oh crap.

Fighting caused death and misery to the people. They are not fighting ghost, but real people, sir. Buddha never condoned spilling the blood of anyone, let alone an innocent.

Religion is superflous I think. Even the open mindedness of Buddhism can transform into bigotry.

So, the monk really went to India and brought back the scriptures, then translated all of them?

Ok so u c, Tao teaching is another part of continent and both seem no influence of each other during different time am I right? they have incorporated buddhism by installing buddhas as their own deities

Just finish reading the Tripitaka. Theravada Buddhism is the origin of Buddhism right, what about Mahayana , it.s has been manipulated? Mahayana has its similar texts to the Tipitaka called the Agamas. It was then translated into Mandarin and evolved and centred into Boddhisatta ideals.

Which one is among the active one?

To reach enlightenment, one needs to meditate.

There are those who can be enlightened (stream enterer) by just hearing a very short discourse from the Buddha directly, but those individuals no longer exist in the world today.

Those who remains today are of 2 types
- those who need to practice meditation from 7 days to many years to reach at least the lowest state
- those who cannot attain enlightenment in this life.

sekian

Granted all path factors had to be present and the paramita sufficient for one to gain breakthrough in meditation.

But it's always good to try. We cannot assume we are the Padapadama individuals (who cannot enlighten this life).  There are among us, who are Neyya , who can be enlightened in this very life but due to insufficient effort, cannot.

The effort is never wasted, as it will become paramita itself for future birth's meditative capability.

sekian

It was based on teaching by Deepak Chopra. Meditation concept mostly came from Hindus n Yogis. U can find many similarities between Buddhist meditation n Yoga/Hindu meditation. Almost the same thing.

Buddhists usually learn this from monks in monastery or Buddhist centres. Especially Chaan Sect (Can Zong). This is better

Moksha means to b free, liberated, released from the samsara of death n rebirth cycle. Same in Buddhism.

Buddha taught us to detach from ‘self’ n b selfless (unselfish) when performing dana (giving), indiscriminate compassion... all Hearer, Self-Realizer n Bodhisattva have to abide by this in order to reach full awakening. Buddhism also taught that the mind n body is not u. From self to no self (无我) one has to recognise that one’s identity n sense of self r all perceived n constructed. Break free from self one sees the true self. Then break from the perception of phenomena n emptiness one attains full awakening. True self is not without soul. You r still ther. Just in different state.

A common method used in practising the way of specific Buddha or Bodhisattva is chant (念), pray(求), learn (学) n do (做). The last word ‘do’ is literally ‘become’ as any practicing Buddhist would naturally know. That’s union. Some monks visualise they went to ‘unite’ w Amitabha through his toes during their sleep. When they wakes up their soul exits Amitabha’s toes n return to the saha world to continue the mission to ‘awaken’ human beings

Being obsessed w emptiness is also attachment or obsession. One cannot say emptiness is nothingness. In Buddhism, emptiness is not existence n not nothingness; not having existence n no nothingness, n also not no existence n no nothingness. This is what Chan is imparting for generations. Some ppl understand this immediately, some gradually. But knowing is one thing. Practising it is another. Becoming it is final liberation