Do i have to worship animals on becoming a Buddhist?
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Sorry, no, you're thinking of Hinduism.
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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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Few of the neo-Pagan religions require people to be vegetarians or vegans; certain traditions or sects might, but they tend to be fairly small.  Some religions may have prohibitions against specific *types* of food, especially in certain circumstances, but again, you're more apt to see this on the tradition level.\n\nThat said, there's a number of Pagans who are vegetarian or vegan, as a personal choice, often due to their religious beliefs.  At the same time, there's a number of Pagans who are decidedly omnivores, as a personal choice, due to their religous beliefs.  There's enough different interpretations that both are possible.
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You don't have to be called a Buddhist; you only have to be a true Buddhist within yourself. \nIn fact, they could have taken each other's hands and practiced walking meditation, so why not the two of you, one as a Buddhist and one as a Catholic? You are the continuation of the Buddha, and you are the continuation of God. That is only beautiful, if you can share your wisdom, your insights, and you can learn from each other and enrich yourselves. That is what I envision for the future, that we remove the barriers between different spiritual traditions, and we behave as people do in the circle of psychotherapists. They enjoy and learn from all other traditions, and I think that each tradition of psychotherapy has something to offer. It's too narrow if we only want to be faithful to one school of psychotherapy.
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than you are not budhist.  you may believe in some of the philosophies of other religions, but you answered your own question.  try a site called beliefnet.com
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http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=8724\nMust Buddhists be vegetarian?\n\nNo.\n\nWhy the fuss then?\n\nThough the Buddha never made it a compulsory rule that all His followers have to be vegetarians, He strongly encouraged us to be. In the Bodhisattva practice of minimising harm to all beings and benefiting them as much as possible, the practice of vegetarianism as far as possible plays an essential role. We can see this in many of the Buddha's recorded teachings.\n\n\n\n“The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great Compassion.”\n\n\n-Mahaparinirvana Sutra (The Buddha)\n\n"...Ananda, I permit the bhiksus (monks) to eat only the five kinds of pure flesh* which are the product of my transcendental power of transformation and not of animal slaughter. You, Brahman, live in a country where vegetables do not grow because it is too damp and hot and because of all the gravel and rock. I use my spiritual power of compassion to provide you with illusory meat to satisfy your appetite. How then, after my nirvana, can you eat the flesh of living beings and so pretend to be my disciple?..."\n\n\n"...All monks who live purely and all Bodhisattvas always refrain even from walking on grass; how can they agree to uproot it? How then can those who practise great Compassion feed on the flesh and blood of living beings?..."\n\n”...How can a monk, who hopes to become a deliverer of others, himself be living on the flesh of sentient beings?...”\n\n\n”...If a man can (control) his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal products, I say he will really be liberated. This teaching of mine is that of the Buddha whereas any others that of evil demons..."\n\n\n-Surangama Sutra (The Buddha)\n http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Shurangama/Shurangama.htm\n\n”The Bodhisattva, whose nature is Compassion, is not to eat any meat… For fear of causing terror to living beings…let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain Compassion, refrain from eating flesh.”\n\n\n-Lankavatara Sutra (The Buddha)\n\n"If a bhikkhu sees, hears or suspects that it has been killed for him, he may not eat it."\n\n-Mahavagga of Vinaya Pitaka (The Buddha)\n\n"Let him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all, nor sanction the acts of those who do so. Let him refrain from even hurting any creature, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world." \n\n-Sutta-Nipata (The Buddha)\n\n"I have enforced the law against killing certain animals and many others, but the greatest progress of righteousness among men comes from the exhortation in favor of non-injury to life and abstention from killing living beings." \n\n\n-King Asoka's Edicts \n\n\nAll true practitioners of the Bodhisattva path eventually relinquish meat-eating. In His previous lives, the Buddha as a Bodhisattva would rather cut His own flesh to feed an eagle than let it eat a smaller bird. All advanced practising Bodhisattvas are thus necessarily vegetarians, since they cannot bear the pain of sentient beings.\n\nWhile nothing we eat makes us impure, our choice of diet is an action with implications. If our choice of diet arises from greed, sustaining the greed obviously makes us impure
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Buddhist do no eat meat, no and if you are intrested in fiding more, try  , en.wikipedia.org, says more than I ever could :)
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The buddhist concept is basically attaining Nirvana. Which means that one does not cling on to any material (sentinels) wants. Once, they are released, they will reach Nirvana or attain Samsara. \n\nBut, letting go is a totally different thing all together - e.g. i will forgo food, as i am too angry to eat. you are fasting but feeding your emotions. This is where reincarnation comes in, but then that's another answers. \n\nAmitaba!
