sigh.... first off that was quite disrespectful of that lady to leave. Buddha is not said to be a God, at the in of most prayer we say Namu Amida Buddha which is basically say that he is/was not supernatural he was just a normal person like us. 2nd the waitress was even more disrespectful just being ignorant of practice and tradition of the people whose land they are inhabiting.
Indian religions are quite different from Western ones. In Abrahamic faiths the God DEMANDS absolute obedience and submission, lest he tortures them in hell..In Dharmic religions there is no concept of blasphemy, fear of god, sin (absolute), apostasy, judgement, hellfire etc etc...So it really doesn't matter whether you bow or not or choose to regard a belief or not. Gautam Buddha himself was a heterodox and a spiritual atheist who advised people to choose reason and logic over blind dogmatism.
Lord Buddha (God's human n teacher) actually no need human to bow, HE need us to hv d "Right View" of this world in this universe, HE never asked we Buddhist to make statue also, it's symbolic, wad's more n more important are Meditation (best worship) etc Compassion Kindness Unconditional Love Care and Peace, like if u agree, plz read tq, may our Mind n heart surrounding by happiness, dun be a frog in a shell, dun believe simply even Lord Buddha said, that's real Buddhism.
@JirayuChai you do not need to bow,to worship the majjhima nikaya states the true worship is following the dhamma,bowing and other things tend to a be ritual with no emotion,only when u do it with true love is it not forced uipon ritual.also the same with images. peace and love
She did nothing disrespectfull. She did not disrupt anything. One should never bow to something they don't believe in or think is right. Real buddhists would not require one to do so. She respected the others there by being quiet. I still have to sit through family religious church crap sometimes. Funerals, Weddings. I just sit respectfully, but decline and refuse participation in the rest of it.
She was wrong, she was only required to pay respect to others beliefs, not to worship the Buddha. He isnt a God. But it shows that Christianity aswell as Buddhism is full of bullshit rituals. True Buddhism requires no rules.
What this woman did was right. I am Buddhist, but these monks aren't. Guatama predicted Nichiren's birth as the coming of the next Buddha. Anyone who isn't Nichiren Buddhist isn't Buddhist at all.
Christians and others need to understand something important. Bowing to the Buddha is not like bowing to the Christ. Christ is the son of God, Buddha is not, nor is he a deity in the same sense as Christ is the fleshly incarnation of God. We have nothing to worship. We pray, bow, give offerings, and recite mantras because what goes on out there is what I want to go on in me.
But I understand her unwillingness to bow before Buddha. There is some confusion, and I don't take offense to it.
@BodhiGamer we are to bow before the Lord Buddha to worship the Lord Buddha,worship of the Lord Buddha the higher being is in all Buddhistr scriptures,also u are right the Lord Buddha isnt a god he is the teacher of all gods and living beings,why do u say the buddha is nothings????u have NOTHING to worship?where in Buddhist scriptures did u get the Buddha was NOTHING??
@Buddhist1986 We don't worship anything about the Gautama Buddha. Worship is devotion directed towards a deity. Nowhere in Dharmic scripture does it explicitly make reference to the Buddha as being a deity. The image of the Buddha is there so that we may pay respects to our teacher, and as the Buddha has all of the qualities that a Buddhist wishes to obtain, it reminds us that we must learn and have the Buddha's qualities, his virtue. In that manner, Buddhism is, at its heart, atheist.
@BodhiGamer actually i could quote dharmic scripture all down this page where the Lord Buddha is worshiped in both the pali canon and mahayana sutras,GOOGLE the BUddha is TEACHER OF GODS AND MEN and ALL LIVING beings(cant be atheist if u have gods in ur relgion this is refuted)Buddhists are not atheists we have MANY gods and they WORSHIP the Lord Buddha do you need dharmic texts??
@BodhiGamer (CONT)MAJJHIMA NIKAYA angulimala sutta 86 verse 6 "the bandit WORSHIPED the sublime ones feet" the Buddha is the HIGHER BEING MAJJHIMA NIKAYA exposistion of truths141)the Buddha rolls the matchless wheel which cannot be stopped by ANY GOD or DEVIL or BRAHAMA(highest god)or anyone in the world=how can we be atheists if we beleive the Buddha is higher than any god?MN mahavacchagotta sutta 73"vacchagotta pays homange with head to the Buddha feet the Lord Buddha has been WORSHIPED BY ME
@BodhiGamer (CONT)MN (the greater discourse of the lions roar sutta 12) the Lord Buddha taught in dharmic suttas that their are 5 destination of rebirth HELL,animal realm,ghosts,humans and last GODS these are realms of REBIRTH the Lord Buddha said he was the teacher of GODS and ALL living beings this goes to show u who the higher being is for the buddha is HIGHER than ALL living beings.also if u read this sutta he WALKS ON WATER and FLYS IN SPACE.
@BodhiGamer (CONT)DIGHA NIKAYA what the brahamna didnt know sutta 11) a monk goes to ALL the realms of gods to get them to answer a question finially ALL the gods tell him to go to the HIGHEST GOD the great brahma which the HIGHEST GOD tell the monk that he doesnt know the answer & ONLY the Buddha could answer this question showing the Lord Buddha is HIGHER BEING DN 29 the Buddha is the RULER OF ALL,DN 16 after he dies they worship his relics,DN sutta 4 the Buddha is "revered & WORSHIPED by them
@BodhiGamer "We don't worship anything about the Gautama Buddha. Worship is devotion directed towards a deity. Nowhere in Dharmic scripture does it explicitly make reference to the Buddha as being a deity"well the Lord Buddha wasnt a deity he was TEACHER OF ALL DEITIES(gods), Buddhism is, at its heart, atheist.since when do atheists beleive in gods??(brhama/saka/indra)and since when do athiests beleive GODS worship their teacher(Buddha)??
@BodhiGamer (CONT) here is ur dharmic scritpture that states the Lord Budha is teacher of GODS and all living beings which preoves we are NOT atheists(since atheists dont beleive in the existance of gods)also this shows u that the Buddha is the HIGHEST BEING who is woprshiped by all living beings these are from the pali canon i can find more in the mahayana canon if u like?
@Buddhist1986 If you would be kind to point out where in the Pali Canon that is. I'll look it up in my translated edition. As for the Buddha expressing himself as a God, he never did so. In Mahayana he is venerated and viewed as the manifestation of Nirmanakaya, as are all previous Buddhas. Therevada differs on this, viewing the mystical aspects of the Buddha as being descriptive of his importance, but does not hold Buddha as anything more than a man.
@BodhiGamer point out where in the pali canon it is?i gave u the nikaya,the sutta and the chapter in the book what else do u need????the Buddha isnt a god BUT the TEACHER OF GODS hence higher than gods also the Lord Buddha is GOD OF GODS LOTUS SUTRA chapt parable of the magic city Buddha is "HOLY LORD KING among GODS" LS ist chapt introductory Buddha is the last,THE GOD OF GODS(epithet title)LS chapter 16 the Lord Buddha is LEADER OF ALL CFREATURES,GODS,MEN DRAGONS SPIRITS,ALL worship him
@BodhiGamer (CONT)like i said the Buddha didnt exspress himself as god he said he was HIGHER than a GOD,and GODS are LOWER and the GODS WORSHIP the LORD BUDDHA.also yamantaka doesnt mean anything to me the wrathful deity aspect is apart of shadevata worship(hindu trantras) also know as varajrayan or lamaism(tibetan Buddhism is a sexual perversion of actual Buddhism and mahyana and thervadan suttas/sutras state sexual meditaion is wrong views and wrong meditation.
@Buddhist1986 And even in Mahayana, the wrathful aspect of Yamantaka is present. He who defeats the Lord of Death, and tramples upon gods and idols. If you are in Mahayana, Yamantaka is very important to you. When we transcend gods and idols, and seek the wisdom of the aspects of the Bodhisattva and the clear analytical wisdom of the Buddha, then we become Yamantaka. In other words, transcend the image of the Buddha. Buddhism is not rigorous religious determinism nor archaic God-worship.
