Buddah+is+your+man

=**//__BUDDHA__//**!!=

What do you know about my man Buddha?! Now I know you probably thinking Why is she here? Why is she talking?! Can we move on?! Get out of the way please?

But please~ Hold on~ This will be interesting. Like when you first discovered new technology.

=__//**What we believe Buddhism is**//__=

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=**//__Buddhism__//**=
 * //What is Buddhism?//**

Well it was started by a guy named: Siddhartha Gautama, born in North India as a Hindu prince. When he was still a young man he abandoned his palace and went alone to the forest in search of an end to suffering. For six years he practiced penance and meditation, before achieving enlightenment under a Bodhi tree.




 * //From my general understanding I believe that Buddhism believe in the Four Noble Truths. Them being://**


 * The First Noble Truth is suffering. Life is full of misery: birth, ageing, sickness and death are all suffering. Though people strive for pleasure they receive only pain: sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, despair, contact with the hated and separation from the loved. And even if they do achieve a little happiness they soon tire of it and again become discontent.


 * The Second Noble Truth is the cause of suffering. Desire and greed always lead to dissatisfaction. Craving and attachment for sensual pleasures, the desire to end sorrow and the ambition to go on living: all these are the causes of rebirth, which brings further suffering.


 * The Third Noble Truth is the cessation of suffering. When craving and desire are relinquished, suffering and discontent end, and in their place comes satisfaction and peace.


 * The Fourth Noble Truth is the way to cessation of suffering. The Buddha taught a Middle Way, that avoided either excessive pleasure-seeking or excessive hardships. This middle way leads to enlightenment, and is called the Noble Eightfold Path

=//__What do they believe that is different?__//= //**From what I know unlike other beliefs Buddhism does not posses a god. They believe in Karma.**//


 * Buddhism does not teach belief in one God, and in some forms teaches there is no god. However, popular and in particular Mahayana Buddhism (the Buddhism of China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan and Korea) teaches the existence of many deities, and elevates the Buddha into a divine being, the origin of all that exists.


 * Buddhists believe in the power of karma, or actions based on desire. Such actions, either good or bad, make a person continue in the cycle of reincarnation – being reborn repeatedly until achieving enlightenment

= = =//__What Buddha Thought.__//=
 * //What we know is that every religion has it's own set of rules. While in Buddhism you only posses five.//**

The Buddha taught Five Precepts for everyday life:
 * Do not harm any living creature
 * Do not steal, and be generous in giving
 * Do not take more than you need
 * Do not lie.
 * Do not act thoughtlessly.

(deabak means awesome in Korean....) And just want this to be over BUT I have yet to get to the point of where it falls under intolerance.
 * Now you are probably thinking**

I bet we have all had this experience, when one day you are walking home or some one knocks on the door and you open it and that's when you notice. It's religious people! And you just stand there and try to hide or regret opening the door. Trying to get away.
 * And then they notice you and look at you, like you are unpure until you turn to their religion.**
 * SO they try to get on your good side.**



And then they try to shove their religion on you. When you already have a religion. You know. It's like having a toy. You like this: And you turn to the that religion or you already are that religion and you are fine with it and you are just getting in to it. Inspecting what's it about.


 * And some one just has to come along and tell you that their religion is better and you should join.**



And then you say no. You have one. But they shove it on you any way. They chritisize your religion. They tell you how it's moraly wrong. How you must be part of theirs. And they just keep trying to shove it at you. Force you.




 * And you have no idea what's going on. You just want them to stop talking.**


 * Why do people hate other religions. Or why are they bashing YOUR religion.**



Well Buddhism in my point of view, is looked down more than usual. From a personal experience is how I learned about this. One Sunday I decided to join my mother in her usual Sunday ritual of going to church. Don't ask what religion because I don't know myself. But as church went I on I noticed that at some point they hit the topic of Buddhism. I became interested in this topic because i didn't understand why they would be talking about Buddhist in this country (Mexico) or church. And one thing I did not excpect from them was to talk about another religion and how it was morally wrong. That there would be no tolerance against this religion. That Buddhism was wrong, a sin. Their beliefs made fun off. They said this is not right, Buddhist have not seen the light. God can not save them if they don't believe in our religion. They think that meditating will help them but they are not saved. They are wrong and they are going to hell or suffer in the after life for believing in Buddha. That the mission of the rest of is was to be good people and help them see the light that was their religion so they could be saved. That Buddha was an impostor and fake. First. What he described Buddha as: THAT IS NOT BUDDHA! This is Buddha: And all could think as I heard this was how sad this world was to hate on something but not know what it is.

=**//__Conclusion~__//**= They believe WE are suffering. And we are. If you ever try to learn the ways of the Buddhist you will learn about how they think life is suffering and how to find true happiness. And that's it. They believe every one is sad and need to cheer up by learning their ways. The rest doesn't matter. They just want peace. But other religions, hate each other with a passion. Well from what i have seen and heard. Every time I have been to a new church because my friend or family member takes me they are always talking about how one is wrong. How the other people need help. Not Buddhist, They understand that the suffering is coming from you. So they focus on helping you get rid of your pain. Help you reach true happiness. Just peace. Just happiness. But yet they are not tolerated. They are discriminating it. If you think about it, and you go to the major religions and ask them who God is, they all know what it is. IF you ask them who is Jesus, every one will response. But if you ask them who Buddha is they all think it's the fat guy with no hair in robes. They won't think twice after that. They don't tolarate any other religion and stereo type Buddhist. This low tolerance for a religion that has nothing but peacefulness. And judging before knowing what it really is and defining it before it can really be true is a very sad story.
 * This religion is the most peaceful religion there is. You don't see extremest blowing people up because they don't believe in what they believe.**
 * You don't see them going around, knocking on peoples door asking them to join Buddhism.**
 * You don't see them built great temples in the middle of a city and try to extort money from you.**
 * You don't see or hear them speak out to the world and tell every one how they are wrong for believing in something different.**
 * You don't see them discriminate between beliefs, race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation.**
 * They believe the world is suffering.**

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