Is it okay to believe in Buddhism? Not superstitious, right?

Superstition is actually self-deception. You think Buddhism can bring you these magical powers, and you think that learning Buddhism can satisfy your selfish desires. This is superstition. This is not the real Buddhism, and it is not what Buddha and Bodhisattva want to tell you.

What Buddha and Bodhisattva want to tell you is to learn to be self-interested and altruistic, to be charitable, to help others selflessly, and to cultivate happiness for yourself. This is what Buddha and Bodhisattva told you and what Buddha and Bodhisattva want us to learn. Learning Buddhism is definitely not to satisfy one's own selfish desires.

Many people always look for Master when they go to the temple, and say to Master, Do the math for me, or for family and friends, and see what our fate is like. If the master doesn't count, he will be unhappy, saying that the master is not good enough and so on.

If you study Buddhism with this mentality, it is all wet. It's not that master doesn't count for you, but that Buddhism itself doesn't tell fortune. Buddhism pays attention to impermanence, and everything is so impermanent. How can I calculate it? How to calculate accurately? Instead of spending time on these things, it is better to do more good things within your power, do your part and do good things for yourself, and there will be good gains in the future!

What is superstition? Superstition is that you have been deceiving yourself because of your own selfish interests. Buddhism is not a superstition, but an education that teaches us to be kind, selfless, compassionate and tolerant.

Many movies, TV series and novels depict Buddhism to the extreme. Do you still remember the living Buddha with eighteen palms descending dragons? So, can Buddhism really do this? Are these superstitions? What is superstition?

What is superstition?

Superstition is actually self-deception. You think Buddhism can bring you these magical powers, and you think that learning Buddhism can satisfy your selfish desires. This is superstition. This is not the real Buddhism, and it is not what Buddha and Bodhisattva want to tell you.

What Buddha and Bodhisattva want to tell you is to learn to be self-interested and altruistic, to be charitable, to help others selflessly, and to cultivate happiness for yourself. This is what Buddha and Bodhisattva told you and what Buddha and Bodhisattva want us to learn. Learning Buddhism is definitely not to satisfy one's own selfish desires.

Many people always look for Master when they go to the temple, and say to Master, Do the math for me, or for family and friends, and see what our fate is like. If the master doesn't count, he will be unhappy, saying that the master is not good enough and so on.

If you study Buddhism with this mentality, it is all wet. It's not that master doesn't count for you, but that Buddhism itself doesn't tell fortune. Buddhism pays attention to impermanence, and everything is so impermanent. How can I calculate it? How to calculate accurately? Instead of spending time on these things, it is better to do more good things within your power, do your part and do good things for yourself, and there will be good gains in the future!

What is superstition? Superstition is that you have been deceiving yourself because of your own selfish interests. Buddhism is not a superstition, but an education that teaches us to be kind, selfless, compassionate and tolerant.