Is it true that in Theravada Buddhism, women cannot gain enlightenment as only men can gain enlightenment? Compared to Mahayana Buddhism, everyone can gain enlightenment.
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Aug 10 2010, 11:45 PM
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Is it true that in Theravada Buddhism, women cannot gain enlightenment as only men can gain enlightenment? Compared to Mahayana Buddhism, everyone can gain enlightenment.
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Aug 15 2010, 12:01 PM
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QUOTE(soul2soul @ Aug 15 2010, 08:58 AM) Evangelism in buddhism??? That's something new. Regarding the bolded part. This may be partly true but if you look from another angle, this shows that there are also some Buddhist teaching that may mislead us to unhappiness. Some of the Buddhist teaching may also mislead the people and you can see it in some of the priest who abuse their power to control the people.Buddhism just offers an alternate view on this world where 99% of religions say there is a Creator. It says the opposite. If you don't like this, no problem dude. But don't make it a case of disliking buddhists for no particular reason just because their belief don't agree with your likings. They don't harm your family , they don't make it a law for you to convert, they don't force you to believe it. They don't force your girlfriend, your father, your mother, your children to believe it. They don't split your family into "us versus them", they don't see you as evil or 'hell denizens'. They don't call you infidels, they don't wage war against your ancestors or family. Why the anti-buddhist sentiment among some people here? I don't get it. Currently, the only lay organization for Buddhism is Soka Gakkai International (SGI) which is growing now as more and more people are taking faith under it. It organization is under Nichiren Buddhism. Dreamer101: I may not know much about Zen Buddhism but what you said about it relates to some of SGI concept which is live life to the fullest and regards hardship and problems you are getting as an opportunity for you to improve yourself. |
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Aug 17 2010, 11:12 PM
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Is it true that originally buddha's teaching must come from those written with Sanskrit?
Is it true that Siddhartha Gautama hate things to be written in Sanskrit? |
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