What is the plan of salvation for Buddhism?
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Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.\nReligious intolerance has its roots in exclusivity - believing that only one religion can offer salvation and that the only alternative to salvation is hell. The exclusivist can only see other religions as evil i.e. leading to hell, and thus intolerable. While the Buddha clearly taught that Nirvana can be realised only by practising the Noble Eightfold Path, he did not believe that the only alternative to this goal was hell.\nJust as importantly, where one is reborn is conditioned by one's behaviour not by which god one has faith in. Any good person can have a good rebirth no matter what their beliefs and consequently the Buddhist is able to acknowledge and appreciate the good in other religions. \n\n“It is not the Buddha who delivers men, but he teaches them to deliver themselves, even as he has delivered himself. They accept his teaching of the truth, not because it comes from him, but, because of personal conviction, aroused by his words, arises by the light of their own spirit.”
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Every buddhist shold be avoid doing sins(bad things) and practice doing merits,(good things)\n\n\nhttp://www.metta.lk/
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The first question is ill-posed, for not every religion has a concept of salvation.  As far as I understand it, salvation is meaningless in Buddhism, which does not conceive of a God/Judge Who either saves or condemns its creatures.\n\nAs for your second question: Unitarian Universalism eschews speaking about God, and it embraces both people who believe in His/Her existence and people who do not.  Unitarian Universalists who may believe in an afterlife would certainly say that you don't have to follow their doctrine to be saved, if salvation has any meaning to begin with.
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Most Buddhists do not view Buddha as a god. He was a man who had reached enlightenment - thus not a god to pray to but just a man they should aspire to become like. \n\nThere is not a 'Bible' in Buddhism but most, if not all, would agree that the major teaching of Buddhism is the Four Noble Truths along with the Eight fold path.\n\nThe four noble truths are : \n\n1. Life is suffering\n2. Suffering is caused by desire (I have also heard attachment instead of desire)\n3. Suffering can be alleviated by avoiding desire (or seeking unattachment)\n4. Follow the eight fold path to achieve unattachment (or lack of desire)\n\nEight fold path : \n\nRight view/understanding\nRight intention/aim\nRight speech\nRight action\nRight livelihood\nRight effort\nRight mind fullness\nRight concentration \n\nThere is a sect of Buddhism I believe it's called Mahayana that is religious Buddhism instead of philosophical and they do view Buddha as a god and worship him as thus though this is not the view of the majority of those who consider themselves Buddhist. \n\n(this is what I wrote to answer another similiar question) \n\nI would say the major theme is living a 'right' life by following the eight fold path to achieve enlightenment.
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The essence of Buddhism is not that difficult to state. To understand, now that's another story.\n\nIn short, the essence is Mindfulness and Compassion. \n\nBuddhists believes that all beings are united and are a part of each other, thus the ego is in fact detrimental to our own happiness since if we embrace the ego, we will unintentional hurt others and if we are a part of one another, then we will in fact be hurting ourselves.\n\nBuddhists also believe that compassion is the key to happiness and that the Buddha Mind, that which we must nurture if we wish to become enlightened, is our natural state.\n\nFore more detail, please read on:\n\nThe Basic  teachings are:\n\nThe Four Nobel Truths:\n1) All worldly life is suffering. Causing us to lead an unsatisfactory, disjointed life.\n2) Suffering is caused by the ego. Things such as attachment and desire are rooted in the ego through ignorance.\n3) There is a way to end suffering. \n4) The way to end suffering is found in the Noble Eightfold Path\n\nThe Noble Eightfold Path: (Divided into three categories)\n>Wisdom\n1) Right Understanding - Looking at the world without attachment and desire, without ego.\n2) Right Thought - Keeping the mind on what is at hand and being resolved on renunciation, freedom from ill will, and on harmlessness.\n\n>Ethical Conduct\n3) Right Speech - Abstaining from lying, divisive, abusive and idle chatter.\n4) Right Action - Abstaining from taking life, stealing and improper sexual activities\n5) Right Livelihood - Doing what is right with ones life.\n\n>Concentration or Mental Development\n6) Right Effort - A persistent desire and an matching endeavor to participate in proper activates the are good and just. \n7) Right Mindfulness - Remaining focused on ones actions, speech, thoughts and lively hood. \n8) Right Concentration - by abandoning all selfishness and adopting a heart of compassion, keeping ones mind on what needs to be do including the helping of others.\n\nOn a more spiritual level, Buddhist generally believe in reincarnation, a cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This is called samsara. When we reach enlightenment, this cycle is broken and we are able to move into the next step of existence, Nirvana. \n\nThere are many schools and sects of Buddhism and some very in practice greatly. However, the underlying principals are virtually identical regardless of the school or tradition of Buddhism. \n\nFor more detailed information, please check out the references I have posted bellow.
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Stupid question .. Only a silly people will ask this question .. You really know nothing about Buddhism dont you''\nhahahhahahahhahahahah\n\nWait , are you so dirty minded that you have nothing to joke about already ?\n\nPity you
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That question cannot be answered fully in a few sentences. So please visit the following pages to read the entire thing:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism
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oh ! you didnt read from the website....?\n\nits buddhism....