@BodhiGamer LS15'ALL COME TO WORSHIP THE BUDDHA"LS chapt 12 the Buddha "he who ALL gods and men look up to and ALL species of living beings DO WORSHIP AND HONOR, LS chapt 7,ABLE TO SAVE ALL,GREAT TEACHER OF GODS AND MEN hae has compassion for ALL the living in thr universes.LS chapt 5 "I AM TRGHE ALL KNOWING<ALL SEEING,precher of the way COME TO ME ALL YOU GODS,MENAnd ASURAS,to hear the law.the Buddha even says to WORSHIP the BUddhas do u need the verses???
I am Buddhist, but would have done the same. Nichiren Daishonin called these older Buddhist sects heretical, because they did not follow the path of Buddhism by following the practice demanded for The Third Age.
I think the bowing was another form of a handshake. But this lady has her Biblical glasses on and relates it to worship. Shouldn't Jesus or god know her true intentions? This is what the Bible has to say about women in churches. (reminds me of an abusive relationship)
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."
An idol is an idol. Bowing is an act of deference or worship. A TV HOST sends them into a TEMPLE w/ their hands PRAYERFULLY together to KNEEL before a host of IDOLS & says, "It's not worship"?
Believe the Truth. Settle it in your heart. Act upon it.
Sperm in any orifice other than a fertile womb= no body is formed & earth entry is denied.
Trust in any other than Messiah Jesus/Y'shua= no spirit is born, & Heaven entry is aborted.
Same principle. One Way of entry regardless of protest or opinion.
first of all saying that she "took a stand" is ridiculous. This was a ceremony to make them feel welcome. Buddhism posits no creator god, bowing is a gesture of respect and admiration in this context, not worship.
People may laugh and look one kind at her because of Jesus.. because in the Bible it says blessed those who persecute you and bless those who curse you....so now, they may laugh and show face expressions, but on the day of judgment, they wont be showing faces and laughing at Jesus.. they will be trembling.. Be Saved by Jesus Blood..
@Joepeace70015 who the people who love everyone and wish nothing but peace for everyone. Buddhism is about love and peace not obedience to anyone person no matter who they are or were.
Being a Buddhist,I believe this gameshow is highly intolerent of the participants' faith.Lady,I respect you for standing on your ground ;) A Buddhist must never force anyone to give the same honour we give to the Buddha.In doing that,we are dishonouring the Buddha.The gameshow host clearly knows nothing about the ceremony that was going on.It wasn't a welcoming ceremony.It was a religious service.
respect for the woman... she was the only one who did not bow down before a dead statue... this statues are made of stone or of wood... why should anyone bow down before them???
there is ONLY ONE GOD who is alive and you should bow down, HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST...
@whosperfect78 he was not a god and never claimed to be. jesus and buddha would have been good buddies if they knew each other and both have the same message so let us be we have nothing but love for you.
@whosperfect78 there message was the same meaning they told people to love one another dont do bad things and dont be a bad person. its the same but Buddha never threatened anyone with eternal damnation for not thinking exactly like him.
i see, you don´t understand that there is a higher meaning of what JESUS told us in the bible.... without JESUS as your saviour from your sins, you are a lost person... there aren´t any other truths, but JESUS alone... what buddha told is just a fraction of the truth given by JESUS...
you have to recognize the truth in its fulness--->what said JESUS?? "I AM THE TRUTH!"
pray that the LORD have mercy with you and HE may give you HIS wisdom and HIS knowledge...
@whosperfect78 thats rather vain and petty of your god then as well as weak minded if they have to threaten there followers with death if they dont do exactly as they say thats not a god thats a bully calling himself righteous.
@whosperfect78 why are you claiming that Christianity is the only true truth? That's not right. People are free to follow what they want, but people like extremists and missionaries brainwash people into believing. As Karl Marx said, "religion is the opium of the masses,"
Oh ok LOL! And for the record buddhism has some good philosophy, but that's it. Never will I bow down to Buddha, for he is a fallen one just like us. The only feet I will bow down to and honor is the Great Alpha and Omega, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
I attend Buddhist retreats and wasn't even remotely offended by this woman's reaction as she is just an innocent victim of wrong education. Buddha taught that he wasn't a god and in no way should he be worshipped. He was just an ordinary man who became Enlightened to our true reality thru meditation. Bowing to a statue just shows our gratitude to him for showing us the way and is useful for taming our prideful and arrogant egos. You can even be a Christian and follow Buddha's teachings.
If youre not familiar with Buddhism,im sure the ceremony felt like worship.Im sure the Buddha would understand.It is a most sincere way to pay respect to the One who found the way out of suffering in this world.Jesus is way cool too.He taught many things also taught by the Buddha.We need to find commonality to our beleifs,not the differances.That will help world peace to occur.
What does that mean ? That its ok for us to live in lies as long as there is world peace ? Really ? Why so ?
Jesus did not teach "many things also taught by Buddha". Jesus proclaimed that He is God - and that He is the way. Buddha was just a man, probably a good one. So no please do not compare God and man for "World Peace" - the only thing you would get is a world steeped in lies.
"No that's just it there are no historical facts."
If that is true.. please explain how and when Christianity came to be. Who started all this. And please give me sources.
"Jesus was not even his real name."
First of all.. if you are truly honest intellectually.. how can a person who is just a fable as per you.. have a real and fake name ? Are you saying that a fake person had a real name ? Please be honest.. its good for yourself.
@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
Buddhists does not get offended for what the others say bad about their religion.. and they respect what others believe ... even the Buddha has said “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if "I" have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” so everyone is free to express or follow what they feel from their heart...
"unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” so everyone is free to express or follow what they feel from their heart... "
there is a phrase for that - relative moralism. So if you say like Hitler truly believe that murder is good - it is good. Thats where that "teaching" will take you to.
We all commit unskillful acts. Most non-Buddhists think Buddha is a god. He is not and never claimed to be. Still, to many, Buddhism looks and feels like a religion. Her lack of skill is understandable and she is largely out of her comfort zone. I'm sure Buddha would not have been concerned. As a Buddhist I know I am not offended.
monks can teach and then enforce the rule of the temple if they are not willing to follow the rules then they should be asked to step aside and let them observe the activities of the temple. THATS ALL.
I AM BUDDHIST AND NO BODY NO ONE SHOULD FORCE SOME1 TO BOW TO THE BUDDHA. WE NEED TO TOLERATE PPL OF ALL DIFFERING FAITHS. THE MONK SHOULD BE REMINDED ABOUT THIS ABT FORCING SOME1 BEYOND THEIR WILL TO DO SO. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ALL BUDDHIST TEMPLES AS IT IS PLACE OF REFUGE AND SOLACE.
At first I thought they were going to say the first woman was the Christian and I was thinking... she's no Christian she's just a whiner. I wonder how many people on here who are making a big deal over the refusal to bow would stick up for someone if the "welcome" was held at a Catholic church and they were told to make the sign of the cross on themselves with holy water, but it's not worship?
I think the Christian lady was uncomfortable in a very unfamiliar place and handled it the best she knew how. The waitress from NY, on the other hand was much more disrespectful. She couldn't even hold her hands up properly at 2:20, rolled her eyes, and wasn't interested in gaining anything from the entire experience. What a waste of a plane ticket and a piss-poor traveler.
what she did was ABSOLUTELY right decision. im chinese and i believe in jesus and God and if this was me, i would NOT bow down. i dont care if it is or if its NOT intended to be worship, if i am going to be bowing down, im not doing it for ANYONE else besides God, period. i was in this local branch of a large buddhist charity group and they would bow while standing up to a little buddhist statue and i would feel uncomfortable. this other christian asian girl said she felt the same way as i did.
first of all China is a Communist country and don't believe in Religion.Secondly buddhism isn't a religion at all...so what the fuck about worship?Thirdly i noticed all the fat Americans going into the temple with their shoes on?WTF is that ?is that a respect?
she couldnt do it because shes from te west and shes white,and claimed she didnt want to be disrespectful and guess what fool you were.she has the same attitude the white settlers had where ever they went,but you let someone claim they dont want to bow b4 some shit shes claims to love and then its time kill.
Buddhism is Idolatry so she was right! When ever u Bow in submission to anything u r committing worship even if u didn't mean it u Gave much respect to that Object n humiliated yourself by Humble in Bowing n Prostration that is called worship...Period! Pagans
Um, actually, the Buddha forbade representations of his form (it wasn't until the 2nd Century CE/AD that it began, in order to help it spread in its predominantly Hindu homeland). And by not bowing, they have shown both ignorance and intolerance. You miss the point entirely. Until such time as one has "taken refuge" within the Buddha, one is not a Buddhist, in the purest sense.
