Curious - any Buddhist-turned-Christian converts here?
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Yes... that is a very good practise although doesn't sound feasible in our society now. But you get what I meanOriginally posted by soemt:You might want to know that some asian cultures, this respect and reverance also extends to parents, elders and teachers.
For most burmese/myanmar, who are buddhist, they usually pay reverance in this order, the buddha, the dharma, the sangha, parents/elders and teachers, also by prostration.
Personally, i find this practice develops humility.
metta
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Some parts of the Newspaper article about the Christians converted from Buddhism are absolutely wrong and misguided.Originally posted by Crystal_Dumpling:wah your go until so in depth o_O
my dad is a buddhist/taoist... he does meditation and pray to gods. so naturally, i followed him last time. still remember watching a movie about buddha last time... he also plays those chants on tape?
i did try meditation last time...
my mum's mum used to be a catholic, but converted to taoism cos she married my grand pa. then my family faced lots of problems, and she converted to Christianity.... along with her whole family
one of my friends brought me to church camp, and i had an experience.. and a feeling of peace that lasted few months after the camp...so yes, i converted...then my mum followed..my dad and aunt are still buddhists/taoists tho.
lol still remember studying in sch during history lesson that buddhism is a way of life not a religion, something like that? read teh newspapers that there are christians who are buddhists too...?
In the first place, those are not Buddhists, but rather Taoists or Chinese folks practises. I have already sent a "feedback" to Straits Times with the slightly edited version of the following article: Pls read - http://buddhism.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=142723
Your father may have attended certain Buddhist meditation courses/learnt it from books/have interest in Buddhist chantings, etc, but still I emphasize that a person can only be considered a Buddhist once he has taken refuge in Three Treasures, which are - Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. -
they got reply you?Originally posted by An Eternal Now:I have already sent a "feedback" to Straits Times with the slightly edited version of the following article: Pls read - http://buddhism.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=142723
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personally to me rites is something beautiful. it brings u back to the bedrock of the early church.Originally posted by laurence82:If people want to do rites, so what? Arent baptism, eucharist and all these forms of rites too?
I wonder if its the thinking of men, to be 'more superior' and 'more intellectual' than the others, to concentrate so much on scriptures, doctrine and thinking, that they start to ignore rites, rituals and charity, or on top of that, works. -
Nope, wasn't expecting their reply. But they should know now.Originally posted by Icemoon:they got reply you?