i felt like i'd ask here since most of you are probably hindu's. i know hindu's and buddhists are similar in so many aspects so - would you hindu's pray in a buddhist temple ever, and for any buddhist, would you ever pray in a hindu temple?
i am a buddhist, and yes i would pray in a hindu temple. i have heard its not uncommon for buddhists/hindu's to pray at eachothers temples.
Full Version: would you ever pray at a buddhist temple?
i woudnt mind, its just i dont think i would want to do any of those god worshipping things .. if hindus sit and _/|\_ like the way buddhists do, then why not? i would go to a church and pray too, but i know its rude cause im buddhist so i dont think twice about ever doing that lol
hahaha you don't want to go to a church and pray man. they'd probably burn you alive or call you an infidel. lol
I am an infidel, i deny their "god's" existance and even go far to explain why and the real christians let me talk, but the false christians would totally kick my @$$ and crucify me for that $hit LMAO
O f course I would.
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I believe that the modern civilization is anti Christian civilization as maintained by the church, because of the following reasons-
1. Freedom of speech is the backbone of the present civilization. One is allowed to express himself/herself. We all know the persecution of Galleleo and host of other heretics in the hands of Christianity.
2. In Christianity, the slaves are asked to obey their masters making slavery a normal practice. The modern civilization is totally against slavery.
3. Christianity says women should obey their husbands and does not allow them to take prominent post in the church. They are regarded as sinful and less intelligent and therefore unable to do certain things. The modern civilization says that woman and men should be treated equally and should have equal opportunity. There is a place for women even in the army. With their intelligence they are outsmarting the boys in education. While Christianity confines the sex of God, despite it being omnipotent, to male (with huge social implications), modern women are openly asking, why can't God be female?
4. Christianity says apart from Christians no heathens can go to heaven. This essentially means that, out of 6 billion people in the world, only less than 2 billion people have that facility. Rest of the people i.e. a staggering number of more than 4 billion people, do not have that right, despite many of them being genuinely devoted to God and are good for the world at large. Modern people obviously have difficulty in believing in this concept. This is because, firstly, they cannot understand why people like Gandhi, the Dalai Lama etc. who have done so many good things for the humanity at large, should go to hell, and secondly this concept creates huge imbalance in the creation with disproportionately overcrowding of hell. Creation, they argue, works in a balanced way. This sentiment of 'my God is right and only we will go to heaven', has created many Christian sects, including various suicidal cults, who believe that only they will go to heaven and the rest of the world, including other Christian sects, will go to hell. This has created problems for the modern society. It does not believe in exclusive privileges of any group of people.
5. Modern civilization believes in tolerance towards other religions/opinions. It teaches us to respect other religions. Christianity, by its essential belief cannot do that. It on the other creates antagonism with other religions/cultures by calling their follower’s heathen. This by itself is not conducive of a peaceful society or world at large. The modern society is looking for peace in the world. Some people call for banning of the use of the word like heathen, as they have done to the word Niger.
6. Christianity believes that man is the master, and the rest of the creation is there to serve him for his food and pleasure. This has lead to destruction of forest and killing animals for pleasure. Modern civilization believes in conservation of both vegetation and animals, specially the rear species. Modern civilization believes in balance in ecology. Scientists have shown that animals can be trained to learn like us. Monkeys and parrots have already shown that capability. Modern civilization talks about rights for animals as well, and not only for human beings. The varieties of pets are increasing. All these factors give dignity to animals- they are not mere beasts.
7. Modern civilization believes in temporary punishment and believes that they will refine after that, whereas Christianity is comfortable with permanent punishment in everlasting hell.
8. Modern civilization believes in the power of people- democracy. It believes in a powerless king. Christianity on the other hand believes in an all-powerful king. This concept of powerful king has lead to the concept of kingdom of heaven ruled by God, as well as the absolute power and the infallibility of the Pope.
9. Modern civilization believes that this universe came to existence billions of years ago Christianity believes that it started less than 8000 years ago. This, later belief has had a huge implication in writing history.
1. Freedom of speech is the backbone of the present civilization. One is allowed to express himself/herself. We all know the persecution of Galleleo and host of other heretics in the hands of Christianity.
2. In Christianity, the slaves are asked to obey their masters making slavery a normal practice. The modern civilization is totally against slavery.
3. Christianity says women should obey their husbands and does not allow them to take prominent post in the church. They are regarded as sinful and less intelligent and therefore unable to do certain things. The modern civilization says that woman and men should be treated equally and should have equal opportunity. There is a place for women even in the army. With their intelligence they are outsmarting the boys in education. While Christianity confines the sex of God, despite it being omnipotent, to male (with huge social implications), modern women are openly asking, why can't God be female?
