Dear Gayathri, I respect your views. But I must tell you that while we practice Buddhism as Buddhists, we must also be aware what other religions are up to and their principles, agendas etc. We Buddhists must never think that all other religions are so peaceful like Buddhism and they also have the same principles like ours'. They have firm agenda to wipe out other religions and their principles and practices have been formulated accordingly. This is not insulting other religions, this about protecting our own religion. You do not know what danger and threat that other religions are posing you ( Buddhism), so how can you ever protect your own Buddhism. If you have decided that you will never want to think about a subject of "protecting Buddhism", then it is a different matter. Even if you think you would personally be a good Buddhist and no matter what plans other religions have to destroy Buddhism, I do not think you are practicing true Buddhism. Buddha has firmly told that his teachings must be protected and even on his death bed, he has discussed and thought about this subject. So, I do not think a good Buddhist can just ignore the danger and threats coming from other religions to destroy Buddhism. Have you ever given any thoughts as to how most of our large Buddhist countries with large Buddhist populations in the Asia region lost forever??? We have not only lost our Buddhist lands, but we also have lost the Buddhist devotees as well in those countries, making the Buddhism just a tiny religion in this world. And have you ever thought or knew that this situation, which has been created by the other religions have been continuing and in the near future, the Buddhism will become a word in the history books. What happened to our Buddhist countries - Afghanistan, Pakistan and the area where lord Buddha lived what we call Bangladesh today?? What happened to Buddhist Indonesia and Malysia. What happened to Buddhist Philippine, what is happening in Southern region of Thailand today??
I wonder whether at least you knew those countries were our golden Buddhist countries. This is exactly where Buddhists have gone wrong. They never bothered about the threats and dangers of other religions. They just thought that a good Buddhist is somebody who only practice "pansil" and live up to "pansil", they failed to understand that protecting Buddhism is also something they must think of as a good Buddhist. Just because this subject "protecting Buddhism" is not included as the sixth verse of the "Pansil" to call it "Sasil", Buddhists must never continue with their habitual mistake of ignoring the threats posed by other religions. Buddha never wanted his followers to ignore this subject and just keep a blind eye while one by one of our Buddhist countries fallen victim of the agenda of other religions. If we do not seriously understand the seriousness of this issue, soon the Buddhism will lose Buddhist Sri Lanka as well. You cannot challenge my righteous views on this serous matter. Already we have lost large parts of our own country and not a single Buddhist will be allowed to live in those areas. Yet, we are living like "Kasaya Beepu Goluwo" ( or are we like the "Crabs in the pot", waiting to be exterminated?). And again, please do not jump in to a wrong assessment, by insisting that we must be serious about this subject, I am not advocating violence or any kind of off the track suggestions, a Buddhist does not have to follow violent principles of other religions to protect Buddhism. But total awareness of the danger and the nature of tactics used by other religions, their agenda against Buddhism etc. will be the first step forward in the subject of protecting our beloved religion. As it is, we are not even closer to this "first step". Theruwan Saranai, Watudura On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Gayathri Seneviratne <[email protected]>wrote: > Buddhism is meant to be for people who are not duds. If they don't get it, > they don't get it. There's no point trying to explain and make people > understand especially if they're not in an open frame of mind. And *some > *people > who follow other religions are not open to anything else. This may even > apply to ourselves. > > Personally I feel that we should believe what we believe as Buddhists, > because we know what is right to believe but its not fair to talk about > other religions and what they do or not to do because I don't think Buddha > has ever mentioned dis-respecting another's belief. > > They have their reasons to believe in the religion they're in and we should > be able to be compassionate and we should be able to respect whatever > reasoning it is behind it. > > We know Karma exists. And there are so many events that have occurred to > prove it. What goes around, comes around. Tic for tac. However you say it, > its the same for every being. > > And so we leave it at that. Because people must realize it themselves. > > Theruwan Saranai > > *:: I am, who you perceive me to be ::* > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* priyantha watudura <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 17:43:54 > *Subject:* :::SriCom: 1499 ::: Re: : Re: WHAT IS BUDDISM > > Vijith, > You are totally wrong, when you say "non of the religion tell you to do > harm in your life". You are trying to use Buddhism as a "yardstick" to > measure other religions. I seriously advise you to go and study the > "principles" of other religions, specially the principles of "Islam". Then > you will see daytime stars. When you read other religion books, make sure > you do not read their "Promotional books". Read the source books, such as a > Koran, Sunna and hadith etc. > > While you commented with your half baked knowledge, did you know what > Koran has taught it's followers against the Apostates ( Those who leave > Islam) ? It says, if any follower decides to leave Islam, the other > followers must warn the Apostate ( the one who left Islam) to come back and > embrace Islam. Then if he doesn't come back, then behead him, kill him. And > the follower who Kills the apostate will be guaranteed by Allh that the door > of the "Heaven" will be widely opened for the person who slaughtered ( > killed) the apostate and he will be offered 72 virgins who will be waiting > for him in the Heaven. > > So, still you think that you can use "Buddhism" as a yardstick to measure > the nature of other religions??? > > Bye, > > Watudura > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Vijith Susantha < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> >> >> I can say one thing. non of religion tell to you to do harm in your >> life. but, everybody can say my religion is the best in the world. of >> course, that is our nature. bottom line, at the end of the day, All >> Religions in the world are trying to do & say the same. >> >> >> >> >> >> cheers >> >> >> >> Vijith Susantha. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Sumal Jayaranga >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:52 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* :::SriCom: 1491 ::: : Re: WHAT IS BUDDISM >> >> >> >> My dear Friend, >> >> >> >> Buddhism is not a religion its a philosophy . there is no rules & >> regulation for the Buddhism. Some religion there is a rules . like Islam >> they definitely go to church every Friday. Catholic people go to church >> every Sunday . like those rules for the people. But Buddhist people >> doesn’t have any rules for coming temple or worshipped. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Sumal Jayaranga >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Varuna Chandrasiri >> *Sent:* 30 September 2009 09:49 >> *To:* is fairooz >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* :::SriCom: 1487 ::: Re: WHAT IS BUDDISM >> >> >> >> My dear *Friend* >> >> * * >> >> *Can you explain the differences which you mention with Islam and >> Buddhism pls ? * >> >> >> >> *Regards*** >> >> *__________________* >> >> *Varuna Chandrasiri*** >> >> >> >> *From:* is fairooz [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:12 AM >> *To:* [email protected]; Varuna Chandrasiri >> *Subject:* Re: :::SriCom: 1481 ::: WHAT IS BUDDISM >> >> >> >> *Hi Friends* >> >> >> >> *Nothing in the world Compere to ALLAH,please follow the ISLAM you see >> the differences from now itself please.** >> * >> >> >> On 9/29/09, *Varuna Chandrasiri* <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> *Regards* >> >> *__________________* >> >> *Varuna Chandrasiri* >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *Get FREE out going call time of up to 1000 minutes with Lanka Bell's >> Post Paid Infinity package. 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