Hungry Ghost Festival

last SG · 2006-07-16T14:36:24+00:00

the clips very scary man! Bowl also broke into pieces!

laurence82 SG

Its folk tradition or ancestor worship practised by Chinese from the past till now.

I think you are the ignoramus here.

Its the same thing, if I were from another religion and say Taoists and Buddhists are ignorant people.

Cenarious SG

why do dead people need to be paid respects u remember them in your heart not do stupid rituals

monkeybusiness SG

i am from 31 july to 6 aug. TK island too Laughing

Cenarious SG

would u say the same if our folk tradition was to sacrifice humans or something

browniebaobao SG

u mean dead ple deserve no respect la?

laurence82 SG

So is our folk tradition sacrificing humans?

No right

Duh

Cenarious SG

respect them in ur heart not burn things for stupid

Cenarious SG

ours is to pollute the environment and waste paper

same logic right

duh

browniebaobao SG

Do you have a religion? If Yes, what is it? If no, I hope you respect others' religions.

I used to think that it's a waste of effort and money.. burning something and u nv know whether they will receive it.

But I got a different view of it after I lost a loved one. To a loved one that has left us, we just hope that he will receive our prayers and offerings so that he will lead a better life in the other world.

laurence82 SG

Gee, something to add

I always thought Buddhists are a tolerant lot, till recent events changed my mind.

Ancestor worship is a Chinese folk practice, a Taoist practice, some may dispute. But the issue is not whether you believe it. I am not sure if the India, the birthplace of Buddhism, has such thing.

What irk me is that Buddhists had begun a campaign recently to tell people what is inherently a Chinese folk practice or Taoist ritual that it is wrong. I had even receive pamphlets on it.

It got so bad, the founder of the Taoism forum highlighted this issue, and Straits Times article on Vesak Day highlighted some strong response from the public regarding some strong evangelism of Buddhism.

Is Buddhism today become a rather intolerant faith?

Cenarious SG

buddhism

laurence82 SG

Nope

From your original statement, you said it gave bad image of Buddhism. You wanna divert this into a issue of environmental pollution, dont you?

Cenarious SG

i said "wrong idea" not "bad image". lrn2read

edit: and i also said "pollute the environment" in my orignal statement

i conclude that ur an idiot.

browniebaobao SG

I agree with you..

That Guang Ming Shan..

I also told my mum, they should learn to respect mah.

It's not that people are burning offerings 365 days a year.

Maybe the problem is not with Buddhim itself, but with the people who practise it, the so called buddhist?

laurence82 SG

Ok my bad

So why would a Taoist/folk practice and rituals give wrong idea about Buddhism?

its like saying, Islam gave wrong idea about Christianity

Duh

Laughing

Cenarious SG

not intolerant but just to make it clear that buddhism is not associated with this kinda things

some kid out there commit a crime and he says u r his mastermind would u keep quiet?

Cenarious SG

many ppl who do this will claim to be buddhist and they dont even know what the diff btwn buddhism and taoism

and this isnt taoism either just chinese superstition and environment polluting stupidity

laurence82 SG

Xin zhong you gui

Is there a need to point out everytime somebody mention ancestor worship? We are discussing burning of offerings, and i am sure the title or topicstarter didnt go 'Oh look, Buddhists are doing this again!'

No one is saying Buddhism is the 'mastermind', so why the anxiety?

Laughing

browniebaobao SG

then it's the person's fault wor..

he dun even know wat is his belief!

Cenarious SG

yes there is a need because many ppl dont know the diff and by keeping quiet ppl will think buddhism is like this then they dun like buddhism

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