Jessie

Are there any Taiwanese spiritual people in here who are either master or practitioners or followers? My name is Jessie Jiang, not too famous in the West, but I like to invite all Taiwanese spiritual people in here, whom I know there are a lot, to talk about Taiwanese Humanistc Buddhism. Discussion: Taiwanese Humanistic Buddhism? A waste of time and energy? Why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Taiwan Several of these figures have been influenced by the Humanistic Buddhism (人間佛教) of Master Yin Shun (印順), a theological approach which has come to distinguish Taiwanese Buddhism. This notion of ‘Humanistic Buddhism’ promotes a more direct relationship between Buddhist communities and the wider society. Also known as Socially Engaged Buddhism, its focuses on the improvement of society through participation in aspects such as environmental conservation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Buddhism Chinese Buddhism incorporates elements of traditional Buddhism and Taoism. Common practices include praying with incense paying respect to dead ancestors during Qingming and Hungry Ghost festival praying to multitude of deities such as Guanyin, Deva who resides in the heavenly realm recognition of existence of ghosts and hell realm reincarnation(超生) retribution(報應) people affinity(緣份) perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace(超渡) vegetarianism and compassion towards all living beings[71] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_Buddhism Temple Nan Tien outlines the principles of humanistic Buddhism as integrating Buddhist practices into everyday life based on the nature of Sakyamuni Buddha achieving Buddhahood while bound in an earthly form. Humanistic Buddhism is based on 6 core concepts: humanism, altruism, spiritual practices as part of daily life, joyfulness, timeliness, and the universality of saving all beings. From these principles, the aim of humanistic Buddhism is to reconnect Buddhist practice with the ordinary and places emphasis on caring for the material world, not solely concerned with achieving delivery from it.

I am going to repeat the following question again and again? Why do all of you seek Enlightenments to become Buddhas? Do you think any Buddhas are free from Samsaric Rebirths? Why do you think the whole world is still in Samsara?

Where are the sitting meditational awareness practises in Taiwan Buddhist Religions, not spiritualities? Do any Taiwanese people sincerely, honestly think that just by mindless, incessant praying to the Buddhas and zillions of nameless Taiwanese Chinese gods and goddesses like the Jade Emperor who was reported to be the chief protector and chief follower of the Buddhas, they can ascend to Buddhahood? More importantly, how can you get rid of your samsara prisons just by blind faiths alone? Just by doing endless bowings prostations and offering all manner of offerings to the Buddha Altars every day? Are Taiwanese Buddha Monks even taught any kind of awareness practises in the first place? If not, then aren't such Taiwanese Buddha Monks considered to be fake adherents of the fake buddha paths and should be killed on sight, just like what Shakyamuni Buddha said, "if you see a buddha, kill him."?

Isn't Meditation and Awareness Practices the Cores of All Things Buddhism? But the Taiwanese do not practise Meditation or any other types of Awareness Practices at all. Hey, they don't even teach Meditations and Awareness Practices to their own Taiwanese citizens, let alone outsiders non-Taiwanese foreigners. All they do is to preach nonsensical values about adhering to the precepts like Christian and Catholics fundamentalists. Taiwanese Buddhists are no different than Zealous Muslim Terrorist Fundamentalists who live and die by their religions, not spiritualities. Do any Taiwanese in here think that Taiwanese Humanistic Buddhism is a spirituality, not a religion? What do Taiwanese Humanistic Buddhism teach? Uncessant prayers to Buddhas and other non Buddhist-Gods like the 4 Heavenly Kings of Taiwan who are not even Bodhistavas, let alone Buddhas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Heavenly_Kings They even organise useless, time-wasting dog-and-pony-shows ceremonies with funky costume dances and low-brow, old-fashioned, idiotic drum-beating, noisy horn-blowings as a way of showing their obsessive zealousness to all things Buddhas. Useless Fake Time-Wasting Dog-And-Pony-Shows Mindless Chanting with songs not meant for human ear consumptions.

