Why do so many people believe in Buddhism now? But no one wants to believe in the God of the Daomen?

There are four main aspects of this:

Historical reasons

Buddhism began in the Han Dynasty.

It was introduced to China, although there was no Taoism.

It's a long time, but it's also an old seniority.

2.Political reasons:

Except for Confucianism.

The ideology of Buddhism is more suitable for those in power to control the peopleBuddhism values the progress and enlightenment of the human mind and morality.

The purpose of practicing Buddhism is to follow Siddhartha's method of enlightenment, to discover the truth of life and the universe, and ultimately to transcend birth, death, suffering, and all afflictions, and to attain ultimate liberation. And Taoism.

The first principle: "Tao Law and Nature". Conform to nature, don't be too deliberate, "go to the extreme, go to luxury, go to Thailand".

People should treat nature, others, and self with a natural attitude (three levels). Therefore, there will be "natural - relieved - of course - pleasant", and there will be very little talk about how to do good, less evil and so on.

3.People's Concept:

Many people feel that this life is painful and hope that they will be better off in the next life by doing something

It just so happens that Buddhism has this view, but Taoism does not, so people are more inclined to believe in Buddhism than to believe in Taoism.

4.Literary:

LikeJourney to the WestThis kind of popular **, this book is full of the color of promoting Buddha and suppressing Taoism

He himself is an insinuation to the people in power and current politics, but the people don't know, and what they see is only the wonderful thing he wrote, for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Tang Xuanzang and Shakya Rulai.

It is admired, and the Jade Emperor and the old gentleman are ridiculed, and the people do not know the teachings of Taoism, and from here they understand a deformed Taoism.

Personal opinion: I have a little contact with both denominations. I think it's more than TaoismBuddhism is more simple and easy to understand, a little more accessible to the people, and Taoism is more esoteric.

Also, I found that many Buddhist halls have not only Western Buddhas, but also the Jade Emperor.

Whatever, the combination of Chinese and Western, Taoism is Taoist figures such as Sanqing.

Many people believe in Buddhism, pursue their own self, emphasize doing good, and get rid of the suffering of the cycle of life and death. Taoism is a native religion of our country, but few people believe in it, and a big reason is that it is very importantThe organizational framework of Taoism is complex and involves too many fields, such as medicine, feng shui, martial arts, etc., which is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

After Buddhism was introduced into China, it was combined with the local culture and spread rapidly in a short period of time. Sinicized Buddhism is no longer just a religious belief, but also a cultural carrier.

1. People-oriented

Buddhism has the belief value of "paying attention to life and serving society", emphasizing that all things are the result of the joint action of multiple factors, and that any living subject cannot exist without sentient beings. It is a religion that emphasizes "life" (including people and all living objects).The so-called "Three Dharma Seals" - the selflessness of all laws, the impermanence of all actions, and the silence of Nirvana, which refers to karma and the equality of all beings, are in line with the values of the public "goodness is like water".

2. There is no threshold

The construction of the theoretical system founded by Buddhism is based on the birth, aging, sickness and death of human beings and their continuous improvement. This clear and easy-to-understand logical system makes it a low barrier to entry. Buddhism not only attaches great importance to the spiritual cultivation of the individual, but also attaches great importance to social practiceHe believes that human beings need to be kind enough to do good deeds and dedicate themselves to achieve the purpose of a fulfilling life and improving society.

There is no religion closer to social life than Buddhism, which makes its threshold for belief much lower than that of other religions.

3. Cultural commonality

Buddhism and China's traditional culture are essentially the same. Buddhism divides the state of life of sentient beings into ten levels, with the "Buddha realm" being the highest level, which can only be attained after being tempered by selflessness and fearlessness. It is proposed that anyone who turns the mystery into enlightenment on the spiritual level and eliminates evil and promotes good in practice can achieve sanctification.

With the passage of time, Sinicized Buddhism has become more popular and more popular, and the belief group of Buddhism has gradually expanded.

