Thoughts on Buddha ?

[Gagan1995]

       What are the Guru's view on Buddha ? Personally, in my view Buddhism is the perfect religion as in it's not a religion. Buddha didn't consider himself God or the prophet of anything. Siddarth Gautama  was an Indian Prince who lived the life of luxury and then he stepped outside his wealthy manor and saw all the poverty the real citizens were suffering. He decided to give up all his material wealth and decided to meditate. I think " don't quote me on this " , I think he went into a cave for 40 yrs to meditate and came out enlightened as the Buddha.  Also what is with every religion figure going into a cave ? It's crazy how many big things have come out of the Sub continent. Buddha, Krishna , Khalsa Panth , Science , Math , oldest university in the world Taxila , yoga. All these things came out of India and yet , India today though much better than before is still a backwards sh^thole with mod violence , riots , illiteratecy, people worshipping cows , pooping on the streets and being generally disgusting. Buddhaism has disappeared in India and been swallowed by billion god religion. Idk, I think Sikhism and Buddhism are very similar. Thoughts ? 

[TejS]

Sikhism and Buddhism are not at all similar. Buddhism is not about the worship of God, it is about meditation leading to nirvana. Sikhism is about worshiping God and then attaining mukti as per God's will.

[Gagan1995]

56 minutes ago, TejS said:

Sikhism and Buddhism are not at all similar. Buddhism is not about the worship of God, it is about meditation leading to nirvana. Sikhism is about worshiping God and then attaining mukti as per God's will.

There is plenty of meditation is Sikhism and through meditation you can achieve peace.

[Guest AjeetSinghPunjabi]

Buddha attained god , just like our gurus did , but whenever buddha was asked something on topic of god, he used to go silent , because god cannot be described . So he used to remain silent . People misinterpreted this silence as buddha's atheism, and buddhism began to be known as atheistic religion , even today. 

But however thats not the case. 

Anyways , Buddhism spread far wide and sponsored by Ashoka emperor of india with vast empire. 

BRAHMINS SAW BUDDHISM AS THREAT and therefore got their brahmin kings to persecute buddhists wherever they could be found. Buddhist monks head carried a price in reign of Pushyamitra shunga the brahmin king somewhere around 2-3 rd century AD. Buddhist monasteries were brought down and they were kicked out of india . 

This resulted in bad karma for indians which finally reaped by repeated islamic invasions and breaking down of hindu temples (like how the brahmans did to the buddhists) .

Now in 1984 brahmans did the same mistake they did 2 thousand yrs back by attacking akal takht sahib and again created karmic punishment for them . Now its a matter of when it happens again. ... some people never learn ! 

[puzzled]

Buddhists don't believe in a creator but believe in deities or higher beings     they don't meditate on waheguru   but expect to achieve nirvana/mukti  through meditation 

Some Buddhists even worship Buddha 

Basically the whole thing is useless what's the point of meditating on nothing 

Sikhi says faithless people have no honour 

[MisterrSingh]

2 hours ago, puzzled said:

Buddhists don't believe in a creator...

They believe in something that can't be described, measured, discerned, and attempting to do so is considered to be the height of futility. Sounds familiar? Of course, there's variations in beliefs dependent on sect, etc.

[puzzled]

22 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

They believe in something that can't be described, measured, discerned, and attempting to do so is considered to be the height of futility. Sounds familiar? Of course, there's variations in beliefs dependent on sect, etc.

but  i think they reject the idea of a creator .Perhaps Indian Buddhism is different to Thai Buddhism, I know this thai lady who i work with and she said she worships buddha   

[puzzled]

i know Buddhism is very diverse but heres one perspective 

 

[JSinghnz]

13 hours ago, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

Buddha attained god , just like our gurus did , but whenever buddha was asked something on topic of god, he used to go silent , because god cannot be described . So he used to remain silent . People misinterpreted this silence as buddha's atheism, and buddhism began to be known as atheistic religion , even today. 

But however thats not the case. 

Anyways , Buddhism spread far wide and sponsored by Ashoka emperor of india with vast empire. 

BRAHMINS SAW BUDDHISM AS THREAT and therefore got their brahmin kings to persecute buddhists wherever they could be found. Buddhist monks head carried a price in reign of Pushyamitra shunga the brahmin king somewhere around 2-3 rd century AD. Buddhist monasteries were brought down and they were kicked out of india . 

This resulted in bad karma for indians which finally reaped by repeated islamic invasions and breaking down of hindu temples (like how the brahmans did to the buddhists) .

Now in 1984 brahmans did the same mistake they did 2 thousand yrs back by attacking akal takht sahib and again created karmic punishment for them . Now its a matter of when it happens again. ... some people never learn ! 

Don't ever compare a coward to our Gurus.

[puzzled]

But his story is interesting  how he left the life of luxury abandoned everything and started living among common people     he did listen to the plight of the poor and dalits and rejected the caste system and Vedas