Most public Buddhist temples would be happy to allow people to come in and watch the activities or participate in meditation.
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Nothing as far as I can see. Buddhism is a religion. A Shogun is a military ruler in Japan.
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a way of life.
That is how I see it too since Gautama Buddha was a Hindu prince. The teachings in Buddhism is parallel to the Hinduism.
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Neither Buddhism not Confucianism has gods as we Westerners think of them. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
He did not. We know that he helped the Buddhism to expand, by building temples and promoting the freedom of religion. But he was more on the philosophical side of Buddhism as a Greek, see the questions of King Milinda. Still because of him and earlier King Asoka, Buddhism became a religion from a philosophical movement.
Buddhism was and still is based on insight into human nature. Since humans have a tendency to believe in gods, gods get mentioned in early Buddhism and later get incorporated from local religions in the areas Buddhism spread to. At its base, Buddhism is about working with what we can know and see directly, and on seeing through delusion, not on developing beliefs in things unseen, or feeding delusion.
I think you question really is "why is Bodhiimportant in Buddhism". Bodhi is the word for enlightenment in Pali and Sanskrit. Bodhi is the goal of Buddhism. To reach that state in which we can see clearly and understand the universe, our place in it and how it all is interconnected is a Buddhist's goal.
Buddhists monks kill Muslims in Burma and they see it as justice
buddhists dont beleive in heaven so no. The closest is the mayhana version which is a place where the enlightened gather after death but that still is thought to be a seperate brand of buddhism beliefs.