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I am a Buddhist and I think you asked a very good question.\n\nH.H. the Dalai Lama isn't going to Hell. He'll be reborned as the 15th Dalai Lama. :-)\n\nWho cares what Christians think, that didn't stop him from being the Buddha of Compassion that he is :-)
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On the question of Buddha, and for that matter any one before or after the time of Christ who never had a chance to hear about Christ, can they go to heaven?\n\nThere are several places in the scripture that deal with the question.  One of the best is the opening chapters of the book of Romans.  Paul writes to the Romans at a time when the main makeup of the Christian faith is switching from being mostly Jewish to being mostly Gentile (non-Jewish).  So he talks about people who never heard of the Jewish law and how they relate to God.\n\nHe writes in Romans 1:18-20 about how the exist of God is obvious from nature - whether one ever heard about the Bible and Jesus, or not.  History demonstrates this has every culture and people in the world have had some kind of religious belief in god(s).  So Paul says that no one has an excuse for living in sin.  They all know certain things are right and others wrong.  Yet people still continue to do the things they know are wrong.\n\nAs he enters chapter 2 of Romans, Paul then gets after the Jews, who have God's written law and should clearly know right from wrong, yet continue to committ the same sins.  There is no excuse for them.  They are just as condemmed for their sins.\n\nPaul then agrues that God has also written in his laws into the hearts of men, so that they know what is right.  When a person who has not heard of the Bible, Jesus, the Law, etc., follows those laws written within his heart, that it excuses them from their sins.  And if they do not follow, it accuses them  (See Romans 2:14,15).\n\nBut in the end, any person who takes an honest look at their life, will have to admit that they will never be able to live a perfect life on their own.  They need the help of "god" to do it.\n\nFor Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve, this took the form of offering to God the first and best of his increase.  According the Hebrew 11:4, this witnessed to Abel's righteousness.  He did not know Jesus by name, but he had faith in God that saved him.\n\nFor Abraham, that help came in the form of a convenent with God.  He pledged his life to God by faith, and became the founder of the Jewish and later Christian faith.   By faith he followed God to an unknown land, lived in tents rather than cities, and trusted God to enable him to have an heir at the age of 99.  Abraham did not know who Jesus was, and could not have told you his name. But his faith still saved him. (See Hebrews 11:8-12)\n\nMoses lived before the time of Jesus, but was saved.  Again, by faith in God (Hebrews 11:24-29) he turned from the corruption and carnal pleasures of Egypt to bring freedom to his people.  He parted the sea so they people could cross over.  He was given the Passover as a sign of the one to come - that is Jesus - so that the people would recognize him when he came.  But Moses did not personally know Jesus.\n\nFor the Old Testament Jews, they got the "help" through the Law of Moses, with its rituals and sacrifices.  These were signs to point them to Jesus who would come to fulfill all those sacrifces on the cross.  They did not know Jesus by name, but they were saved through faith that God was providing a way of salvation.\n\nAll these people were saved without specific knowledge of Jesus Christ. Instead their faith was based on a belief that God wanted to have a righteous relationship with his man, so God would provide the help, sacrifice, etc. needed to make things right between them.  Abel showed it in his offerings to God.  Abraham showed it in his willing to give his son Isaac if needed.  Moses showed it in the Passover and other sacrifices he learned from God.  They all looked to God for a Savior.\n\nPaul in Romans 3:25 picks this up, and declares that amoung the things Jesus did was to provide rigteousness for all those in the past who were looking for his blood - for him to come and provide the redemption for sin.  They looked not to their own works, but to faith in God and
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This is from the Buddhism point of view on reincarnation. \nReincarnation is the cycle of life. Your next life can be a human, an animal, a ghost, an angel, a god or goddess in heaven, a bacteria, a bug, a prisoner from hell etc., depending on what you do in your current life and your action. Buddha had never encouraged people end up in the cycle of reincarnation because there are a lot of sufferings: hunger, pain, anger, greed, worries, pride, and ego, in the reincarnation cycle. According to the Buddha, the ultimate goal of a Buddhist should be reaching to Nirvana which means escaping from reincarnation cycle or ending of reincarnation. Nirvana is not like heaven. Nirvana is the end of reincarnation or the end of the cycle of life. And Nirvana is also the end of sufferings or the end of body and mind.
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to save souls into the kingdom of heaven and live a fulfilling life
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You can try this site.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
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Why do we need purification and from whom or what are we being saved?
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True Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all have the same roots and the same message - worship God and love one another.  Buddhism is a philosophy of life that stresses peace and harmony above all else.  If you follow these four pathways, I can see no reason to reproach you.  Yet you, and many like you, have been persecuted not for who you are, but for who people see you to be.  They let their own prejudice blind them to the truth.  The only thing you can do is refrain from retaliation and continue to live as God desires.  You may never change their minds, but at least you will be blameless and able to stand before God without shame.
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I know forgiveness is very important in Buddhism.  They teach that you cannot find peace without being able to forgive yourself and others.
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hehe\n\nGreat question. If God were Buddhist what would She do with Christians? Reincarnate them, they must achieve nirvana on their own by seperating from attachments and striving only for God (although Buddhism leaves the question of whether there is or is not a God up to the individual, but they do not believe that there is an individualized soul. So if God were Buddhist then God has apparently already reached the conclusion that there is a God, but She then also says there is no individualized soul that reincarnates, the essence of us is what reincarnates according to Buddhism). \n\nGreat question. I enjoyed this one. Thanks!!!