4. Christianity says apart from Christians no heathens can go to heaven. This essentially means that, out of 6 billion people in the world, only less than 2 billion people have that facility. Rest of the people i.e. a staggering number of more than 4 billion people, do not have that right, despite many of them being genuinely devoted to God and are good for the world at large. Modern people obviously have difficulty in believing in this concept. This is because, firstly, they cannot understand why people like Gandhi, the Dalai Lama etc. who have done so many good things for the humanity at large, should go to hell, and secondly this concept creates huge imbalance in the creation with disproportionately overcrowding of hell. Creation, they argue, works in a balanced way. This sentiment of 'my God is right and only we will go to heaven', has created many Christian sects, including various suicidal cults, who believe that only they will go to heaven and the rest of the world, including other Christian sects, will go to hell. This has created problems for the modern society. It does not believe in exclusive privileges of any group of people.
5. Modern civilization believes in tolerance towards other religions/opinions. It teaches us to respect other religions. Christianity, by its essential belief cannot do that. It on the other creates antagonism with other religions/cultures by calling their follower’s heathen. This by itself is not conducive of a peaceful society or world at large. The modern society is looking for peace in the world. Some people call for banning of the use of the word like heathen, as they have done to the word Niger.
6. Christianity believes that man is the master, and the rest of the creation is there to serve him for his food and pleasure. This has lead to destruction of forest and killing animals for pleasure. Modern civilization believes in conservation of both vegetation and animals, specially the rear species. Modern civilization believes in balance in ecology. Scientists have shown that animals can be trained to learn like us. Monkeys and parrots have already shown that capability. Modern civilization talks about rights for animals as well, and not only for human beings. The varieties of pets are increasing. All these factors give dignity to animals- they are not mere beasts.
7. Modern civilization believes in temporary punishment and believes that they will refine after that, whereas Christianity is comfortable with permanent punishment in everlasting hell.
8. Modern civilization believes in the power of people- democracy. It believes in a powerless king. Christianity on the other hand believes in an all-powerful king. This concept of powerful king has lead to the concept of kingdom of heaven ruled by God, as well as the absolute power and the infallibility of the Pope.
9. Modern civilization believes that this universe came to existence billions of years ago Christianity believes that it started less than 8000 years ago. This, later belief has had a huge implication in writing history.
Check that out, it really shows Christianity at it's 'best.'
I've done it before.
wow, i wasn't expecting a full array of "yes" replies.
maybe hindu's and buddhists can form some huge alliance in asia. we need it with all the missionaries and such. they have all the funding.
behold the day when buddhist and hindu filled nations have a strong middle class.
maybe hindu's and buddhists can form some huge alliance in asia. we need it with all the missionaries and such. they have all the funding.
behold the day when buddhist and hindu filled nations have a strong middle class.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 02:01 AM) 
Check that out, it really shows Christianity at it's 'best.'
hmmm.....korean guy, korean guy hmmm....let me give more thought.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 02:05 AM)
wow, i wasn't expecting a full array of "yes" replies.
maybe hindu's and buddhists can form some huge alliance in asia. we need it with all the missionaries and such. they have all the funding.
behold the day when buddhist and hindu filled nations have a strong middle class.
From my observations, Buddhists tend to be stricter vegetarians than Hindus.
I mean...as you can see on here, most of us on this forum eat meat...even back in India.
All of the Buddhist-Americans I've met are veggies, but maybe those are the ones I've met? Do you know a lot of meat-eating Buddhists?
eureka! Korean guy????? i knew it! 
wow korean guy .. that was really a really good to-the-core info man! Great job, but please be sure to cite your sources .. someone might find out you quote and didnt cite and will b!tch the hell out of you lol .. just show us the cite from where you got that or tell us the person who wrote it.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 12:05 AM)
wow, i wasn't expecting a full array of "yes" replies.
maybe hindu's and buddhists can form some huge alliance in asia. we need it with all the missionaries and such. they have all the funding.
behold the day when buddhist and hindu filled nations have a strong middle class.
I love how in America Buddhists and Hindu's are made out to be new age goofy religions
QUOTE(ExpressYourself @ Sep 2 2006, 12:09 AM)
From my observations, Buddhists tend to be stricter vegetarians than Hindus.
I mean...as you can see on here, most of us on this forum eat meat...even back in India.
