they say Buddha is one of Allah's prophet.

To be honest, you should assume my knowledge of Buddhism to be 0. I only knows what my parents taught me and that too is very minimal and I suspect is a combination of Taoism since I know that Buddhism has no concept of worshipping gods.

This is made worse by the fact that religion and believes is at the bottom of the list of what is important to me in life. Religion(I know, Buddhism is a way of life) too is the least I am concerned about when making decisions since I already have more than enough to worry about. All my life, I am guided only by moral values and my own principles.

Because the buddha did not teach Theravada or Mahayana .. there is only one dhamma in the past...

But we are talking about 2500 years of evolution in Buddhism, and difference in opinion is bound to happen over time. It may be subtle, but given sufficient time, it will eventually evolve into 2 different school of thought.

i'm quite skeptical on reincarnation concept.. there's a paradox...



in 1800 the population of the world estimate about 1 billion, after 2000 the ultimate increase of population to 6 billion + and growing...

if we die then reincarnate to somebody else, the rate of population should be stable or flat liner on chart...

lulz...
this 1 Parallel universe liao... Quantum Theory tear my mind.. Buddha so keng, know Quantum Theory long time ago..

I am curious, how many of you guys here actually practice to be "true" Buddhism and be vegetarian.

Tell you more keng one.

he said our mind is subdivided into quantum units of 17 moments......

The matter is in a state of flux, and at no moment they are the same. and by the time 1 unit of matter expired, 17 units of mind expires.

hu hu.

yo brother, you sound like a hahayana. Cool

for me vegetarian is only good for detox ur body for few days, being a habit would malnourish urself eg. vitamin k, certain asid amino... never for religion purpose...

Talk about vegetarian..
could any vegetarian tell me which is below consider vege:
milk
egg
sea cucumber
yeast
soya sos

soya sos u need to fermented it for a period of time, so it is using bacteria to do the job , rite?

yes it is just that simple, how hard is that? 

I am a vegetarian btw.  Not from religious purpose tho. but I do know there are high number of Buddhism locally practice this. Thats why I asked here.

It's a lot easier with a teacher. Plus, you don't get so confused reading so many opinions from the books and internet.

having desires is ok but what happens at the end of the day? that would be a more important question right. does it end or would you prefer to end it?

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.