Why can Buddhism take root and sprout in China? And few people in India believe in Buddhism?

This is a very good question. Old Master Q Jing Qing also answered similar questions and quoted them, hoping to enlighten you.

Excerpt from Learning Buddhism and Answering Questions (for 27 Hong Kong initiates)

Q: India is the birthplace of Buddhism. It must be good to learn Buddhism. Why is India so poor?

You should visit India and study its history and culture, and you will understand. In the 11th century, Indians suffered disasters and Islam conquered India. That Buddhist, Buddhist student is merciful and unwilling to resist, so escape, escape, where to go? Escape to Tibet. All the Sakyamuni people fled to Tibet, fled to Houzang and never went back and settled in Tibet. So now the survivors of Sakyamuni Buddha are also in Tibet, China.

After Islam conquered India, it restricted the spread of Buddhism. Of course, it is understandable that some people succumb to political forces and convert to Islam. People, everyone has different karma from generation to generation. No matter what religion you study, as long as you study hard, as we just said, it is all Buddhism. Buddhism has different teaching methods in a certain era, a certain region and different cultures. But no matter how he teaches, his direction and goal are the same. This direction and goal in Buddhism is "compassion-based, convenience is the door". This is what we Buddhists know. What is Buddha? Buddha takes compassion as the foundation and convenience as the door.

In Christianity, Christianity, Catholicism and Judaism are one family, and their classics are the New Testament and the Old Testament. Judaism is based on the Old Testament and does not recognize the New Testament. Christianity recognizes the New Testament and rejects the Old Testament; Catholicism is a complete study of the old and new covenants. So I say they are a family, three factions. Judaism belongs to the father and the emperor; Catholicism is the queen's school, the virgin Mary and the queen's school; Christianity belongs to the prince, and the family is divided into three factions, or one. In all religions, we are either cousins, aren't we? They are all my family members who are connected with many religions in the world, so we can talk very happily. I said we are all family.

India's poverty, the cause of poverty, did not follow the teachings of the doctrine. There are many poor people in China. They don't study hard. "In Buddhism, everything needs something", which is well known to many fellow practitioners who study Buddhism. Did you respond when you asked? No response. My teacher, I just learned Buddhism, and Master Zhang Jia taught me. Why? I am poor, and eating is a problem. The teacher passed this method on to me, "In Buddhism, everything is needed". But what? It has a theory, you have to understand, it has a method, such as seeking truth for the law without induction. Do not know the truth, do not know the method, blindly ask for, can not get, there is no induction.

Watch Four Discarded Disciplines. Mr. Yuan Lefan and Mr. Kong told his fortune, which was really accurate. It's not fake I really met a smart man. The annual income is exactly the same as the eight characters he approved, which is the same every year. He is a scholar. He passed the exam, and the first place in the exam is your destiny. In this way, after almost ten or twenty years, he didn't want anything, so he really put it down. Why? It's no use thinking. It's destiny takes a hand. Why daydream? I sat in the meditation hall with Zen master Yungu for three days and three nights without thinking. Jackson Yungu feels very strange and rare. Most people think too much. Why can't he stay up for three days and nights? So I asked him, and he said that your kung fu is very good. As a result, Mr. Fan confessed. How can I have time? It's just my destiny. It's useless to think about it, so I just don't want to. Jackson Yungu laughed. He said that I thought you were a saint, but in fact you are still an ordinary person. As a result, the two men discussed it before they knew about it. Jackson Yungu told him to reflect. After reflection, he realized that he had many shortcomings and heavy habits, so he taught him to transform his destiny.

Fate is the fate of your past life. You did evil and good in your last life, born to die. You didn't repair money or give alms in your last life, and you were poor in this life. Without practicing dharma and giving alms, there would be no wisdom and stupidity in this life; It is short-lived not to practice fearless giving. So Buddhism teaches you, wealth, wisdom, health and longevity. The more you give up, the more you give up. There are some things in your life you can't give up. If you give up, it will come. You can't keep what you don't have in life, you can get it by hook or by crook, but you will still lose it. Why? Not in my life. Things in life are doomed, how can they be lost?

There is no money in our life. The teacher taught me that one or two pieces of charity can always be given. This line, one or two lines, yes, there is no more. At that time, I couldn't come up with ten dollars, even one or two dollars, so I was taught to follow the merits of joy. Many people in the Dojo seal sutras, and we give one or two, both of which we like. This is giving. Release, release is still a fearless charity, one, two. It's getting better and better every year, and more and more is given. Now, on average, you can donate at least10 million dollars every year. Where did the money come from? I don't know, I don't know. So what the teacher taught me is right, and the more I give, the more I give. I don't have any money on me. I don't want anything. I don't want anything. Fabsch, wisdom is growing. This growth, I believe your classmates often know from listening to classics, you see what I said this year is different from last year, and it seems to be more intelligent than last year. Last year was different from the year before. So you listen to my tape. Listen carefully to these tapes for more than ten years. They are different. They are making progress every year. Health and longevity, as you can see, I am eighty years old this year, and I can still bounce. What is this? Thanks to the teacher's guidance. So I am crazy about teachers and worship them every morning and evening. If the teacher hadn't taught me, I would have been reborn. That's true. I will be reborn.

Therefore, if you are poor, don't repair money and give alms. Giving money is based on points and strength. As long as you enlarge your mind and do it blindly, you don't want to go back, and the environment will naturally change. What can't be changed, he doesn't have this idea, he can't sacrifice himself for others, and he can't stay. The more protection, the more guilty. Why? You see, many poor people in the world need wealth. They have no food or clothes. It is a sin for your wealth to accumulate there, put it in the bank and put it in insurance. Pay more and more. It's a pity that he doesn't know how to give. His wealth used to be given and accumulated in his life.