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Am I going to go there because I believe in my king Jesus

@@Ty-or5gi no.unlike christianity it depend on your thoughts!.not according to your belief sytem

@@iamstrange4013 my thoughts aren’t bad I’m not judgmental

@@iamstrange4013 I respect y’all’s religion

@@Ty-or5gi yeah.then you can get a good life

shetravels Thank you so much :-*

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i am very impress to

Sri Lankan this and that Thanks!

konasake Trinh Thank you!

Thanks!

A B Buddha didn't die. He did parinirvana.

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Welcom dear

Yes

Tim Sidon Cool :)

PastorErickDMarquez Yes pretty big and a bit terrible in some places

May the Good Lord Jesus Christ bless you and protect you as you travel in those crazy places....

Thank you!

PastorErickDMarquez Buddhist Temples are not crazy places keep that in your mind

Having a Statue built for people to worship and praise that has eyes but cant see a mouth but can't talk and legs but can't walk what do you call that in your mind...?

GARF UNKLE I know but at the time of his birth the state Nepal didn't exist and if I'm not wrong the whole area was known as India. I should probably have said in modern day Nepal.

Yaiyasmin , you are so right. At that time, it was the greater India that stretched quite a bit in the north and south. It is generally acceptable to say that he was born in India as his father's kingdom was a combination of what are today Nepal and north-eastern India.

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+Altafzaman yes I agree with you. I'm mixed with both Indian and Nepalese, and the kingdom that Buddha was from actually included part of Northern India in Uttar Pradesh where my great-grandparents are from (I live in the U.S. And I'm mixed with a lot of ethnicities, but I am mostly Indian and Nepalese and speak the language). Most of Buddha's monastic life was spent in Northern India (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) where Buddhism flourished, and he was even enlightened there. He also passed away in India. Buddhism had a very large following in India for a time and from there it was brought to China and many other East Asian, South Asian, and Central Asian countries. If I'm not mistaken, I even heard that it reached as far as Greece at one point. Anyway, have a great day!

Jaliya Nayakarathne Thanks for the info, according to what I found this is the biggest in SL, could you inform me which one is otherwise?

Rambodagalla Buddha Statue This is nt a tourist hot-spot though :( www.srilankatravelnotes.com/KURUNEGALA/BUDDHASTATUE/RambodagallaBuddhaStatue.html

What are u mad...my budda funishd u

+Altafzaman no sanskrit hymns are common to each other... atleast not buddhism

+sirdudeus, appreciated. I was informed that hymns in Nepal and Tibet among the Hindus and Buddhist there are common and are of sanskrit origins. The other similarities are: (a) Karma based on individual deeds and actions (b) Materialism, or desire and attachement to worldly things and feelings are the root cause of suffering (c) Reincarnation in next life based on you deeds and actions in this life (and in this life based on those in your previous life) (d) compassion towards all beings (and therefore, vegetarianism, even though not practised by many Hindus and Buddhist) (e) Several dieties or 'gods" (f) meditation, yoga and chanting as ways to achieve enlightment. .... .... CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE(S) ?

+Altafzaman Buddhism and Jainism belongs to sramana culture (atheist culture) , Hinduism is based on Vedic culture (idol worshipping, animal sacrifices, caste system etc) Sramana culture existed way before Vedic culture.sramana as a atheist didn't believe any deity taking control in your life. Sramana believe your karma (actions) decides where your life will go. So you are the controller of your life. Sramana also practised yoga meditation. Vedic people (Hindu) adapted many concepts from sramana (Buddhist and Jains) the concept of karma, meditation, yoga etc was adapted in Hinduism from Buddhist and Jains Karma in Hinduism is different. Karma is mostly like getting a reward of better life in your next birth. For ex, if you are a shudra ( a lower caste person) according to Hinduism, it's a lower caste persons duty to serve upper castes, and if he serves them well, in his next life he will be born in higher caste Buddhism karma isn't about getting a reward.

+Altafzaman Buddhist don't have reincarnation. Buddhist believe in rebirth. As I explained you Hindu reincarnation is based on the religious duties given to particular caste. If they perform it well, they are born in higher caste. In Buddhism karma is not based on religious actions, it's based on morality. Positive actions brings positive things in life, negative brings negative.buddhism the highest goal is nirvana About vegetarianism , Theravada Buddhist (orthodox Buddhist) do follow vegetarianism. My family don't eat meat. About Hinduism, again, ancient Hindus used to eat cows, goats etc. You can find the references in rigveda (Hindu holy book) . Even Brahmins used to eat cows in ancient India. Vegetarianism was again another thing Hindus adopted from Buddhists and Jains. But it's not followed anymore in Hinduism. However Jains and Buddhist in India are mostly veggies .

No, buddists try to attain the state of nibbana.when you achieve this state you will be no more . This is only found in Buddhism .and the way of practice is very very UNIQUE to buddhism. many non buddhists were fooled by hindu purana books. Those similer looking hyms were later adopteded because they had actual values. But there are only a very of them .but every single idea in the core of Buddhism(the bodhi pakshika damma,...)is unique ,and found nowhere else. So don't be fooled by those idiots saying Buddhism is created from hinduism or blah blah blah. In fact from the history we can see hindus were very jealous at Buddhism.later in the guptha ira they created false information about Budda in order to make Buddhism a part of it. But the truth is real BUDDHISM AND ITS PHILOSOPHY NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE RELATED TO ANY OTHER RELIGION OR PHILOSOPHY. using the same or related language /having similer words/......doesn't mean Buddhism or hinduism or jainism have same roots. If you study them to their greatest depths.you'll find out the three religions are unique. (Hinduism was created long after.before then there wasonly a bunch of philosophies.if there was anything true in those,buddha pointed out them as true abpnd good for well being.eg some dyaanas which were fpund by early people( RISHIS ,not hindus)were actually real.so buddha also pointed out them.saying same things doesn't make one, a part of the other. I think now you have understood that.

No that's actually in Sri Lanka

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Virak Thong Wrong. Prove it. Buddha said those are actually exists. Read the "Majjima Nikaya" and "Devadutta sutraya"