How many mandalas does the Rig Veda have? What god does Jainism believe in? Which came first: Daoism or Zen Buddhism? What is the holy city of Taoism? Who are the religious leaders of confucianism? What deities appear in The Bhagavad Gita?
Buddhist compassionate Bodhisattva on left) alongside Lao-Tzu and Daoist deities. Buddhism and Daoism easily co-exist and even merge in day-to-day life for many in Asia. The beliefs and philosophies are not identical, but they are complementary. There is no contradic...
There is no mention of Krishna in the original Buddhist sutras(teachings directly attributed to Gautama Buddha). While Buddhism does not deny the existence of "lesser gods", such as those found in the Hindu pantheon, it does expressly reject the concept of a creator deity, such as God. ...
Taoism have numerous ceremonies such as ancestor worship etc. Buddhism legends : Taoism inherited many legends from Buddhism and Hinduism. Many Buddhism/Hinduism deities appeared in Taoism legends. They coexisted with Cerestial Emperor (native Chinese religion) and deified Lao Zi. Taoism itself had ...
‘Why do so many people believe things that are so clearly untrue or at least unprovable?’ I came to the conclusion that the desire for meaning was greater than the desire for truth – and I realised that I desperately wanted more meaning in my life as well. My studies in Buddhism...
But the Buddhist religion over time has become so complicated and has added multiple layers of deities, many of whom have multiple avatars. So it's gotten mind-boggling complicated and only crazy people like myself spend their lives figuring it out." The Buddha, as Leidy mentioned, was a ...
Many claims have been made about the resemblances between Christianity and earlier myths and religions. Some of those claims are true and others aren’t.
How does Taoism view sickness?Taoism:Generations of Chinese have held Taoism in high regard, and Taoism still holds an important place in Chinese culture. For over two thousand years, Taoism has existed in China; even if it is less popular than it once was, many of its ideas have been ...
A sad reality for those who have been learning Chinese, even for many years, is that in every new text there will always be words you’ve never seen before. A good strategy to help in understanding the text is to first identify the words you know: at times this is all that is needed...
I like to think that Shinto shrine prayer in its purity is wordless but at shrines in Japan, one sees many people put their hands together, close their eyes, and (presumably) mentally voice silent prayers in the style of Christianity or popular Japanese Buddhism. Perhaps they are doing it ...