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Raised Catholic, became an Evangelical, ran away from radicalism and the hypocrisy explored Native American, Celtic, Hindu, Shamanism, learned the true history of all religions, rejected the B.S. Read Suzuki, studied Zen, practiced bohemian Buddhism up to present. Buddhism does not require the belief in a supreme being, or personal god, allows me to grow spiritually without putting my brain on hold, teaches that it all is just a moment and is really impermanent.
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no. you do not need to change your religion. learn to love one another but find a way to connect together in other ways if not spiritually.
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The Bible does not give any specific teaching on whether pets / animals have “souls” or whether pets / animals will be in heaven. However, we can take some general Scriptural principles and shed some light on the subject. The Bible states that both man (Genesis 2:7) and animals (Genesis 1:30; 6:17; 7:15,22) have the breath of life. The primary difference between human beings and animals is that man is made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). Animals are not made in the image and likeness of God. Being made in the image and likeness of God means that human being are like God, capable of spirituality, with mind, emotion, and will - and - have an aspect of being that continues after death. If pets / animals do have a “soul” or immaterial aspect, it must therefore be of a different and lesser "quality." This difference probably means that pet / animal “souls” do not carry on after death.\n\nAnother factor to consider in this question is that God did create animals as a part of His creative process in Genesis. God created the animals and said they were good (Genesis 1:25). Therefore, there is no reason why there could not be animals on the new earth (Revelation 21:1). There will most definitely be animals during the millennial kingdom (Isaiah 11:6; 65:25). It is impossible to say definitively whether some of these animals might be pets we had while here on earth. We do know that God is just and that when we get to Heaven we will find ourselves in complete agreement with His decision on this issue, whatever it may be.
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You got it all wrong.Buddhist do not pray to the buddha!We follow the teaching of the buddha and take refuge in the buddha,dhamma and the sangha.However hard you prayed buddha cannot help you only you can help yourself.Buddha showed the path,you have to travel the path .
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You shouldn't worship anything or anyone.  If there really was an omniscient and benevolent deity, why would he want you to worship him?  \n\nAnyone that wants to be worshipped has some serious self-esteem issues.
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You can start going to a local buddhist group.  Most communities have them.  Look in the phone book or on the internet.  Sangha or Dharma are good words to use.  Asian temples are often buddhist, so you can start there if nothing else.  Start reading buddhist books and practicing meditation.  If you do it you will become it.  And stop going to christian church if you don't want to be christian anymore.
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it depends on what religion you believe in. \n\nif youve seen the movie what dreams may come with robbin williams it has a pretty interesting view of things.\n\nif you're buddhist, then your soul is "recycled" and based on your actions in this life, you'll be placed into a new body to live again accordingly. for example, if you were a good person, you'll get a better life in a rich and loving family. if you're a bad person, you end up being born in a bad family or even as an animal.\n\nif you're christian, then there's the whole thing with purgatory and then heaven or hell.\n\nif you're into the whole greek myth thing, then you'll go down into the underworld and if good, go to elysian fields, but if bad, suffer for eternity.\n\npersonally im not sure what happens. i also think that we shouldnt be too concerned with things. if you think too much about what happens after death, you may wind up regretting once u died that u had never really lived....
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from what you are describing I would recommend Buddhism but I could be wrong \n\ntry out this web site and see what your religion should be\n\nhttp://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
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i think if dogs had a religon they'd probably be a mixture of buddists, and maybe wiccians.. :) \nthey have a lot of love for everyone and everything.. they believe in being good.. and good things will happen to them.. and i bet they care about their environment around them