The most respected person in Buddhism!? 20

It's Shakyamuni.

Buddhism has had a profound impact on Chinese culture, but today's Chinese folk Buddhism is very different from the Buddhism founded by Shakyamuni. In fact, Shakyamuni was a saint, a great thinker, who claimed to be a man, not a god, and he did not worship God, nor did he allow believers to worship idols.

However, after his death, he was deified by posterity, and his teachings were distorted. Dr. Leung explained that Shakyamuni did not compile his own teachings during his lifetime, and that the original Buddhist scriptures were passed down orally from generation to generation by followers rather than written down, and were not collected until 500 years after his death.

Buddhist scriptures that have been passed down orally for 500 years will inevitably have distortions and deviations, and more importantly, some believers add their own understandings and teachings in the oral transmission process, resulting in the vast number of Buddhist scriptures today, the content is different, and even contradictory in many places. It can be seen that the Buddhist scriptures today are no longer the teachings of Shakyamuni. ”

Another "creation" of folk Buddhism is the bodhisattva. Shakyamuni did not mention "Bodhisattva", and the statue of Bodhisattva enshrined in the temple is even more contrary to Shakyamuni's teachings. The Buddhist Emperor Ashoka ordered the eradication of 18,000 idols, because the devout Ashoka knew that idolatry was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism.

As for the Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is widely believed by the Chinese people, it has been continuously "modified" by later generations. Dr. Leung said that Guanyin is a new deity that Buddhists assemble from India to be a god of compassion and freedom, and that Guanyin was originally a man with a beard, but was later changed to a woman by Chinese Buddhists. It can be seen that Guanyin is just a product of posterity.

And the so-called bodhisattva manifestations are the work of evil spirits. ”

He added that Buddhism did not have the doctrine of eternal life, reincarnation, or heaven at first, and that it was all copied or modified by later believers that the teachings of other religions were copied or adapted, and that the purpose was to make Buddhism more up-to-date and adapt to the needs of the times, so as to increase its viability and competitiveness of other religions.

Elder Yicheng, the old monk Chuanyin, Master Xuecheng, Master Daan, .........

There are too many, all of them are highly respected!

Clearance Master I like Clearance Master the most.

Master Jingkong saved countless sentient beings, and was called a Buddha and Bodhisattva.

I think it's the esteemed old mage of the Clear.

Now in the end of the law is getting deeper and deeper, going to the saint farther and farther, good knowledge is not easy to find, not to mention that there is one of the four according to the four non-according to the law called "according to the law and not according to the person", reading more classics is the right way, like the great virtue of Xuyun strongly recommend reading more "Lengyan Sutra". You can recommend a few modern times that have passed away, Xuyun, and Xuanhua. But be careful, don't be mistaken by the clear space, this person is not like a true cultivator, and has misled many people, Chen Xiaoxu was killed by her in the first place.

The most respected person in Buddhism!?

It doesn't make sense to our lives, because we can't save people, and I mean souls, and what we need is a God, a God who lives forever.

Only those who are higher than us have the power to save our souls.

Please think sensibly Thank you.