| Frequently Asked Questions |
Ch'an has been called the wordless teaching, but volumes about it ands it's practice have been written in every major language known. Below you will find some of the more common questions that inquirers have asked and the appropriate answer. ..with palms together... |
| Question: What exactly is Nirvana? Answer: Since Nirvana is both a state of mind and an experience, it is not someting that can be related in words, anymore than the color red can be described to someone blind from birth. |
| Question: What exactly is Nirvana? Answer: Since Nirvana is both a state of mind and an experience, it is not someting that can be related in words, anymore than the color red can be described to someone blind from birth. |
| Question: Hi Is Buddha a real person or a god statue? Thanks Answer: The statues and other representations of Shakyamuni Buddha are "3D pictures" of the person who once taught in India about 2520 years ago. He was not God, nor do Buddhists worship him in that fashion. |
| Question: What exactly is Nirvana? Answer: Since Nirvana is both a state of mind and an experience, it is not someting that can be related in words, anymore than the color red can be described to someone blind from birth. |
| Question: My guestion is this:
I have read two different books on Tibetan Buddhism. Both have the same basic things, the refuge and the immeasurables, but one says that buddhism is not a religion while the other says that buddhism is a growing popular religion. I know these are people_s different views but how do you know what is thus?
thank you, kyla. Answer: It is not so much a matter of peoples views as it is a question of how you define religion. For some, to be a religion, there must be a deity or deity involved. From this defination, Buddhism is not a religion. Another defination says that something that shapes peoples attitudes and behavior is the ways Buddhism does is, indeed, a religion. ..with palms together... |
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The questions shown above are those that seemed to be most common of the hundreds of questions that have been asked here. If you ask a question and give us a valid Email address, it will be answered INDIVIDUALLY. Not all questions asked are shown here and some have been edited for clarity.
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