Ugh.. it's not even worth lecturing your ignorant ass.
@ORUPRANKSTAZ so What does "taken refuge" in mean Once u take Refuge in something U seek it's protection, it's guidance,it's love,it's help or why take refuge in it off course it has no benefit because it just a Fucking Idol!! "Ugh.....Its not even Worth lecturing" But it is worth alot for me lecturing to ur Ignorant self!!! May God almighty Bless n Guide U out of the Darkness n into the light God is the One n only creator n there is nothing like Him in the heavens n earth! Peace
Apparently, being a Christian means you lose the ability to use any form of punctuation. It hurt my mind to read your onslaught of stupidity. (Note: I'm a Methodist, myself. But I'm sure that's just a "Fucking" denomination to you). Geez.
Cherry, "Buddha" was a man. "Nirvana" is the final state of bliss. Buddha may be IN Nirvana, but he himself is NOT Nirvana. And to all who have been arguing otherwise, please understand: NO Buddhist thinks The buddha was or is anything other than a MAN.
How can you say you aren't a religious person but that you're a firm believer of Jesus? That makes you a religious person [and close-minded at that].
Also, Courtney [is that the waitress's name?] How can you just constantly complain about how hard it is to do that? If it's THAT hard I be she bitched throughout the whole show!! I am so glad I don't watch this show b/c I would just get so angry the whole time..The things people do for attention.. Seriously.
Cherryicecream88, you are free to believe whatever you life, but Buddha does not HAVE to be a God. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BUDDHISM! It is not be attached to worldy ideas and concepts that do not directly relate the betterment of our lives. The fact that whether or not Buddha was a god only reflects a conflict between your upbringing and the information in the outside world, but Buddha was in this world preaching to "let go" and died like a mortal, and left his great teachings behind.
@Cherryicecream88 Well, that is sort of my point. You can believe whatever you want, doesn't mean that its necessary correct; especially when it involves someone who lived in the real world and proclaimed things that were very relevant to our lives.
The Buddha is the Spiritual Father who Christ refers to anonymously because the Jews never would have followed him if he told them his Spiritual Father was the Buddha. The jealous "God" of the Jews is in fact proven by the New Testament to be the anti-Christ.
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@fabtastic2 how dare you say Buddha is not god. don't believe if you don't believe. but don't insult. we believe that Buddha is A God. only One God for me also. how do feel if I say jesus or jehova is not god!? i am sure you would feel bad.
@Cherryicecream88 No, most Buddhists do not worship Buddha as a personal God. Furthermore, I could care less what your opinion is of Jesus because I am not a Christian.
@fabtastic2 well. you said you are not a Christian.so may i know what is your religion pls. i know what do you want to tell me. you said most buddhists do not workship Buddha as a personal god. actually those are different believing. for me, for my family, for my people, Buddha is A God. you go and have a look at myanmar how Buddha is Great. ps, myanmar also got different beliving, but most of the buddhist are believing Buddha as a God. sorry for my english.
buddha is not a god, he has never proclaimed to be one. In fact someone once ask buddha,"Are you a God?" and he said,"No", he then asked "Are you a doctor?" buddha said,"No", "then what are you" asked the person. "I'm awake" said the buddha. Most buddhists who study the dharma do not believe that buddha is a God, as the realm of gods is still in samsara like the rest of us.
@hunnibalhandynas 6 years later, Buddha became a God after he left the palace.
(Most buddhists who study the dharma do not believe that buddha is a God, as the realm of gods is still in samsara like the rest of us.) these words are not for people who is believing in Buddhism. especially at Myanmar.
@Cherryicecream88 i know the scripture says the NIRVANA(buddha) is deathless,and is never reborn so nirvana is IMMORTALITY also the buddha is above "gods" ond men so it does say the buddha is the HIGEST BEING this is true BUT the buddha said the nature of a spirit is to be PURE not ALL POWERULL,NO SPIRIT IS ALL POWERFULL otherwise how come this all powerfull spirit doesnt come down and help us why does it let war continue why does it let children be molested?see what i mean?
@pinkhousemob i know you dont. but you will have to explain your ignorance and how you did not respect some of the children of God to the big man himself. (just in case you cannot understand how that works, you are not respecting the core beliefs of some people and therefore you are not respecting some of the creations of God.)
But I think that the waitress is a bit disrespectful by saying that she much rather go for lemonade. To the Christian radio host umm buddha is not a God he is enlightened
i actually think the waitress was much more disrespectful then the christian woman who didnt want to bow. i can understand the christian womans point of view, but the waitress was just complaining and showing no respect at all for the people and culture.
Indeed, even the Buddha himself discouraged all forms of worship of any images of Himself. And it was not a practice to do so until ignorant people decided they could not live without seeing some sort of physical representation of the Buddha to give them faith...which is completely counter to orthodox Buddhism. So Christians, learn that for today.
No where in any Buddhist writing does it say anyone has to bow down before any diety let alone a statue of the Buddha. If this is an issue, then it is an issue with the game's requirements, not because of any demands in Buddhism.
i have studied bible in a catholic school, and now i start to study buddhist concepts as well. i found that buddhism is a very strict, serious and complicated system, till now i still cant find any anti-logic contradiction in buddhism. while there are too many anti-logic contradictions in bible. buddhism (may also Daoism) must be the most complicated and most science-friendly religion for now. if there were no science, buddhism must be the first choice for replace of nature study.
You're right. Buddhism is profound and beautiful. Buddha is regarded as the teacher of gods and men. To be enlightened, one needs to eradicate anger, greed and delusion. To be a Buddha, one has to be perfect in conduct, knowledge, unsurpass, omniscent. God still gets angry, hate, jealous, destroys and kill.
ALL RELIGIONS HAVE GOOD POINTS BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE WAY TO HEAVEN AND IF YOU WANT IT YOU HAVE TO BE LOGICAL I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO BELIEVE NO THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL FAITHS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVE 1. WHERE WE CAME FROM 2. WHY WE ARE HERE IF YOU WANT MY HELP IN THIS IF YOU ARE SINCERE IN LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH I CAN HELP YOU BUT THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU AND NO BULLSHIT PLEASE IT HAS TO BE SCIENTIFIC USE YOUR HEAD EVERYTHING MUST BE LOGICAL
@nice0071 You just don't get it, do you? In my opinion, I think that BOTH Buddhist and Christian are beautiful religions. And don't worry child, when you have a job, graduated from school, and move out away from your mommy and daddy, you'll understand things more better. :)
buddhism is superior than christianity or islam because of one saying buddha had said:
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, where you heard it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
but christians request us not to ask reason, but only to believe.
it's against human consciousness and common sense.
this is also reason why rational and merciful ancient chinese accept buddism but reject christianity .
@mapscraper YOU IDIOT YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY I BET YOU DONT EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ISLAM HAVE YOU READ THE BIBLE HAVE YOU READ THE AL QURAN AND YOU STUPID FOOL YOU CLOSE THE DOOR EVEN BEFORE YOU READ HOW STUPID ARE YOU WHEN YOU DO DIE YOU IDIOT YOU WILL WISH YOU TALKED TO ME AND I WILL SAY TO YOU HOW "SUPERIOR" IS BUDDHISM NOW. FOOL!
@RevMichelle If she knows that Buddha was Jesus Christ's teacher, she would have bowed to Buddha. Jesus went to India and Tibet to learn Buddhism for 18 years. There are evidence and witnesses. Go yahoo and search for " Jesus, the teenage years" and "The lost years of Jesus Christ." There are evidence dug up (early Christianity writings) which show early Christianity was similar to Buddhism, early Christianity taught reincarnation.
@RevMichelle Go and search at youtube "11 year old boy reincarnated Fox 8 News". It shows a real modern case of reincarnation of an US boy who can recall his past life and names of his family members and friends at young age. There is even a book on reincarnation written by a doctor who is a Christian. He wrote this book after his experiences prompted him to do investigations and found out reincarnation is real.
survivor should not make this show! This make unfair for buddha! U look the camera show the statue and monk teach other must follow how to pray, actually I am just stand and hand together pray only~!
