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SUSphantomkid
post Aug 19 2010, 01:09 PM

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QUOTE(chezzball @ Aug 19 2010, 12:58 PM)
i demand answers for all my 15 Qs !!!!! vmad.gif
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lol, give people some time lah. smile.gif these answers are in my opinion and might be wrong and/or empty because i'm not a strong buddhist myself, only pray and .. believe but did not learn all the dharmasutras stuffs (and don't even know how to chant.)

1.) What are the duties of the monks?
- to help the believers communicate with God.
2.) Why do we need monks?
- as above.
3.) If we as a buddhist disciples follow the concept of Buddhism, then what does the monk do.

4.) How different is Buddhism with other religion or philosophy like Confucious?

5.) Siddharta realize the 4 points of life: Life, Old, Sickness, Death. so what he has to say abt them and how we deal with it?

6.) What is Kuan Yin? What does kuan yin has to do with buddhism? I see a lot ppl CANNOT eat beef coz they pray kuan yin. So should their religion be KUANYINISM ?

7.) is premarital sex allowed? in christian is not allowed, so buddhism can or not?
- Probably not.
8.) is gambling allowed in buddhism? coz i see the disciples all gamble like crazy. if it's allowed, why can't the monk gamble?
Yes, I guess. monks dont gamble maybe because they want to stay away from these bad habits.
9.) Why must a buddhist monk wear the robe? any reasoning behind it?

10.) Why a monk must accept donation but not go out work? For example I'm an IT Consultant, can i be a monk as well? day time wear suit go work, at nite or weekend oni wear the robe go temple pray like a monk.
they don't take donation openly.. afaik, you give them angpau instead, not a cheque written Ten-thousand ONLY.
11.) What is NamoAmitabha? Since u said buddhism no god, why need those chanting/prayers?

12.) Why do we need to donate to temple? everytime i see temple got a lot donation box. i dont see any such thing in church (alto some is local msian sendiri nak do charity donation to some gaza kids, but tat's another story)

13.) is there anything call holy water in buddhism? coz i see u cainis love to go temple mintak the ... what u call that ah.. a piece of yellow paper with writings on it. i remember watching a cainis show, the ppl burn the yellow paper and soak in water and ask the disciple to drink it. is this the holy water?
I think they call it "An Quan Zi" (sorry, I'm banana, don't know the exact pin yin) which means Safety Paper or something lah, burn and drink or something (lol).
14.) what does buddhism has to say about creation of life?

15.) so regardless how sincere we pray, we will still be in the situation and nobody will help us? for us, if we pray hard, lord will come to our rescue, and send us savior in times of difficulty.
if you meant this as christian stuff, i've seen something that a pastor do which obviously failed. no offense to christians. well, no one knows if god really exist or will be there at all times. i do pray hard at times, needing help to go through a hard time.
SUSphantomkid
post Aug 19 2010, 02:30 PM

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QUOTE(xecton @ Aug 19 2010, 02:02 PM)
That's a fail.... sad.gif
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Like what fail? My mum went to temple the other day and the monk told her something about my sister, and it was true. The monk has 6th sense that can read the future ke? And am not saying the monk has crazy shii- powers to talk to God.
SUSphantomkid
post Aug 19 2010, 04:05 PM

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QUOTE(xecton @ Aug 19 2010, 03:14 PM)
Buddhism don't have God with a capital G. They might have deities.
If you believe in the supernatural stuffs, then some people might have the ability to see/talk with the deities.
But definately the purpose of Buddhism is not for you to chit-chat with the deities. Along the same line, communication with gods/deities is not the duty of monks.
Thus fail...
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It's alright, I forgive those who fail to understand and couldn't/can't think further than what I said. smile.gif
SUSphantomkid
post Sep 20 2010, 08:57 AM

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Hey fellow Buddhists. I am an English literate, tak tau baca Chinese characters, so can anyone let me know where to get the English version of Dharmasutra (or however you spell it)? And several other sutras? Thank you smile.gif

 

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