Comments on: Dispatches From Xinjiang: The Rise Of Buddhism In The Far West http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-287548 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:54:05 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-287548 The basic concepts of Buddhism are reincarnation, karma and compassionate love and meditation. These basic concepts are missing in many other religions today.

It’s only through compassion, love and meditation that is taught by Buddha can your soul vibration be higher so that you can ascend to higher realms.

]]> By: Alex http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-287545 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:35:50 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-287545 Pete

This is a really good phrase ‘symbolic cannabilism’.

I really don’t know how singing ‘hallelujah’ and ‘God is great’ every Sunday will enable one to become more ‘holy’. As if almighty God needs some ants to sing how great he is.

Christians may think that all who don’t believe in their God will go to Hell, but Buddha said thousand of years ago, only a rock that is heavy will sink to the bottom, while a leaf that is light will float on top.

The analogy means that bad sins such as killing(terrorism), stealing will make your soul heavier. It’s not which God that you believe in that will make you go to Hell but your deeds or Karma.

]]> By: Alex http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-287543 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:28:22 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-287543 Who said these are not Buddhism, you really have no clue what is Buddhism. Praying devas, arhat, bodhisatva for help is just like asking your relatives or close friends to help you. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

]]> By: dvd http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-283853 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:23:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-283853 操你妈拉个大血屄

]]> By: ItemSherpa http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-283266 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:05:24 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-283266 the cross-topic of buddhism in xj needs deeper exploration, though. buddhist interaction in the area goes back some hundreds of years ago – with both Tibetan muslims and Uighur buddhists as a result.

take a look at the little-known salar minority, for example.

this is a topic that goes pretty deep and covers longer history than most are aware! :-)

]]> By: Pete http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-283157 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:03:55 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-283157 Religion isn’t a fixed entity – it evolves and adapts to local cultures. I’m sure the early Coptic Christians would hardly recognize what passes for modern Christianity.

And I’d rather pray for a hot mistress every once in a while than practice symbolic cannibalism every weekend or else be damned to eternal hellfire.

]]> By: Chinese Netizen http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-283089 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:31:35 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-283089 You realize what the Han/CCP practice is not Buddhism at all… rather a “we need to pray at something to get good exam results/wealth/male heir/high paying job/hot mistress, etc.”?

Just look at these vulgar, excessive and utterly tasteless idols coated in gold foil.

]]> By: Pete http://beijingcream.com/2014/08/dfxj-the-giant-buddhas-of-the-western-region/#comment-283069 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 05:28:23 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=25758#comment-283069 Ironically, the ancestors of Uyghurs were once Buddhists too.

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