Do some Westerners not realize that some sects of Buddhism are totally faith based?

Jack (Catholicism is the Truth): Do some Westerners not realize that some sects of Buddhism are totally faith based?
And all they do is worship gods, and don’t even meditate? This is different than what most Westerners think Buddhism is.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Sean D
Well they sound just as stupid as the ones that worship god(s) here.

Answer by Rick
And some sects of Christianity worship the devil. 🙂

Answer by Caboose
Yes, I’m well aware that there are forms of Buddhism with deities.

So?

Answer by cynical
Yes, I do which is why I see Buddhism as ridiculous as any other religion. But I think overall Siddartha and his teachings are ridiculous.

Answer by Des
Zen Buddhism is not the same thing. Buddhism has it’s sects, just like Christianity.

Yes, I do realize that many of the Eastern Buddhists are faith based. I don’t follow those.

I like Buddhism because it teaches me how to put things in perspective. How to minimize my materialism and how to be as one with all life.

That is a universal Buddhist teaching.

Answer by chosen
I don’t think that anyone is saying that they aren’t faith based. I am sure that they do worship ” god’S “. The thing is that they don’t worship Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Jesus is the way, the truth and the light. Blessings to you !!!

Answer by lvpinoy48
Yes they don’t realize such a truth.As a Mahayana Buddhist and a totally faith based Buddhist I give testimony to the truth in your statement.Sometimes all I do is worship without meditation.Westerners are often blind to this obviousness.We have many deities whether it be for meditation or prayer etc.

Answer by Angel
In Buddhism there are two main things.

1. Chantings, worship buddha etc,

2. Meditation

Buddha never said that we shouldnt do chanting or worship buddha. But, he said “if you want to respect me , you need do meditation”. Following what he said is another way to respect Buddha.We really can see buddha by following his teachings.

Chantings can make your mind calm and quite also peaceful.

Watch this vidio,its about the life of buddha.You will know who Buddha is.

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Answer by RudyH
True, I suppose that is because these totally faith-based (mainly Chinese) traditions are not very popular with Westerners, so most simply don’t know about them.

One could argue though that this strong emphasis on faith and lack of meditation etc. is in pretty stark contrast to most of the teachings from the other Buddhist traditions, which would be considered ‘mainstream’ in the West.

Answer by NOTe: Tracey
When are you ever going to learn
When Lord Buddha revealed the Dharma He did so in many different way Knowing we { I am referring to The Human Realm ] are all different With different levels of understanding Different capacities and also He know there would be different time periods too
This one for example is termed The Dharma Ending Age when because of you Reptilians doing your thing In time the Dharma will die out It has done this three times previously Lord Buddha was the Fourth Buddha out of a total of one thousand who will Visit this Saha World
Now back in Lord Buddhas time yes there were many great Teachers and conditions on the whole were not bad for learning The same can’t be said for these times
What is pertaining to be Teachers but only to sight are very corrupt and are hardly worth their rations
The unbelievable life sty;le of what is pertaining to be the Dalai Lama is one such example and there are many many others too
Now here in the west Here you all are with the run up to 2012 and the Christian Faith is still a force to be reckoned with in spite of it being infiltrated by Masonry [As is Buddhism too ]
The game plan is Convince as many Christians that Buddhism is a much better way to live and at the same time convince many Buddhists we only need to meditate Driving as many as possible to these questionable centers run for the most part by Self Styled Western Zen Buddhists Many are on here
Meditate with these ? The conditions couldn’t be better to get into their head and grab their “stuff ” Right
Thankfully Lord Buddha was smart You see He left specific Dharma just for this time and guess what We don’t need any of the above
Instead of having to rely on a living Teacher as it was necessary to do in times past Pure Lander’s are able to rely on Lord Buddha Amitabha The Buddha of Infinite Light
In His forty eight vows The nineteenth vow He states quite clearly If a Practitioner can recite Even as little as ten times His Name with focused intent He would be their at the time of death to guide and escort that Practitioner to His Pure land Sukhavati and there have been many recorded account of this happening
There are physical signs that are not only apparent to the Practitioner but also to anyone who happens to be around at the time I have had those experiences More than once
Meditation Of course there is meditation We have the Meditation Sutra along with the Larger Sukhavativyuha and Smaller Sukhavativyuha but again we do not need these centers which are very bad news for us Humans
I thought it was Tibetan Buddhism with it’s Satanic iconography you had interest in
For Humans who wish to hack it out of here here here is the link for Ven Master Chin Kung’s site that contains all a person would need With not a single begging bowl or Donation “suggestion” in sight All free

https://www.amitabha-gallery.org

This link will also lead to a very good book Wrote by Ven Master Tam which explains like no other the Pure Land practice ” Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith”
Now I have explained this to you Hopefully in any future questions regarding Buddhism you wont be misleading Okay