You're a sick human being if you think you can go around telling people their god isn't real, and then cry like a baby when someone tells you yours isn't real either.
@ChristinaWatkinson I can go around and preach the gospel and tell people their god is fake. The BIBLE says that their is ONE GOD and no others. When I say that christinity is not a religion, IT means that christian don't pray 6 times a day, we don't wear certain clothing, christians don't read and pray at the same time everyday, we don't do this and that everyday at 1,4,5,7,8 and 12 o clock day in and and dayout everyday like a schedual. Christianity is not like the other religions.
@JazzyXEdward You JUST said *I* couldn't do the same to you. Well no, YES, I CAN tell you your god is fake, because he is.
Too bad, that's not the definition of religion. Christianity is a religion, period.
There is no evidence, so I'm not going to accept the LIE of the existance of God, especially the Christian God that ordered to kill children and old men and horrible things of that such.
You can worship your man-made Christian god too, it's ok.
@ChristinaWatkinson Pleaaaaaaaaaase there are many many eveidence of God existence. Most people know that their is a God and he is the only one and most chose not to believe. Want proof of God and Satan existence like everybody eles? You and others make Satan the one who hates you and others happy because you are ignoring Jesus Christ. Thats all he wants you to do. Ha ha ha you don't have to be a card carring satanist to be for Satan or on his side.
@ChristinaWatkinson Oh really, no eveidence? Watch this short video Apocalypse end times doomsday 2012 prophecies fulfilled and *REAL*DEMON on My Shoulder*SLITS on My Eyes_1 video and come back here and tell me if christianity is still fake and the holy bible written from a groupe of people who had nothing better to do with their lives.
@ChristinaWatkinson Talk trash about God amd mock Jesus and keep praying to your stone, so when you and others die and go to hell, satan and his demons will take pleasure of tormanting you and others. Demons laughing and pushing you around calling you stupid and saying that their is a God but you chose to worship a stone.
@ChristinaWatkinson All those things you said to me, other christians, things about christianity, Jesus, bible and God who created your tail will all come back to rememberence and play over like a tape and make you go insane and it will haunt you forever in hell and demons laughing at u. Go ahead and worship your god. Me and nobody eles can't stop you or anybody eles.
"Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true." Lord Buddha
I m also a Buddhist but dun blame them for not bowing to Buddha as they dun really understand what is Buddhism and is unfair for them to bow to something which they know nothing about.
sigh.... first off that was quite disrespectful of that lady to leave. Buddha is not said to be a God, at the in of most prayer we say Namu Amida Buddha which is basically say that he is/was not supernatural he was just a normal person like us. 2nd the waitress was even more disrespectful just being ignorant of practice and tradition of the people whose land they are inhabiting.
Gam3Rag 1 week ago
Funny Jesus freeks
thezinkcoo 2 weeks ago
Indian religions are quite different from Western ones. In Abrahamic faiths the God DEMANDS absolute obedience and submission, lest he tortures them in hell..In Dharmic religions there is no concept of blasphemy, fear of god, sin (absolute), apostasy, judgement, hellfire etc etc...So it really doesn't matter whether you bow or not or choose to regard a belief or not. Gautam Buddha himself was a heterodox and a spiritual atheist who advised people to choose reason and logic over blind dogmatism.
darklord2314 2 weeks ago
Im not religous but have a relationship with jesus christ. Gosh sounds religous to be hahah HAte religous christians in denial
algebra123us 3 weeks ago
Buddhist don't require bowing to their Buddha. Certain temples might expect you too if they think you're there to take part rather than watch
-from an ex-christian spiritualist/agnostic who lives with a Buddhist family in a temple.
animesis 3 weeks ago
Lord Buddha (God's human n teacher) actually no need human to bow, HE need us to hv d "Right View" of this world in this universe, HE never asked we Buddhist to make statue also, it's symbolic, wad's more n more important are Meditation (best worship) etc Compassion Kindness Unconditional Love Care and Peace, like if u agree, plz read tq, may our Mind n heart surrounding by happiness, dun be a frog in a shell, dun believe simply even Lord Buddha said, that's real Buddhism.
JirayuChai 1 month ago
@JirayuChai you do not need to bow,to worship the majjhima nikaya states the true worship is following the dhamma,bowing and other things tend to a be ritual with no emotion,only when u do it with true love is it not forced uipon ritual.also the same with images. peace and love
Buddhist1986 1 month ago
there is no expectation or desire in buddhism to worship, kneel, or bow to an effigy, let alone any THING.
dustinmartinez316 1 month ago
She did nothing disrespectfull. She did not disrupt anything. One should never bow to something they don't believe in or think is right. Real buddhists would not require one to do so. She respected the others there by being quiet. I still have to sit through family religious church crap sometimes. Funerals, Weddings. I just sit respectfully, but decline and refuse participation in the rest of it.
heartfire451 1 month ago
@heartfire451 yet the host understood the different faiths, so why did she make a big deal out of it. She shouldn't have come.
ninjatomaster 3 weeks ago
@heartfire451
U miss the point. It was a test, to test if u can force yourself to do something u don't believe in. The woman fail the test.
HoSayLiaoLah 1 week ago
She was wrong, she was only required to pay respect to others beliefs, not to worship the Buddha. He isnt a God. But it shows that Christianity aswell as Buddhism is full of bullshit rituals. True Buddhism requires no rules.
AverageRidesAgain 2 months ago
That woman is suffering because there are too much attachments in that lady ;{
TheDoom13 2 months ago
What this woman did was right. I am Buddhist, but these monks aren't. Guatama predicted Nichiren's birth as the coming of the next Buddha. Anyone who isn't Nichiren Buddhist isn't Buddhist at all.
Muraku666 2 months ago
Christians and others need to understand something important. Bowing to the Buddha is not like bowing to the Christ. Christ is the son of God, Buddha is not, nor is he a deity in the same sense as Christ is the fleshly incarnation of God. We have nothing to worship. We pray, bow, give offerings, and recite mantras because what goes on out there is what I want to go on in me.
But I understand her unwillingness to bow before Buddha. There is some confusion, and I don't take offense to it.
BodhiGamer 3 months ago
@BodhiGamer we are to bow before the Lord Buddha to worship the Lord Buddha,worship of the Lord Buddha the higher being is in all Buddhistr scriptures,also u are right the Lord Buddha isnt a god he is the teacher of all gods and living beings,why do u say the buddha is nothings????u have NOTHING to worship?where in Buddhist scriptures did u get the Buddha was NOTHING??
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@Buddhist1986 We don't worship anything about the Gautama Buddha. Worship is devotion directed towards a deity. Nowhere in Dharmic scripture does it explicitly make reference to the Buddha as being a deity. The image of the Buddha is there so that we may pay respects to our teacher, and as the Buddha has all of the qualities that a Buddhist wishes to obtain, it reminds us that we must learn and have the Buddha's qualities, his virtue. In that manner, Buddhism is, at its heart, atheist.
BodhiGamer 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer actually i could quote dharmic scripture all down this page where the Lord Buddha is worshiped in both the pali canon and mahayana sutras,GOOGLE the BUddha is TEACHER OF GODS AND MEN and ALL LIVING beings(cant be atheist if u have gods in ur relgion this is refuted)Buddhists are not atheists we have MANY gods and they WORSHIP the Lord Buddha do you need dharmic texts??
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer (CONT)MAJJHIMA NIKAYA angulimala sutta 86 verse 6 "the bandit WORSHIPED the sublime ones feet" the Buddha is the HIGHER BEING MAJJHIMA NIKAYA exposistion of truths141)the Buddha rolls the matchless wheel which cannot be stopped by ANY GOD or DEVIL or BRAHAMA(highest god)or anyone in the world=how can we be atheists if we beleive the Buddha is higher than any god?MN mahavacchagotta sutta 73"vacchagotta pays homange with head to the Buddha feet the Lord Buddha has been WORSHIPED BY ME
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer (CONT)MN (the greater discourse of the lions roar sutta 12) the Lord Buddha taught in dharmic suttas that their are 5 destination of rebirth HELL,animal realm,ghosts,humans and last GODS these are realms of REBIRTH the Lord Buddha said he was the teacher of GODS and ALL living beings this goes to show u who the higher being is for the buddha is HIGHER than ALL living beings.also if u read this sutta he WALKS ON WATER and FLYS IN SPACE.