Ni Hao! I am a Taiwanese girl who sincerely practises no religion but I do meditations every now and then. I am trying to do "qigong" in my every action, every thought.. which means "qigong awareness" with my every action, every thought.. There are very few Taiwanese girls whom I know, both local Taiwanese girls in Taiwan and overseas Taiwanese girls in foreign countries, who actually practise true spirituality. The sad truth is.. Taiwan considered itself to be the "Heart of Asia" back before 2012.. and Taiwan is supposed to be the most spiritual Chinese country, even bigger than Hong Kong.. There are over 5000 temples in Taiwan of Buddhist, Daoist and other Chinese Religious Origins.. But the true teachers of spiritualities hardly, never venture visit these temples.. because the temple keepers of these 5000 Buddhist, Daoist, Chinese Religious Temples in Taiwan chase them away all the time for the past 40 years ever since God created this world.. I have travelled to numerous countries and I have surfed the internet frequently looking for Taiwanese spiritual teachers who teach in English because English is my native tongue with Mandrain being my second language. My Chinese comprehension understanding literacy skills are hardly as good as my English literacy skills. Yet the most famous Oriental East Asian spiritual teachers who teach anything spiritual are mainly China or Tibetan Origins. Does this mean that the China Chinese people or Tibetan people are more spiritual than the Taiwanese people? Yes. Because although the Taiwanese people have more than 5000 temples in Taiwan, they are hardly spiritual. They only pray to God or their Gods for wealth, love, health, political power, "spiritual power" etc. There are hardly any Taiwanese who pray to God or their Gods in order to evolve themselves, mentally, emotionally, physically..

Xie Xie Ni for your reply, Spotless. I came to this forum because I am a Taiwanese Chinese. In Taiwan, there is such a myriad of religions that it is mind-boggling. Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese Folk Religion.. The mythologies of Gods and Goddesses in Taiwan pervade our very own Taiwanese people's lives.. Yet every time I stepped into one of the many thousands of Taiwanese temples, I see countless Taiwanese prostating themselves before their Gods praying for wealth, health, love, powers of all kinds.. Ya know.. the Taiwanese actually look down on almost all races because they view almost all non-Taiwanese races and especially China Chinese people as ""non-spiritual?"" because the China Communist governments burned down all the temples and destroyed all religious material during the Mao Tze Dong's Red Cultural Revolutions. The Taiwanese took special pride in themselves as being the most "spiritual" people on earth because they have more temples than anyone else in the world. But compared to the Muslims, I feel somewhat that the Taiwanese are less "spiritual". Because at least, the Muslims do not eat pork which are considered to be the dirtiest meats out of all consumable meats and they do monthly or perodic fasts per year to cleanse themselves of toxins from their bodies. Do anyone in here think that just because people visit temples or mosques or churches weekly or monthly to pray for themselves and their own families' welfares, they are considered to be "spiritual"? But then what is spirituality? Do you become most spiritual if you meditate all day long 24/7/365 like the Tibetan Mountain Ascetics? In my humble experiences, I find moving Qigong Masters like Doo Wai and Max Primordial Alchemist to be much more spiritual than most Tibetan masters like Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatsal himself because most Tibetan Buddhist masters don't practise "awareness of daily suffering". How do you practise "awareness of daily suffering"? First, you have to work for a living. You don't depend on others for handouts like all beggar monks everywhere. Why do we incarnate as human beings on earth? Because we are meant to eat and work, not eat and work mindlessly like unconcious robots, but to eat and work with total awareness and all other inner smile gratefulness to the One who created us all. How many Tibetan Buddhist masters, lamas, rinpoches.. how many Tibetan Buddhist monks or other Buddhist monks actually work and suffer by working for a living? They just sit at temples and meditate and study sutras all day long but how do you actually become "spiritual" or "aware" by meditating and studying sutras all day long? What do sutras preach? The allievation of all sufferings? Yes. But how do you know how to allievate any and all sufferings if you do not experience any and all sufferings yourself? This is why I feel that all Buddhist masters and monks are "frauds" in the sense that they try to teach allievation of all suffering to the masses but how many Buddhist followers and how many Buddhist students have allievated their sufferings? I don't see any major newspaper reports claiming huge number of Buddhist students and followers claming to be "free" of all sufferings for the last 40 years.

Ni Men Hao! Wo Shi Jessie Jiang! Hui Jiang Zhong Guo Hua Ma? Wo Shi Ge Tai Wan Mei Nu! Sorry, I am Jessie Jiang from Taiwan. How are you all? I tried putting my photos in my profile and I can't find the signature buttons anywhere? When can I use photos in my profile and when can I put my own signatures in my profile? Are chinese posts allowed in this forum? Or Hanyi Pinyin? Xie Xie Ni Men For All Your Courtesies.