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These Cats by renouncing aggression and embracing vegetarianism are on their slow path towards enlightenment. Are you saying this to suggest that women must renounce womanhood to become Buddhas? Women need not renounce womenhood ,All that is needed for becoming enlightened is a mind that is discern...

Surely they can.Leave women,All Sentient beings can become Buddhas.All beings have an opportunity to break away from the cycle of Birth & death and attain enlightenment. An illustration : There are cats in some monasteries in Korea that do not eat meat even if given,they don't hunt and only spen...

No offense,But I see many Buddhists vehemently defending meat and meat eating and rope in verses to justify the same.Set everything aside and ponder for a moment as what the Shakyamuni would have really said or advocated.No meat is " Blameless "," Pure " or "Humane ",al...

Hi goldenlight - There is a difference between Mahayana, and esp. Chinese Mahayana but you could also find other East Asian Mahayanas that reflect this view, and Vajrayana. I have even seen some people within Vajrayana who hold this view in general. There are specific Vajrayana practices that also p...

If Shakyamuni was horrified by mundane stuff like that then the Shakyamuni that you venerate was not a Buddha. That is exactly what is assumed these days,The premise that shakyamuni was above the mundane and that all phenomena are empty and devoid of existence,And with this notion people are misled...

Those who do so are ignorant and impious.It is a sacrilege to use Buddhist symbols or Imagery in such establishments.It is a violation of the most fundamental tenets of buddhism. :namaste: You should study the Dharma more before you start calling people ignorant and impious, and accusing Buddhists ...

Those who do so are ignorant and impious.It is a sacrilege to use Buddhist symbols or Imagery in such establishments.It is a violation of the most fundamental tenets of buddhism. :namaste: Really?? The violation of the most fundamental tenets? Which tenets are they? _/|\_ The condemnation of the co...

Those who do so are ignorant and impious.It is a sacrilege to use Buddhist symbols or Imagery in such establishments.It is a violation of the most fundamental tenets of buddhism.

Splendid.Thank you

Yes,Scattering the ashes of the deceased into water bodies is a standard Hindu practice.Mostly,the ashes are scattered into the sea,however if it is not possible,a river or lake is fine.

You may follow the practice of your sect.Yes,along with being a location phenomenon between the northern and southern hemisphere is also a cultural one between Mahayana and theravada sects.The Mahayana schools lost the custom of the monsoon retreat called " vassa" (Varsha - Monsoon) that t...

Thank you Indrajala and Luke, I have changed by perception towards the Gods,And as for Stephen Batchelor His doctrine is totally erroneous and unacceptable,He has questioned Karma and rebirth itself which is a derision of Buddhism.

Hello, Sorry if it sounds blunt, but I guess my question is obvious :) I have seen quite a lot of pictures of buddhist monks. While many are quite thin, a fair number of them are surprisingly overweight. To me this looks a bit contradictory with the notion of renouncing this world's deceiving lures...

In which sutra you find cold narakas? There are 8 cold narakas. Which are causes of each one? A comprehensive list of Naraka's and the retribution provided therein is available in the kshitigarbha purvapranidhana sutra.However there doesn't seem to be anything called a cold Naraka. :namaste: :buddh...

I recently stumbled across Master Hsuan's commentary on the Shurangama Sutra, which contained this gem: People who eat pungent plants and also cultivate samadhi will not be protected by the Bodhisattvas, gods, immortals, or good spirits of the ten directions. Who is referred to here? Whoever eats t...

Avalokiteshvara's descent into hell: http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/05bodhisattvaYana/Gunakarandavyuha.doc.pdf Translation from the Tibetan: http://read.84000.co/browser/released/UT22084/051/UT22084-051-004.pdf Dear friend, Can you provide some insights on the Hastikaks...

Buddhist literature, especially Mahayana is abundant in Magical Incantations and spells that avert calamities and disasters, eliminate sickness, bring rain and so forth. Non-Mahāyāna Buddhist literature likewise provides incantations and even dhāraṇīs or mantras. As an example of the former, the At...

Buddhist literature, especially Mahayana is abundant in Magical Incantations and spells that avert calamities and disasters, eliminate sickness, bring rain and so forth. Some of them seem blatantly un-buddhist, like an “Arya Ganapati dharani” that overcomes obstacles. Furthermore, most of these are ...

pael wrote:Is Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra in Tibetan Canon?

It is an important Sutra in the Chinese Mahayana Tradition,The Sanskrit original is lost.

Can buddhist read The Bible or Qur'an, etc? Is it bad karma? Yes,and as long as the content being read and assimilated is consistent with Buddhist tenets.Religions other than Buddhism,Hinduism and Jainism for instance not only condone but encourage meat eating,on the pretext that " God " ...