Is Buddhism superstitious? Reasons for the Buddha statue in the square

Hello! Buddhism is a legitimate religion, not a superstition. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, Prince of the Kingdom of Kapilovi (present-day Nepal) more than 3,000 years ago (refer to Buddha's birthday). Western countries generally believe that Buddhism originated in India, and India is actually trying to shape the image of a "Buddhist holy land". This has caused many people to have the illusion that the Buddha was born in India, which has always made the Nepalese people dissatisfied. Buddhism was introduced into China in the late Western Han Dynasty. Buddhism has eight ancestral families: Tiantai Sect, Sanlun Sect, Faxiang Sect, Huayan Sect, Zen Sect, Legalist Sect, Tantric Sect and Pure Land Sect. Buddhism is also one of the three major religions in the world. Buddha means "awakening". Buddha is also known as Tathagata, repentance, enlightenment, clear behavior, good death, worldly solution, supreme teacher, mediator, teacher of heaven and man, and Buddha. Buddhism attaches importance to the progress and consciousness of human mind and morality. The purpose of practicing Buddhism is to see through the truth of life and the universe from what Siddhartha has learned, and finally transcend life and death and suffering, cut off all troubles and get relief.

Marx and Engels discussed many religions (mainly Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, etc. ), but very few specifically related to Buddhism, only two places were found. One is what Engels said in Dialectics of Nature: "Dialectical thinking-because it is based on the study of the nature of the concept itself-is only possible for geniuses and only for people at a relatively advanced stage of development (Buddhists and Greeks)." Here, Engels clearly affirmed that Buddhists are "people in a relatively advanced stage of development" with dialectical thinking, and the other is Marx's concern and evaluation of a Buddhist monograph. 1861may 10, Marx wrote to Engels in Manchester at that time: "I also visited Friedrich Cobain in Berlin and found that he also visited Friedrich in Berlin. Cobain found himself unchanged, just getting fatter and uglier. I had two drinks with him alone, really for me. He gave me two volumes of Buddha, which is a very important work. "

Cobain is a German political commentator, historian and historical expert, and has written such works as Introduction to the Myth of the Northern Dynasties and the Six Dynasties, Friedrich the Great and His Opponents. Marx called it "a very important work", and the full name of the book "Buddha" is "Buddha's Religion". The first volume describes the life of the Buddha and expounds the outline of Southern Buddhism. The second volume expounds the tantric religion in Tibet. Germany is the first western country to gain insight into Buddhist teachings and obviously praise Buddhism. Ke Ben's The Religion of the Buddha is the first Buddhist monograph published in Germany. 1848 (the year of Wu Shen) In September, Engels wrote affectionately in a letter to Cobain: "Marx may have told you that we often thought of you during the sleepless nights when we were deported. I can definitely say that you are the only person we miss in Berlin."

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