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer (CONT)DIGHA NIKAYA what the brahamna didnt know sutta 11) a monk goes to ALL the realms of gods to get them to answer a question finially ALL the gods tell him to go to the HIGHEST GOD the great brahma which the HIGHEST GOD tell the monk that he doesnt know the answer & ONLY the Buddha could answer this question showing the Lord Buddha is HIGHER BEING DN 29 the Buddha is the RULER OF ALL,DN 16 after he dies they worship his relics,DN sutta 4 the Buddha is "revered & WORSHIPED by them
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer "We don't worship anything about the Gautama Buddha. Worship is devotion directed towards a deity. Nowhere in Dharmic scripture does it explicitly make reference to the Buddha as being a deity"well the Lord Buddha wasnt a deity he was TEACHER OF ALL DEITIES(gods), Buddhism is, at its heart, atheist.since when do atheists beleive in gods??(brhama/saka/indra)and since when do athiests beleive GODS worship their teacher(Buddha)??
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer (CONT) here is ur dharmic scritpture that states the Lord Budha is teacher of GODS and all living beings which preoves we are NOT atheists(since atheists dont beleive in the existance of gods)also this shows u that the Buddha is the HIGHEST BEING who is woprshiped by all living beings these are from the pali canon i can find more in the mahayana canon if u like?
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@Buddhist1986 If you would be kind to point out where in the Pali Canon that is. I'll look it up in my translated edition. As for the Buddha expressing himself as a God, he never did so. In Mahayana he is venerated and viewed as the manifestation of Nirmanakaya, as are all previous Buddhas. Therevada differs on this, viewing the mystical aspects of the Buddha as being descriptive of his importance, but does not hold Buddha as anything more than a man.
BodhiGamer 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer point out where in the pali canon it is?i gave u the nikaya,the sutta and the chapter in the book what else do u need????the Buddha isnt a god BUT the TEACHER OF GODS hence higher than gods also the Lord Buddha is GOD OF GODS LOTUS SUTRA chapt parable of the magic city Buddha is "HOLY LORD KING among GODS" LS ist chapt introductory Buddha is the last,THE GOD OF GODS(epithet title)LS chapter 16 the Lord Buddha is LEADER OF ALL CFREATURES,GODS,MEN DRAGONS SPIRITS,ALL worship him
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer (CONT)like i said the Buddha didnt exspress himself as god he said he was HIGHER than a GOD,and GODS are LOWER and the GODS WORSHIP the LORD BUDDHA.also yamantaka doesnt mean anything to me the wrathful deity aspect is apart of shadevata worship(hindu trantras) also know as varajrayan or lamaism(tibetan Buddhism is a sexual perversion of actual Buddhism and mahyana and thervadan suttas/sutras state sexual meditaion is wrong views and wrong meditation.
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
@Buddhist1986 Tatagatha, God and human teacher, who help people from every realm in this universe, n also our world.
JirayuChai 1 month ago
@Buddhist1986 And even in Mahayana, the wrathful aspect of Yamantaka is present. He who defeats the Lord of Death, and tramples upon gods and idols. If you are in Mahayana, Yamantaka is very important to you. When we transcend gods and idols, and seek the wisdom of the aspects of the Bodhisattva and the clear analytical wisdom of the Buddha, then we become Yamantaka. In other words, transcend the image of the Buddha. Buddhism is not rigorous religious determinism nor archaic God-worship.
BodhiGamer 2 months ago
@BodhiGamer LS15'ALL COME TO WORSHIP THE BUDDHA"LS chapt 12 the Buddha "he who ALL gods and men look up to and ALL species of living beings DO WORSHIP AND HONOR, LS chapt 7,ABLE TO SAVE ALL,GREAT TEACHER OF GODS AND MEN hae has compassion for ALL the living in thr universes.LS chapt 5 "I AM TRGHE ALL KNOWING<ALL SEEING,precher of the way COME TO ME ALL YOU GODS,MENAnd ASURAS,to hear the law.the Buddha even says to WORSHIP the BUddhas do u need the verses???
Buddhist1986 2 months ago
I love being buddhist! <3
Olebrucanism 3 months ago
I am not a Christian or have relationship with Jesus, but if I am in the church I would bow to Jesus,
show some respect you bitch, cunt , whore.
KoreanSatan 5 months ago
I am Buddhist, but would have done the same. Nichiren Daishonin called these older Buddhist sects heretical, because they did not follow the path of Buddhism by following the practice demanded for The Third Age.
Muraku666 5 months ago
in fact, she did the right thing, she choose to be disliked by people in China to uphold her faith.
kronus98 6 months ago
You should respect others even if you don't believe, what if somebody did the same, walk out halfway during the service, you will said they are rude.
candygirlz2005 6 months ago
I think the bowing was another form of a handshake. But this lady has her Biblical glasses on and relates it to worship. Shouldn't Jesus or god know her true intentions? This is what the Bible has to say about women in churches. (reminds me of an abusive relationship)
1 Corinthians 14:34 (King James Version)
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."
wokkitout 7 months ago
becoz' of such people communalism is so strong in our society......
phengla001 7 months ago
An idol is an idol. Bowing is an act of deference or worship. A TV HOST sends them into a TEMPLE w/ their hands PRAYERFULLY together to KNEEL before a host of IDOLS & says, "It's not worship"?
Believe the Truth. Settle it in your heart. Act upon it.
Sperm in any orifice other than a fertile womb= no body is formed & earth entry is denied.
Trust in any other than Messiah Jesus/Y'shua= no spirit is born, & Heaven entry is aborted.
Same principle. One Way of entry regardless of protest or opinion.
OKandNOWwhat 7 months ago
first of all saying that she "took a stand" is ridiculous. This was a ceremony to make them feel welcome. Buddhism posits no creator god, bowing is a gesture of respect and admiration in this context, not worship.
mcneely2818 8 months ago
I am a devout Buddhist... and I think it is perfectly appropriate that she refuse to bow. It is against her religion, and that's that. Good for her!
thelisamannshow 8 months ago
People may laugh and look one kind at her because of Jesus.. because in the Bible it says blessed those who persecute you and bless those who curse you....so now, they may laugh and show face expressions, but on the day of judgment, they wont be showing faces and laughing at Jesus.. they will be trembling.. Be Saved by Jesus Blood..
Joepeace70015 8 months ago
@Joepeace70015 who the people who love everyone and wish nothing but peace for everyone. Buddhism is about love and peace not obedience to anyone person no matter who they are or were.
maluse227 8 months ago
Being a Buddhist,I believe this gameshow is highly intolerent of the participants' faith.Lady,I respect you for standing on your ground ;) A Buddhist must never force anyone to give the same honour we give to the Buddha.In doing that,we are dishonouring the Buddha.The gameshow host clearly knows nothing about the ceremony that was going on.It wasn't a welcoming ceremony.It was a religious service.
sampuna 8 months ago 2
God bless that woman! I'd do the same if i were her and even Buddha would humbly bow down to the King of Kings JESUS CHRIST!
southernsales777 9 months ago
@southernsales777
Philipians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
MrTheHyperactive 8 months ago
respect for the woman... she was the only one who did not bow down before a dead statue... this statues are made of stone or of wood... why should anyone bow down before them???
there is ONLY ONE GOD who is alive and you should bow down, HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST...
whosperfect78 9 months ago
@whosperfect78 he was not a god and never claimed to be. jesus and buddha would have been good buddies if they knew each other and both have the same message so let us be we have nothing but love for you.
maluse227 8 months ago
@maluse227
sorry, but the message of JESUS is quite opposite to buddha´s...
such nonesense can only be said by someone who never read the bible...
john 14,6 ""Jesus saith unto him, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, BUT BY ME. ""
cannot remember, buddha to say something like that...
