Buddhism

Ashoka's father was Bindusara, the son of Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta is the Sandrocottos of ancient Greek authors, and Bindusara is called Amitrochates and sometimes according to the author Allitrochades.

the reason there is a fat Chinese buddha is due to the fact that the Chinese adopted the buddha and altered it because in china the more heavy set you are the more "wealthy" you are...there are in fact two different sides of this believe system

Buddhists generally don't have food prohibitions. Monks and nuns who have taken vows don't consume intoxicating substances because it diminishes their ability to meditate and comprehend the true nature of reality, but in most sects, at most levels, it isn't prohibited. Some monks and nuns also take vows to not eat anything after noon in order to help them understand the nature of desire and sacrifice. Most practicing Buddhists also avoid gluttony the same way they avoid excessive anger.

If you are foreign friends in China. It is a good suggestion to visit some local Chinese friendsand have Spring Festival together with them. For me, as a Chinese, I am usually go home to celebrate with my family. Learn to make traditional Chinese foods. You can also have a travelling to some famous place to experience different celebrations in different areas. Enjoy your holiday!

Bejjeng is called the holy city, and was where many buddist lived before it grew into a great city. Bejjeng is called the holy city, and was where many buddist lived before it grew into a great city.

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Buddhists feel that all living things are connected, and that ignorance is what spurns hate, greed and aversion. For Buddhists the only way to find spiritual delight is aspire to peace.

Well you'd have to define what you mean by idol?

In common with many Buddhists I see a statue of a Buddha as an inspiration rather than an icon of my saviour. If anything it symbolises my own potential to reach the state beyond suffering.

Fully ordained Buddhist nuns are called bhikkhunisand the monks bhikkhus. Chinese nuns possess the fullbhikkuni ordination, while Tibetan nuns do not. In Thailand, a country which never had a tradition of fully ordained nuns (bhikkhuni), there developed a separate order of non-ordained female renunciates called Mae Ji.

Buddhists mainly celebrate "vesak" . The falls on the full moon day in the month of May. They believe the lord Buddha was born, enlightened and attained nirvana on the same day. Other than that they celebrate the day monks retire to their temples for rainy season, although this is done symbolically in the modern days.

In Buddhism the is no creation myth. We do not talk of the one omnipotent all powerful God. Buddhism is a way of life of how we balance our life to create a harmonious living which in turn take us into another world of harmonious stages of living wihtin ourr sphere of our existence. As far as cosmology there are an infinite number of Universes all exixting simultaneously. This is similar to the astrophysical cincept of the Multiverse.

People don't worship the Buddha, he is revered by his followers for showing us how to be enlighten so that we can enjoy our lives and be calm no matter what is happening. We go to temples to meditate, receive teachings and to perform rituals that reinforced his teachings.

The main areas of the world in which there are numerous Buddhists are south east Asia, China, Japan and Korea.

They really care for the enviroment, they do not harm any living creature or eat meat, as a rule they are all vegetarians.
Buddhists believe is protecting all life and causing no harm to living beings.

The Monks Daily Routine is:

4:30- Wake Up

5:00- Wash

6:00- Morning prayers

7:00- Go out and Beg for Food and Money

9:00- Give the head Monk the money and share all the food.

11.30- Lunch Break

2:00-Revision of the day's lesson

3.00 Tea Break

8.00- Self study

9.30 Bed and light off

buddist like to worship by greeting there their god everyday in a verti for 5 mins buddist like to worship by greeting there their god everyday in a verti for 5 mins

Ultimate reality, higher consciousness, the mystical state, buddha consciousness, god consciousness (and there are more). Each is a state of mind that cannot -- cannot be described. It can only be discovered from within.

This discovery can only arrive as insight from within. Each must discover it independently of anyone else. This is why it can never be described. The way or path to attaining this precious gift can now be described. The mystical experience is the onset of the mystical state. In the next 2-3 months, I will explain why and how this state can be attained. And, too, science and religion, as they relate to consciousness will be seen as not being in conflict with one another, but rather that they actually work together to reach that precious state of mind. This will come out at two conferences: The Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, March 2011 in Portland, OR. The other is a conference to be held in at Columbia University in April 2011.

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The essential difference is that Hinduism is a belief system that requires faith, and Buddhism is a system of separating what we can know with relative certainty from what are assumptions, and basing our actions on those certainties instead of faith.

Hinduism is a word assigned by Westerners to a variety of belief systems that grew out of ancient Vedism, and involves identifying oneself as having an "atman" (Westerners translate as "soul") that is part of a larger All Being (Brahma); that our atman transmigrates life to life until we purify ourselves enough to gain knowledge that makes the situation clear, then we can become one with Brahma and end the cycle of reincarnation (also known as "samsara").

The Buddha denied that there was an eternal, unchanging "atman". His teaching was grounded in what we can do in this life to relieve suffering. He showed us ways to see for ourselves just how we cause our own problems, and offered a set of skills to see this more accurately and get past it.

Buddhists are allowed to eat anything that is offered to them, including meat and fish, as long as they did not kill the meat or fish or the meat or fish was not killed specifically for them. The Buddha ate meat and actually died after eating tainted pork. Many Buddhists are vegetarians because of their compassion for all sentient beings; that is, if they stopped eating meat and fish then there would be less of a need for producers to kill the animals and fish.

The Christian concept of salvation(being saved from your sins and eternal damnation by a deity or his agent) does not exist in Buddhism. In Buddhism there are no sins just unskillful living which prevents you from escaping suffering and the cycle of death and rebirth. Escaping this comes from your own efforts and understanding as directed by the Eightfold Path. Once enlightenment is achieved you may enter a state of Nirvana and lose the last illusion of the separate self or not. Mahayana Buddhists believe you can return to the cycle of death and rebirth to help others attain enlightenment.

Prince Siddhartha rode with Channa, his charioteer and saw an old man whose head was white and his body was withered - every living being will become old like him. Next time the Prince saw a sick man, thin and weak and scorched by fever - if health be frail as that who then can take delight in pleasure. Next time the Prince met a funeral procession with a dead body on the bier - death is inevitable and comes to all. The forth time the Prince met a calm and dignified hermit, a religious man who has abandoned all worldly pleasures and has found peace.

How does one know what do to in a given situation? For me, the answer is, one needs to bring a tremendous amount of consciousness to the moment. Then, divinity will flow thru you, and you will take the right action. This is right effort.

Now -- how to gather consciousness? Meditate. Become "enlightened."

Think of love as an analogy. It may sound like a cliche, but you cannot love someone if you are not filled with love yourself.

You cannot be of service in any way (large or small) until you have attained to higher consciousness. And the rare few who have attained to enlightenment have become pure light, pure delight.

I must meditate. To raise my consciousness, so that, more and more, in each moment, I have a chance to respond with clarity and beauty and harmony. So that my choices align with the incredibly complex mix of seen and unseen influences at play. Simply being smart, and using my mind to weigh the pros and cons, will not be enough. One needs pure consciousness to guide one, and once again, this is obtained through meditation.

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