuine buddhist temple, and slowly become vegetarian. and repay all my debt.