
Originally Posted by
jovipeorliohacokijo
pwede create ka ug lain nga thread ani bro, OT man gud ni. but basically, sulti-an ta ka, dili ko buddhist but i am following the teachings of Buddha nga same sa teachings ni Jesus. Unsa man na: Karma, Reincarnation, Grace. ang meditation ni Buddha ug ni Jesus mao ang akong gisunod gyud. Pero kanang mga sulat sulat bro, dili man kaayo ko mobasa ana. ky basta religion man gud, gipun-an, gikuhaan, gisagulan ra man gud na sa tao. so wala ko sa religion sa buddhism, pero sa teachings, nga teachings gyud ni Buddha akong gisunod. wapa ko kabasa ana nila, but if mabasahan nako unya i refer nako sa teachings, mo comment ko kung Buddha ba gyud na or sa follower/religion na, ug unsay akong nasabtan. Then i think mas sweto pa ka nako sa buddhism nga religion, so pwede pud ta mag exchange of POVs. But dili ka buddhist? unsa diay imong religion ug group?
Kanang gamit ko ug mga verse sa bible, gi cross reference na nako sa akong teachings. pero dri ra sa storya ko pwerte gyud nako basa ana, then apply sa nasabtan for the interpretation. pero take note ha, gikan gihapon sa teachings ni Jesus. Like Impersonal God and Impersonal Christ, kang Jesus man na gikan same sa gitudlo nako. na explain na pud nako why different ang interpretations sa mga christians ug catholics.
Si Buddha ug si Jesus ug tanan messengers ni God, wala gyud lain instructions bro sa ilang students, ayaw tuhu-i ang teachings, prove it yourself mao ra gyud na.
nagbasa ko ani ron, but naa dayon ko nasabtan sa introduction:
Basic Buddhism
A Modern Introduction to the Buddha's Teaching
by Dr Victor A. Gunasekara
CHAPTER 3
The Basic Teaching of the Buddha
Buddhism recognises no creeds whose uncritical acceptance is expected of its followers. Instead the Buddha enunciated certain basic laws and truths whose veracity he invited his followers to test for themselves. One of the traditional epithets of the Dhamma is "ehipassiko" (meaning literally "come and see") which is an appeal to the empirical verification of the Dhamma.
In his very first discourse the Buddha identified Four Noble Truths as forming the core of the Dhamma. These four Truths have since become a convenient way of stating the fundamentals of the Dhamma. They are often regarded as the most basic teaching of the Buddha. The Buddha also identified three fundamental characteristics (tilakkhana) of the Dhamma. These basic tenets the Buddha presented in several ways. Two such presentations have become well known. These are the Three Signata (tilakkhana), perhaps better rendered as the three basic laws, and the Four Noble Truths. The acceptance of the validity of these laws and truths, if only in the first instance as a working hypothesis, is the sin qua non of a Buddhist. In addition the Buddha proclaimed several other doctrines, the most important being those of karma and re-birth. The validity of such doctrines is more difficult for an ordinary person to verify, but their dogmatic acceptance is not expected as a fundamental requirement of those who go for refuge to the "Three Gems" of Buddhism (12).
The three signata and the four truths form the core of the Dhamma. They are at the same time both alternatives and complements to each other. It may however be appropriate to consider them separately.