THERE IS JUST ONLY ONE WAY TO GOD---> JESUS....
whosperfect78 8 months ago
@whosperfect78 there message was the same meaning they told people to love one another dont do bad things and dont be a bad person. its the same but Buddha never threatened anyone with eternal damnation for not thinking exactly like him.
maluse227 8 months ago
@maluse227
i see, you don´t understand that there is a higher meaning of what JESUS told us in the bible.... without JESUS as your saviour from your sins, you are a lost person... there aren´t any other truths, but JESUS alone... what buddha told is just a fraction of the truth given by JESUS...
you have to recognize the truth in its fulness--->what said JESUS?? "I AM THE TRUTH!"
pray that the LORD have mercy with you and HE may give you HIS wisdom and HIS knowledge...
be blessed...
whosperfect78 8 months ago
@whosperfect78 thats rather vain and petty of your god then as well as weak minded if they have to threaten there followers with death if they dont do exactly as they say thats not a god thats a bully calling himself righteous.
maluse227 8 months ago
@whosperfect78 why are you claiming that Christianity is the only true truth? That's not right. People are free to follow what they want, but people like extremists and missionaries brainwash people into believing. As Karl Marx said, "religion is the opium of the masses,"
ninjatomaster 7 months ago
@ninjatomaster
You just quoted Karl Mark... a Marxist, Communist, Socialist, Hegelianist, and writer of the Communist Manifesto.
Your opinion is invalid.
jmann114 7 months ago
@jmann114 I meant that people are driven to such beliefs and No, I am not speaking about Communism.
ninjatomaster 7 months ago
@whosperfect78
Yes and Jesus was a manifestation of God.
God Bless you brother.
jmann114 7 months ago
@jmann114
JESUS was THE manifestation of GOD, the only GOD....
there is no other GOD beside HIM ...
be blessed too.... ;)
whosperfect78 7 months ago
@whosperfect78
LOL yes, thanks for correcting me. I am humbled by it.
Have a blessed day. :)
jmann114 7 months ago
@jmann114
oh, i didn´t meant it as a correction of your comment, but to avoid misunderstandings from the readers, i wrote the comment..
i know that you know that there is just one GOD... the LORD JESUS CHRIST ... ;)
blessings from the LORD...
whosperfect78 7 months ago
@whosperfect78
Oh ok LOL! And for the record buddhism has some good philosophy, but that's it. Never will I bow down to Buddha, for he is a fallen one just like us. The only feet I will bow down to and honor is the Great Alpha and Omega, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Amen!
jmann114 7 months ago
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@jmann114 // Doesn't seem something a "Prince of Peace" would say. Matthew 10:34-36 (King James Version)
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
wokkitout 7 months ago
@whosperfect78 Mel Gibson 6:66 " Smile and blow me"
KoreanSatan 5 months ago
I attend Buddhist retreats and wasn't even remotely offended by this woman's reaction as she is just an innocent victim of wrong education. Buddha taught that he wasn't a god and in no way should he be worshipped. He was just an ordinary man who became Enlightened to our true reality thru meditation. Bowing to a statue just shows our gratitude to him for showing us the way and is useful for taming our prideful and arrogant egos. You can even be a Christian and follow Buddha's teachings.
mycal64 9 months ago
As a Buddhist, I comment the Christian lady. She stuck to her convictions.
We dont use force or violence to make others follow the path.
However, the monk rudely forcing the NY lady to fold her hands properly, hitting her....was a form of violence and disrepect.
7Beyonder 10 months ago
If youre not familiar with Buddhism,im sure the ceremony felt like worship.Im sure the Buddha would understand.It is a most sincere way to pay respect to the One who found the way out of suffering in this world.Jesus is way cool too.He taught many things also taught by the Buddha.We need to find commonality to our beleifs,not the differances.That will help world peace to occur.
imamyt1 10 months ago
@imamyt1
"We need to find commonality to our beleifs"
What does that mean ? That its ok for us to live in lies as long as there is world peace ? Really ? Why so ?
Jesus did not teach "many things also taught by Buddha". Jesus proclaimed that He is God - and that He is the way. Buddha was just a man, probably a good one. So no please do not compare God and man for "World Peace" - the only thing you would get is a world steeped in lies.
MrJamesthecatholic 10 months ago
@MrJamesthecatholic amen! this is what people need to be told nowadays.
blackoutninja 10 months ago
@MrJamesthecatholic Buddha was a good man, but Jesus was just a fable.
MelonNun 10 months ago
@MelonNun
"but Jesus was just a fable"
Why because you think He is a fable ? What you say or think will not alter what is a historical fact.
MrJamesthecatholic 10 months ago
@MrJamesthecatholic No that's just it there are no historical facts. You have none Sir other than crown assertions.
Could you please provide a premise with the assertion that this Jesus was an historical figure and note that Jesus was not even his real name.
MelonNun 10 months ago
@MelonNun
"No that's just it there are no historical facts."
If that is true.. please explain how and when Christianity came to be. Who started all this. And please give me sources.
"Jesus was not even his real name."
First of all.. if you are truly honest intellectually.. how can a person who is just a fable as per you.. have a real and fake name ? Are you saying that a fake person had a real name ? Please be honest.. its good for yourself.
MrJamesthecatholic 10 months ago
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MelonNun 10 months ago
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@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
MelonNun 10 months ago
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@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
MelonNun 10 months ago
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@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
MelonNun 10 months ago
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@MrJamesthecatholic LOL How did I know you'd say that. Yes the original name for the character of Jesus was Yeshua Ben Yosef. I was trying to demonstrate to you how erroneous and flawed your beliefs are. Now once again if we are being intellectually honest; You realize you're just quibbling the discussion and still have not provided me 1 premise with your dogmatic assertions.
MelonNun 10 months ago
Buddhists does not get offended for what the others say bad about their religion.. and they respect what others believe ... even the Buddha has said “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if "I" have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” so everyone is free to express or follow what they feel from their heart...
NationDefender 11 months ago 2
@NationDefender
"unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” so everyone is free to express or follow what they feel from their heart... "
there is a phrase for that - relative moralism. So if you say like Hitler truly believe that murder is good - it is good. Thats where that "teaching" will take you to.
MrJamesthecatholic 10 months ago
We all commit unskillful acts. Most non-Buddhists think Buddha is a god. He is not and never claimed to be. Still, to many, Buddhism looks and feels like a religion. Her lack of skill is understandable and she is largely out of her comfort zone. I'm sure Buddha would not have been concerned. As a Buddhist I know I am not offended.
fratermanor 11 months ago 2
@fratermanor Well said,I concur with you.
imamyt1 10 months ago
How ignorant.
TheRenoReviews 11 months ago
monks can teach and then enforce the rule of the temple if they are not willing to follow the rules then they should be asked to step aside and let them observe the activities of the temple. THATS ALL.
lakc24 11 months ago
I AM BUDDHIST AND NO BODY NO ONE SHOULD FORCE SOME1 TO BOW TO THE BUDDHA. WE NEED TO TOLERATE PPL OF ALL DIFFERING FAITHS. THE MONK SHOULD BE REMINDED ABOUT THIS ABT FORCING SOME1 BEYOND THEIR WILL TO DO SO. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ALL BUDDHIST TEMPLES AS IT IS PLACE OF REFUGE AND SOLACE.
lakc24 11 months ago 2
At first I thought they were going to say the first woman was the Christian and I was thinking... she's no Christian she's just a whiner. I wonder how many people on here who are making a big deal over the refusal to bow would stick up for someone if the "welcome" was held at a Catholic church and they were told to make the sign of the cross on themselves with holy water, but it's not worship?
MsColdCanada 11 months ago
I think the Christian lady was uncomfortable in a very unfamiliar place and handled it the best she knew how. The waitress from NY, on the other hand was much more disrespectful. She couldn't even hold her hands up properly at 2:20, rolled her eyes, and wasn't interested in gaining anything from the entire experience. What a waste of a plane ticket and a piss-poor traveler.
BisonTurdjoy 11 months ago 15
@BisonTurdjoy BRAVO
lakc24 11 months ago
@BisonTurdjoy agreed. Her parents probably spoiled ger rotten.
Silverhairedmage 10 months ago
@BisonTurdjoy true, but I'd much rather bang the waitress.
PunchinTheMunchkin 10 months ago
She is just very arrogant and fanatic!