All of the Buddhist-Americans I've met are veggies, but maybe those are the ones I've met? Do you know a lot of meat-eating Buddhists?
what the hell? i thought that exact same perception of hindus LOL .. buddhists will eat anything, dear ..
anyways, i don't think buddhists are vegetarians at all haha. i can't believe you've met some. i think monks and stuff won't eat meat, but most of us do. i don't eat beef/pork myself because bacteria and it just looks sick.
i usually go to chinese buddhist temple in malaysia and offer my prayers for goddess kuan yin( matsu ),even when i am a hindu,coz i believe in all,but never been to mosque,you know,the muslims say its haram,whatever lah,but i also go to church,but not during mass,usually go there,pray and lit candle for mother mary.......cool eh
QUOTE(Goombaking209 @ Sep 2 2006, 02:13 AM)
what the hell? i thought that exact same perception of hindus LOL .. buddhists will eat anything, dear ..
I was just talking about who I met, dear. I did nicely ask if a lot of them did eat meat, and I wasn't aware of it.
i think he was just in shock.
i was in shock when you guys said hindu's eat meat, i've never seen one that does. what opposing views we have lol
i was in shock when you guys said hindu's eat meat, i've never seen one that does. what opposing views we have lol
in that case we eat meat just like everyone else .. probably more so than everyone else consumes .. there's like fish paste in almost everything you can imagine in khmer cuisine .. even seemingly innocent looking vegetarian dishes will have some type of meat like crab or shirmp paste in it.. that is for khmer buddhists ...
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 02:22 AM)
i think he was just in shock.
i was in shock when you guys said hindu's eat meat, i've never seen one that does. what opposing views we have lol
If you read some of the earlier threads here, it sometimes depends on what part of India you're from and what sect you belong to.
I don't know where you live, but Gujaratis are one of the most common Hindus you will run into abroad. Maybe that's why people are under the impression that most Hindus don't touch meat.
What's khmer cuisine like?
lots of fish, curry, noodles, herbs, mint, pepper .. from what i noticed, most food has like 3 different flavours into one dish .. say chicken curry soup for example. .if you eat it, you will say, it has the taste of curry, but very sweet and is a bit spicy ... maybe hard to imagine but .. some stir-fried dishes are like salty, sweet, then spicy ...
is it pretty similar to thai food?
i see thai places all over, but never laotian, and cambodian.
i see thai places all over, but never laotian, and cambodian.
yeh less spicy though .. oh crap, i think we better get back on topic before toki comes and close this ..
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hindus shouldnt mind praying at a buddhist temple because buddhism (i think) came out of hinduism..
return to topic >>
hindus shouldnt mind praying at a buddhist temple because buddhism (i think) came out of hinduism..
i already had 2 threads closed today. next mod to close a thread of mine will get slapped.
on topic:
is it just me, or do both hindu/buddhist temples look ugly in the USA? i look at pics of them in places like india (hindu/buddhist), southeast asia (buddhist), and japan (shinto-buddhist) and compare them to the crap i see here and it's incredible.
usa has no architecture at all.
on topic:
is it just me, or do both hindu/buddhist temples look ugly in the USA? i look at pics of them in places like india (hindu/buddhist), southeast asia (buddhist), and japan (shinto-buddhist) and compare them to the crap i see here and it's incredible.
usa has no architecture at all.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 12:53 AM)
i already had 2 threads closed today. next mod to close a thread of mine will get slapped.
on topic:
is it just me, or do both hindu/buddhist temples look ugly in the USA? i look at pics of them in places like india (hindu/buddhist), southeast asia (buddhist), and japan (shinto-buddhist) and compare them to the crap i see here and it's incredible.
usa has no architecture at all.
I'd think twice about that statement ... i've never seen with my own eyes of what authentic buddhist/hindu temples should look like, but there's this buddhist temple in stockton that in downtown and it's hella tricked out ... the donations the temple recieve from visitors is unimaginable.. we honestly as regulars dont know how much actually goes into donations, but the temple officials do a great job to deliver and visually deck out the temple.. at least we can physically see where our money is going .. so they repaint the temple, color the statues, build statues and .. in one area of the temple they built a HUGE resting buddha that statue was soo long and it was coloured too .. then somewhere near that area, statues of guatama shidratha's life story was erected into a counter clockwise chronological event/scene .. no need to show descriptions about the statues cause if you know enough, it's the story of buddha ..
as for hindu temples, i thought they went to shiek temples ..??
this is what a Hindu temple should look like 
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...p;#entry1620054
Akshardham temple in Delhi!
