Buddhists practice mindfulness all the time by trying to be aware of who, what and where they are at every moment, and not living in the past or the future. They make pilgrimages, attend ceremonies, make offerings, do prostrations and practice loving kindness to all beings. Not all Buddhists do all these things, as there are many different practices and traditions within the rubric of Buddhism.
Buddha would say anywhere you want where you could purify your mind. But some Buddhists like meditating under bodhi trees as that is where Siddhartha (Buddha) gave up self-punishment and became the "buddha", The enlightened one
Any religion other than Hinduism or Buddhism.
Buddhists may read The Bible and other religious and philosophical books in order to understand other religions. It is however no different than reading any other book of philosophy. They do not see it as "the truth" or an authority on life skills.
Because there were more Buddhists in China than followers of any other religion.
Buddhists believe that people are reincarnated, and they can be reincarnated in the form of other species than human beings. So, all animal life would be deserving of respect as a possible vessle of a human spirit.
There are many millions of Buddhists throughout the world, and it is not clear that their smiles are any larger or smaller than anyone else's.
When dealing with the number of Buddhists, ..............There are around 350 million Buddhists in general, in the world. But Theravada Buddhists are 150 million in number.(The number of the Buddhists in general is relatively high due to the heavy population of China, who are Mahayana Buddhists.)When dealing with the types of Buddhism, .................There are many branches of Buddhism. One of them, named 'Theravada' contains the original (unfixed, unadjusted, or unamended) teachings of the Buddha.(It is said that during the Third Buddhist Council, there are more than 18 branches of Buddhism)The other branches of Buddhism occurred after the second Buddhist Council due to the division among the Buddhists.
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Although Buddhists are not supposed to own items of worship, other than the gohonzon, I find that people do have them as tasteful, respectful decoration.
It is no more important than in other activities.
Buddhists believe Anatman (no atman). It is the belief that we are nothing more than the five skandhas (Form, Sensation, Perception, Impulse, Consciousness)
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