RanjanLekhy 11 months ago
what she did was ABSOLUTELY right decision. im chinese and i believe in jesus and God and if this was me, i would NOT bow down. i dont care if it is or if its NOT intended to be worship, if i am going to be bowing down, im not doing it for ANYONE else besides God, period. i was in this local branch of a large buddhist charity group and they would bow while standing up to a little buddhist statue and i would feel uncomfortable. this other christian asian girl said she felt the same way as i did.
xcode394 11 months ago
first of all China is a Communist country and don't believe in Religion.Secondly buddhism isn't a religion at all...so what the fuck about worship?Thirdly i noticed all the fat Americans going into the temple with their shoes on?WTF is that ?is that a respect?
MsAllahhuakhbar 1 year ago
she couldnt do it because shes from te west and shes white,and claimed she didnt want to be disrespectful and guess what fool you were.she has the same attitude the white settlers had where ever they went,but you let someone claim they dont want to bow b4 some shit shes claims to love and then its time kill.
TheKennyd69 1 year ago
buddha was not a god, he was awake
bmores8 1 year ago
Buddhism is Idolatry so she was right! When ever u Bow in submission to anything u r committing worship even if u didn't mean it u Gave much respect to that Object n humiliated yourself by Humble in Bowing n Prostration that is called worship...Period! Pagans
moeazysgc 1 year ago
@moeazysgc
Um, actually, the Buddha forbade representations of his form (it wasn't until the 2nd Century CE/AD that it began, in order to help it spread in its predominantly Hindu homeland). And by not bowing, they have shown both ignorance and intolerance. You miss the point entirely. Until such time as one has "taken refuge" within the Buddha, one is not a Buddhist, in the purest sense.
Ugh.. it's not even worth lecturing your ignorant ass.
ORUPRANKSTAZ 1 year ago
@ORUPRANKSTAZ so What does "taken refuge" in mean Once u take Refuge in something U seek it's protection, it's guidance,it's love,it's help or why take refuge in it off course it has no benefit because it just a Fucking Idol!! "Ugh.....Its not even Worth lecturing" But it is worth alot for me lecturing to ur Ignorant self!!! May God almighty Bless n Guide U out of the Darkness n into the light God is the One n only creator n there is nothing like Him in the heavens n earth! Peace
moeazysgc 1 year ago
@moeazysgc
Apparently, being a Christian means you lose the ability to use any form of punctuation. It hurt my mind to read your onslaught of stupidity. (Note: I'm a Methodist, myself. But I'm sure that's just a "Fucking" denomination to you). Geez.
ORUPRANKSTAZ 1 year ago
@moeazysgc then what the heck is getting down on one knee to propose? I swear some people take it too far. She wasone of them
PokemonGuyX 1 year ago
@PokemonGuyX I have no idea i wouldn't get on one knee when i purpose to my wifey! Oh shit she was bowing my bad Fucking Pagans!!
moeazysgc 1 year ago
Rather rude.
cautionhumanbeing 1 year ago
Cherry, "Buddha" was a man. "Nirvana" is the final state of bliss. Buddha may be IN Nirvana, but he himself is NOT Nirvana. And to all who have been arguing otherwise, please understand: NO Buddhist thinks The buddha was or is anything other than a MAN.
KvonNJ 1 year ago
@KvonNJ In other word ...Buddha is a man with a small dick?..just like my neighbor's husband?
MsAllahhuakhbar 1 year ago
No matter, we Buddhists bow down in front of Jesus because we know to respect others!
RanjanLekhy 1 year ago
@RanjanLekhy yes, you are right. i agree with you
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
tha buddha is not a God! thats a proof of ignorance
Aerithandwilus 1 year ago
How can you say you aren't a religious person but that you're a firm believer of Jesus? That makes you a religious person [and close-minded at that].
Also, Courtney [is that the waitress's name?] How can you just constantly complain about how hard it is to do that? If it's THAT hard I be she bitched throughout the whole show!! I am so glad I don't watch this show b/c I would just get so angry the whole time..The things people do for attention.. Seriously.
AlrauneX 1 year ago
Cherryicecream88, you are free to believe whatever you life, but Buddha does not HAVE to be a God. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BUDDHISM! It is not be attached to worldy ideas and concepts that do not directly relate the betterment of our lives. The fact that whether or not Buddha was a god only reflects a conflict between your upbringing and the information in the outside world, but Buddha was in this world preaching to "let go" and died like a mortal, and left his great teachings behind.
sidjtd 1 year ago 3
@sidjtd ok you can think whatever you want but you cannot control to my mind. I BELIEVE THAT BUDDHA IS A GOD. FOR ME, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY PEOPLE.
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 Uh, yeah, I can't control your mind, you're right. You can't control my mind if I thought that Zebra's were God either.
sidjtd 1 year ago
@sidjtd ha ha may be this is my first time i heard about zebra is a god. this is not i am controlling your mind, you can believe whatever you want.
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 Well, that is sort of my point. You can believe whatever you want, doesn't mean that its necessary correct; especially when it involves someone who lived in the real world and proclaimed things that were very relevant to our lives.
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TheSonofman2 1 year ago
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freemoonwriter 1 year ago
Typical Christian ignorance. Buddha is not God.
fabtastic2 1 year ago 2
@fabtastic2, we know
LogosTheos 1 year ago
@fabtastic2 how dare you say Buddha is not god. don't believe if you don't believe. but don't insult. we believe that Buddha is A God. only One God for me also. how do feel if I say jesus or jehova is not god!? i am sure you would feel bad.
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 No, most Buddhists do not worship Buddha as a personal God. Furthermore, I could care less what your opinion is of Jesus because I am not a Christian.
fabtastic2 1 year ago
@fabtastic2 well. you said you are not a Christian.so may i know what is your religion pls. i know what do you want to tell me. you said most buddhists do not workship Buddha as a personal god. actually those are different believing. for me, for my family, for my people, Buddha is A God. you go and have a look at myanmar how Buddha is Great. ps, myanmar also got different beliving, but most of the buddhist are believing Buddha as a God. sorry for my english.
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 @fabtastic2 There are different branches of buddhism that either say buddha was a god or not.
dmileynon97 1 year ago
buddha is not a god, he has never proclaimed to be one. In fact someone once ask buddha,"Are you a God?" and he said,"No", he then asked "Are you a doctor?" buddha said,"No", "then what are you" asked the person. "I'm awake" said the buddha. Most buddhists who study the dharma do not believe that buddha is a God, as the realm of gods is still in samsara like the rest of us.
hunnibalhandynas 1 year ago 17
@hunnibalhandynas 6 years later, Buddha became a God after he left the palace.
(Most buddhists who study the dharma do not believe that buddha is a God, as the realm of gods is still in samsara like the rest of us.) these words are not for people who is believing in Buddhism. especially at Myanmar.
Cherryicecream88 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT buddha became god ater 6 yrs at the temple?
Buddhist1986 1 year ago
@Cherryicecream88 i know the scripture says the NIRVANA(buddha) is deathless,and is never reborn so nirvana is IMMORTALITY also the buddha is above "gods" ond men so it does say the buddha is the HIGEST BEING this is true BUT the buddha said the nature of a spirit is to be PURE not ALL POWERULL,NO SPIRIT IS ALL POWERFULL otherwise how come this all powerfull spirit doesnt come down and help us why does it let war continue why does it let children be molested?see what i mean?
Buddhist1986 1 year ago
They open their mouths and show their ignorance, and that ignorance comes from being American, and Christian
daverigby23 1 year ago
Huh? Buddha isn't a god. She wouldn't be breaking that commandments.
Samuelwhatshisface 1 year ago
The ignorance of these people bowing to idol Gods. SMH
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
@pinkhousemob and so it begins. Buddha isnt a god neither does he profess to be one.
SLwootwootUK 1 year ago
@SLwootwootUK Who cares what Buddha claims
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
@pinkhousemob you're supposed to out of respect. ignorant and arrogant christians are exactly what's wrong with christianity
SLwootwootUK 1 year ago
@SLwootwootUK Please shut up. I know what my Bible says I dont have to explain to you
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
@pinkhousemob i know you dont. but you will have to explain your ignorance and how you did not respect some of the children of God to the big man himself. (just in case you cannot understand how that works, you are not respecting the core beliefs of some people and therefore you are not respecting some of the creations of God.)
