Christians beleive in 'karma' also: if you're 'good' you go to Heaven and if you're 'bad' you go to Hell...Bill!
--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > It is not at all surprising that you got a funny reaction from people > surrounding you when you said you were interested in Buddhism. Try doing the > same thing with Moslems, and you get a funnier response. Even in this forum, > which is less hostile to Buddhism, you find different views on it. >  > The key point in Buddhism is karma. But Hinduism also agrees to karma. The > difference between the two is the former insists that karma is your own > business, nobody else can help you change it. However, in Hinduism, there are > powerful deities who respond to your requests and assist you. Don't forget we > are a zen forum, and there are a view I term chaotic zen, which denies > anything on karma, or any laws or rules. They say everything is in chaos. On > the other hand, you will also hear all kinds of Buddhist views here. I hope > you have fun here. >  > Anthony >  >  > > > ________________________________ > From: dan_guzy <dan_guzy@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 7 January 2012, 16:08 > Subject: [Zen] When you began learning about buddhism, How did your friends & > family react? > > >  > I seem to be having trouble with this. I'm new to buddhism, just recently > starting reading up on it the past several months, although technically I've > been exposed to it for many years through a variety of tv shows, movies, etc. > My favorite was Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Don't know why, but the scenes > with the shoalin temple and buddhist monks were always my favorite. > > Although I haven't come right out and said to my family (except for my > sister) that I'm learning about Buddhism, they've seen the books and notes I > leave to myself pertaining to it. So far, it has not been encouraging. They > kind of give a disgusted look or a groan when they see it that suggests that > they are not happy about it. They are catholics. I'm an atheist (which > they've known for years). When I finally told my sister that I'd like to > visit a temple in town, she got disqusted and said "why? You'll never go with > me to my church, but you'll go to a buddhist church?" I didn't know what to > say, so I told her the truth, that I didn't feel anything for catholicism > anymore, and that it didn't feel like the right religion for me. She wasn't > pleased. > > Then today I was having a chat with a co-worker and boss at work. I get along > great with both of them, known them for several years. My co-worker mentioned > she and her husband were atheists, so I told her I was too. We both got a > kick out of it realizing that we never knew that about each other. Then I > mentioned to her that I had been reading up on buddhism lately, and she gave > the same kind of groan I've been hearing from my family. My boss just sort of > gave a look of shock and disbelief, didn't say anything. I couple of weeks or > so before that, I was discussing various books with another boss that we like > to read, and I mentioned one I'd been reading called the Peaceful Warrior. He > asked what it was about so I told him, and when I mentioned it has a buddhist > theme to it, he gave a funny look. > > What's funny about all of this is that I've always figured buddhism to be one > of the most revered and highly respected forms of philosophy and religion on > earth. Even growing up I felt that way. When I go online to Yahoo Answers R&S > forum to ask a question pertaining to it, I haven't had any bad replies over > a single question, and if any of you have ever been on there, you know they > can be harsh sometimes in that section. So it really threw me for a loop > seeing all these crazy reactions from people I know. > > Did any of you get these same reactions from the people you knew when you > were first learning about buddhism? > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