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...p;#entry1620054
Akshardham temple in Delhi!
QUOTE(radha_chopra112 @ Sep 2 2006, 03:07 AM)
this is what a Hindu temple should look like
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...p;#entry1620054
Akshardham temple in Delhi!
SWEET.
goomba the one you described sounds awesome. i guess it depends, but from what i've seen in my area (san diego) the temples are rather plain.
that is fu-king awesome!!!!! it looks to be very very modern angkor-ish ...
Lotus Temple. looks like the sydney opera house.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 07:39 AM)
i felt like i'd ask here since most of you are probably hindu's. i know hindu's and buddhists are similar in so many aspects so - would you hindu's pray in a buddhist temple ever, and for any buddhist, would you ever pray in a hindu temple?
i am a buddhist, and yes i would pray in a hindu temple. i have heard its not uncommon for buddhists/hindu's to pray at eachothers temples.
When and how you pray aren't necessarily that important imo, its what the prayers are and mean, so I'm willing to pray in buddhist temples.
QUOTE(ExpressYourself @ Sep 2 2006, 08:24 AM)
If you read some of the earlier threads here, it sometimes depends on what part of India you're from and what sect you belong to.
I don't know where you live, but Gujaratis are one of the most common Hindus you will run into abroad. Maybe that's why people are under the impression that most Hindus don't touch meat.
Many gujaratis outside of India actually eat meat and drink regularly these days. In India its far less common though.
yes i would go
yea all the the amazing temples are in India lol
yea all the the amazing temples are in India lol
Ive been to Sikh and Hindu temples many times before. I wouldnt mind, although, I would prefer to be in a thervada Buddhist temple (wat).
^This is a Bahai temple right?
Agreed about temples being ugly as hell in the states. Chicago area temples probably take the cake in that category. The old temple my family and I used to go in Cleveland of all places are better than the sh!tty temples in Chicago burbs.
As for the original question, I wouldn't mind praying at a Buddhist temple. I'm a big admirer of Tibetan Buddhist practice (official names starts with a v i think) especially. A lot of core beliefs are shared.
QUOTE(ExpressYourself @ Sep 2 2006, 02:09 AM)
From my observations, Buddhists tend to be stricter vegetarians than Hindus. [u]
I mean...as you can see on here, most of us on this forum eat meat...even back in India.
All of the Buddhist-Americans I've met are veggies, but maybe those are the ones I've met? Do you know a lot of meat-eating Buddhists?
I think you're referring to the Mahayana Buddhist monks...us Southern orthodox Theravada Buddhists/monks are not vegetarians...the reason why is because during the time of the Buddha, the monks had to eat whatever the lay community offered them...
QUOTE(Goombaking209 @ Sep 2 2006, 03:22 AM)
that is fu-king awesome!!!!! it looks to be very very modern angkor-ish ...
Angkor Wat was originally huge
Temples of all for dharmic religions are just beautiful. Period
Also regarding praying at Mahāyāna temples technically might not be heresy to a Hindu. Asaṅga tranformed some Hindu gods into Bodhisattva
I'm a Theravadin for those who haven't figured it out yet.
I need to find a Theravadin temple to go to, but its hard. Most Buddhist temples in my area are Mahāyānist...
Oh yea the Guju comment. Buddhist and Jain influences in Gujarat helped bring vegetarianism prominent. Remarkably the Buddhist schools of India were Theravāda
Jain/Hindu/Buddhist Temples are usually interexchangable. There are Jain temples in both India and the United States that cater to Hindus. Its not an uncommon thing to see.
QUOTE(Goombaking209 @ Sep 1 2006, 11:53 PM)
I am an infidel, i deny their "god's" existance and even go far to explain why and the real christians let me talk, but the false christians would totally kick my @$$ and crucify me for that $hit LMAO
real christians are kewl.
QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 12:01 AM)
Check that out, it really shows Christianity at it's 'best.'
makes me reconsider considering myself a semi-christian (other beliefs include taoism, islam, etc.)QUOTE(Korean Guy @ Sep 2 2006, 12:05 AM)
wow, i wasn't expecting a full array of "yes" replies.
maybe hindu's and buddhists can form some huge alliance in asia. we need it with all the missionaries and such. they have all the funding.
behold the day when buddhist and hindu filled nations have a strong middle class.
it's time the tables are turned!
Sure I'd pray at a Buddhist temple, why not?
My family is buddhist and we eat meat but I avoid eating pork and beef it just seem kinda nasty
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