SLwootwootUK 1 year ago
@SLwootwootUK I dont know where you got that from but its not in the Bible. Sounds like you just made that up
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
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alexamasan 1 year ago
@SLwootwootUK BTW I dont respect ungodly beliefs youre exactly right. I respect Yeshua, Jehovah, Jesus, Immanuel , Elohim, the Great I AM
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
I wouldnt bow to Buddha either. Christ is the only one I'll bow to to. Him and the Father
pinkhousemob 1 year ago
But I think that the waitress is a bit disrespectful by saying that she much rather go for lemonade. To the Christian radio host umm buddha is not a God he is enlightened
revolversmoke 1 year ago
Shes doesn't have to because she isn't a follower of buddhism its like me not genuflecting if I went to a church I bet buddha wouldn't mind that
revolversmoke 1 year ago
i actually think the waitress was much more disrespectful then the christian woman who didnt want to bow. i can understand the christian womans point of view, but the waitress was just complaining and showing no respect at all for the people and culture.
dehbee 1 year ago
Indeed, even the Buddha himself discouraged all forms of worship of any images of Himself. And it was not a practice to do so until ignorant people decided they could not live without seeing some sort of physical representation of the Buddha to give them faith...which is completely counter to orthodox Buddhism. So Christians, learn that for today.
matreyia 1 year ago
No where in any Buddhist writing does it say anyone has to bow down before any diety let alone a statue of the Buddha. If this is an issue, then it is an issue with the game's requirements, not because of any demands in Buddhism.
matreyia 1 year ago
i have studied bible in a catholic school, and now i start to study buddhist concepts as well. i found that buddhism is a very strict, serious and complicated system, till now i still cant find any anti-logic contradiction in buddhism. while there are too many anti-logic contradictions in bible. buddhism (may also Daoism) must be the most complicated and most science-friendly religion for now. if there were no science, buddhism must be the first choice for replace of nature study.
mapscraper 1 year ago
@mapscraper
You're right. Buddhism is profound and beautiful. Buddha is regarded as the teacher of gods and men. To be enlightened, one needs to eradicate anger, greed and delusion. To be a Buddha, one has to be perfect in conduct, knowledge, unsurpass, omniscent. God still gets angry, hate, jealous, destroys and kill.
impermanentoo 1 year ago
@impermanentoo , u re right, i think the thug in sky (god) may be now learning buddhism to upgrade itself. LOL
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nice0071 1 year ago
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i feel pity for christians' meaningless life because they choose to believe mythology and a story book.
buddhism is theory while christianity is mythology.
buddhism is philosophy while bible is story.
therefore, ppl relate buddhism to science and christianity to superstition.
so, never compare the two, because chistianity is not at the same leval as buddhism.
mapscraper 1 year ago
HOW CAN YOU WORSHIP IDOLS YOU SICK SONS OF BITCHES
THAT
MADE IN CHINA
STATUE CANT HELP YOU
YOU FUCKING HINDUS N BUDDHIST
WAKE THE FUCK UP
nice0071 1 year ago
@nice0071 You just don't get it, do you? In my opinion, I think that BOTH Buddhist and Christian are beautiful religions. And don't worry child, when you have a job, graduated from school, and move out away from your mommy and daddy, you'll understand things more better. :)
xMikaylaReneex 1 year ago
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@xMikaylaReneex I think you are a good
but i dont know if you seek the truth
i dont hate you sir
i would like to guide you to heaven
god willing
nice0071 1 year ago
buddha isn't god lady. the worship is of his teachings
MrVincentR 1 year ago
buddhism is superior than christianity or islam because of one saying buddha had said:
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, where you heard it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
but christians request us not to ask reason, but only to believe.
it's against human consciousness and common sense.
this is also reason why rational and merciful ancient chinese accept buddism but reject christianity .
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nice0071 1 year ago
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nice0071 1 year ago
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i feel pity for christians' meaningless life because they choose to believe mythology and a story book.
buddhism is theory while christianity is mythology.
buddhism is philosophy while bible is story.
therefore, ppl relate buddhism to science and christianity to superstition.
so, never compare the two, because chistianity is not at the same leval as buddhism.
mapscraper 1 year ago
Good ,for her! May God bless her abundatly! She had the boldness and the will to stand for Jesus Christ!
RevMichelle 1 year ago
@RevMichelle If she knows that Buddha was Jesus Christ's teacher, she would have bowed to Buddha. Jesus went to India and Tibet to learn Buddhism for 18 years. There are evidence and witnesses. Go yahoo and search for " Jesus, the teenage years" and "The lost years of Jesus Christ." There are evidence dug up (early Christianity writings) which show early Christianity was similar to Buddhism, early Christianity taught reincarnation.
SuperFairyfairy 1 year ago
@RevMichelle Go and search at youtube "11 year old boy reincarnated Fox 8 News". It shows a real modern case of reincarnation of an US boy who can recall his past life and names of his family members and friends at young age. There is even a book on reincarnation written by a doctor who is a Christian. He wrote this book after his experiences prompted him to do investigations and found out reincarnation is real.
SuperFairyfairy 1 year ago
survivor should not make this show! This make unfair for buddha! U look the camera show the statue and monk teach other must follow how to pray, actually I am just stand and hand together pray only~!
samewish 1 year ago
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JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
You're a sick human being if you think you can go around telling people their god isn't real, and then cry like a baby when someone tells you yours isn't real either.
ChristinaWatkinson 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson I can go around and preach the gospel and tell people their god is fake. The BIBLE says that their is ONE GOD and no others. When I say that christinity is not a religion, IT means that christian don't pray 6 times a day, we don't wear certain clothing, christians don't read and pray at the same time everyday, we don't do this and that everyday at 1,4,5,7,8 and 12 o clock day in and and dayout everyday like a schedual. Christianity is not like the other religions.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@JazzyXEdward You JUST said *I* couldn't do the same to you. Well no, YES, I CAN tell you your god is fake, because he is.
Too bad, that's not the definition of religion. Christianity is a religion, period.
There is no evidence, so I'm not going to accept the LIE of the existance of God, especially the Christian God that ordered to kill children and old men and horrible things of that such.
You can worship your man-made Christian god too, it's ok.
ChristinaWatkinson 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson Pleaaaaaaaaaase there are many many eveidence of God existence. Most people know that their is a God and he is the only one and most chose not to believe. Want proof of God and Satan existence like everybody eles? You and others make Satan the one who hates you and others happy because you are ignoring Jesus Christ. Thats all he wants you to do. Ha ha ha you don't have to be a card carring satanist to be for Satan or on his side.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@JazzyXEdward no there isn't. there's not one piece of evidence.
Keep praying to a dead guy, it's no different. He died a long time ago. Get over it. lol
ChristinaWatkinson 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson Oh really, no eveidence? Watch this short video Apocalypse end times doomsday 2012 prophecies fulfilled and *REAL*DEMON on My Shoulder*SLITS on My Eyes_1 video and come back here and tell me if christianity is still fake and the holy bible written from a groupe of people who had nothing better to do with their lives.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson Talk trash about God amd mock Jesus and keep praying to your stone, so when you and others die and go to hell, satan and his demons will take pleasure of tormanting you and others. Demons laughing and pushing you around calling you stupid and saying that their is a God but you chose to worship a stone.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson All those things you said to me, other christians, things about christianity, Jesus, bible and God who created your tail will all come back to rememberence and play over like a tape and make you go insane and it will haunt you forever in hell and demons laughing at u. Go ahead and worship your god. Me and nobody eles can't stop you or anybody eles.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@ChristinaWatkinson Don't worry, I'm with you on this one. He's just an asshat.
kateebot 1 year ago
@kateebot Oh and don't replay to me again. I'm tired of coming back to this page.
JazzyXEdward 1 year ago
@JazzyXEdward Yessums, ma'sah. I go back to da fields now, ma'sah, and pick you sum cottin. And it's "reply", dumbfuck.
kateebot 1 year ago
"Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true." Lord Buddha
liuyuki 1 year ago
I m also a Buddhist but dun blame them for not bowing to Buddha as they dun really understand what is Buddhism and is unfair for them to bow to something which they know nothing about.
liuyuki 1 year ago
@liuyuki
U right, this show make people think we force people to pray the buddha who does not understand meaning! This show way too far!
samewish 1 year ago