Buddhism

The presence of gender roles in Hinduism solely depend upon how traditional that particualr family is. A traditional Hindu family will see the father as the bread-winner and protector of the family, and the mother as the carer of the children and the housework. A more modern Hinde family will have abandoned these stereotypical, traditional roles and have the responsibilities shared evenly between the two parents.

A religion, not a philosophy, with Buddha as a divine figure.

Siddhartha's father, King Shuddodana only wanted the best for his son. He had bought 3 palaces for him, one for the winter, rainy season, and summer. Shuddodana gave him everything he could ever have wanted, only so that Siddhartha would never have to go through suffering himself, or see anyone else in that state.

There is no such thing as a "Buddhist" monk, any more than there is a "Christian" monk. Monks are part of a specific order or tradition. Thier beliefs and purposes are different in the specifics from others of their general faith.

To become a monk you would first have to identify which Buddhist tradition or school you follow most strongly. This will require an initial study of the options. You would then have to contact a Buddhist group in that tradition and see if they even have monks. You could then enter into active negotiations to become a monk.

A word f caution - you may not get in. Most groups of this nature accept only people that will fit with their approach to meditatio and study. Many only use aforeign language for texts and communication (Tibetan, JApanese, etc.) SOme only have monestaries in contries like Nepal where public health standards are significantly lower than North America.

The idea behind Karma is that you get what you receive. This means that if you do something good for somebody else, something good will happen to you in return, and the same for if you do something bad. The idea is to encourage people into doing many good deeds.

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Buddha himself came up with the five precepts as a way to help his students that weren't monks to live a life that is peaceful and full of happiness.

The actions that are avoided by keeping the five precepts are actions that can lead to suffering. So, the precepts are a way of protecting yourself and others from that suffering.

You might care look into The Four Noble truths for more information but I could offer you the idea of cause and effect of the heart of Buddhist teachings. Everything we do have an effect, simply put, negative thoughts, words and deeds lead to negative results, positive causes lead to positive results.

This is a simplification but I hope you get the idea.

A more appropriate question might be probably be: "are there any similarities between Jehovah's Witnesses and Islam" since there are in fact few links between the two religions. Islam, is founded on the premise that the Quaran is an inspired book of god, while Jehovah's Witnesses reject the Quaran as such and believe that only the 66 books of the bible should be held as inspired. Jehovah's Witnesses also believe that the bible has been handed down to us, in tact and has not be changed or corrupted, while Islam claims that the need for the Quran arose because the bible had been 'changed by man and could no longer be fully trusted. While the God of Islam is "Allah" (arabic for 'god'), Jehovah's Witnesses refer to God by his personal name as revealed in the bible: Jehovah (see Psalms 83: 18). Islamists do not profess to be 'christians' Jehovah's witnesses accept Jesus, not only as a great prophet but as the son of God, of divine nature (although not equal to god) and as having had a pre-human existance. Islam, in fact claims that Jesus did not actually die while Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus death was central to God's plan for mankinds salvation. Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept Mohamed as a prophet of God.

There are a number of differnt meditation methods. the focus of most of these methods is to focus single pointed concetration on one thing, such as your breath, so listening to music at the same time would be counter-productive. The type of meditation include:

There is insight (Vipassana) meditation, which typical uses the breath or bodily sensations as the focus of attention. Typicall we use a quiet space for this meditation, but it doesn't have to be perfectly quiet.

There is Sound meditation which uses ambient sound, but music can be used.

There is walking meditation, which focuses attention on the feet and body while walking.

Misconception: They are Chinese and Japanese spellings for the same general sect of buddhism.

The Chinese spelling for Zen is Chan. Shin Buddhism is the same as Pure Land Buddhism, which claims that for enlightenment you're dependent on the Buddha Amitabha.

there are six types of laughing buddha

Typically, a Zen Buddhist teacher is called "sensei" and a senior sensei is called "roshi." An ordained Zen priest who is sanctioned to teach typically changes his or her name to a dharma or Buddhist name. For example, the present abbot or spiritual leader of the Rochester Zen Center used to be named "Peter Kjolhede." He is now known as "The Venerable Bodhin Kjolhede, Roshi" or just "Roshi" to his students. Other sanghas do it slightly differently, so that "Charlotte Beck" becomes "Charlotte Joko Beck" or "John Loori" becomes "John Daido Loori." Sometimes those who are familiar with a teacher use that teacher's dharma name as opposed to using the more generic "sensei" or "roshi." There is no standard naming authority, and semantic inflation is a fact of life.

They believe in the Lotus Sutra. They follow the beliefs of the Historic Buddha

Buddhism is a religion based in the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as 'Buddha'. Although widely spread all around the world, Buddhism has not a great presence in the Caribbean. It was until the year 2006 that the first Buddhist temple was raised in this region, by May Trieu, a Chinese Buddhist born in Vietnam.

Henotheism is the belief that there may be many gods but one is worthy of worship. Buddhism neither endorses or condemns the belief in deities but holds that they (if they exist) need not be worshiped and have no control for good or evil over humans. A person's progress towards enlightenment is their own struggle. In this manner Buddhism is not henotheistic.

Eating only rice (a diet of only carbohydrates, would not be healthy for anyone. Buddhists, whether vegitarians or omnivores, eat a wide variety of healthy foods.

Oneness of self and environment. The environment reflects the people who inhabit it. For example if someone was depressed they may not care for their appearance and be more likely to neglect their home. People would not be attracted to this and that person would become more isolated and further depressed. While someone who is happy and secure may have a warm welcoming surrounding that others would be drawn to.

Well Buddhism start in approximately 563 BC and it has never ended. Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world and is growing faster than many other religions in Europe and North America.

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