00 Later** In my opinion, Buddhism and Taoism are both a kind of religious belief, and the difference between the two is quite big. As for why there are so many people who believe in Buddhism, but no one believes in Buddhism, it seems to meIt is not for nothing that those who believe, but it is not revealed because of propaganda or beliefs. As an aside, if I had to choose between Buddha and Tao, I would be more inclined to Taoism.

If you talk about Buddha, there is a high probability that people think of itThe Buddha is thinking of all sentient beings；Once I think of Taoism, I don't have this feeling, and I have the impression that Taoism is full of philosophy.

Nan Huaijin once said: "What is the difference between Taoism and Buddhism? My personal opinion is:

As soon as the Buddhists get started, they are empty, so they give alms; Taoism is to start with sting, that is, to be stingy, to nourish the essence and joy." From this, it can be seen that Buddhism focuses on giving, while Taoism focuses on one's own practice.

As I just mentioned, Buddhism starts with generosity, and it doesThe propaganda is that the Buddha purifies all sentient beings。Then it is inevitable that there are many desperate people in this world who are in the sea of suffering, and there are not a few such peopleWhen they were desperate, they turned their hopes to the Buddha, and they longed for the Buddha's blessing and hoped that the Buddha would save them from the sea of suffering. My grandmother was like this, she had cancer in her later years, and she actually believed in Buddhism in her middle and later years, and she prayed sincerely every day that she would be cured.

WhileTaoism is pursuing practiceand they are exploring.

Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things.

In this world,There are always more people who want to be saved than there are those who are saving themselves.

Taoist gossip money.

This opinion comes from "Journey to the West", a TV series that I have been watching since I was a child. The Buddha in the play always saves the protagonist from danger, and whenever there is a problem that Sun Wukong can't solve, Sun Wukong goes to the Buddha and Bodhisattva for help. Although there are Taoist characters in the play, the impression left on me is that Taoist Taoist centipede essence.

If you look at everyday life, it seems that Buddhism is more prevalent, so let's leave such an impression.

The Buddha of "Journey to the West".

The Taoist centipede essence of "Journey to the West".

There may be many people around us who believe in Buddhism or study Buddhism, which has to make people think about a question? Why do people love Buddhism? What are the benefits of believing in Buddhism? Why are people around me believing in Buddhism?

As the saying goes:No profit can not afford to be early. If there is no benefit to believing in Buddhism, there will not be so many people who choose to contact Buddhism, in fact, believing in Buddhism must be beneficial, but there are advantages and disadvantages, and believing in Buddhism can not only obtain benefits, but also harm.

Let's start with the benefits of believing in Buddhism.

Clause. 1. Believing in Buddhism can bring peace of mind, although we believe in Buddhism, our troubles will not be eliminated immediately, but at least we can gradually reduce our troubles. Many people may be troubled for a few days when they encounter some things before they study Buddhism, but after studying Buddhism, they will find that the things they have encountered are not so important, and once your view of things has changed, the things that bothered you at the beginning will no longer bother you.

Clause. Second, after learning Buddhism, you will reduce resentment, and will never want to take revenge on others, many people have not studied Buddhism before, encounter some enemies or enemies, there will always be resentment and revenge, but when he learns Buddhism, after understanding the truth, there will be no more such childish thoughts. Buddhism tells us that the people who hurt us are actually here to help us, because we owe something to others, so others have to pay it back, and when we are hurt, there is no need to resent others, this is actually a bad karma in the past, which is actually a good thing.

Clause. 3. After studying Buddhism, you can increase your wisdom, and with wisdom, you will have fewer and fewer troubles and sufferings. Wisdom is not gained by reading, but by learning from wise people, reading books can only learn knowledge, and having knowledge does not mean that you have wisdom.

If you really have wisdom, you will have everything, and if you have wisdom, you must have knowledge, and with wisdom, you can reduce your troubles, and once your wisdom grows to a certain height, you can also reach the realm of clear insight and happiness from suffering.

Clause. Fourth, after learning Buddhism, there will be more and more blessings. Many people have complained that fate is unfair, and when you study Buddhism, you will find out, actuallyFate is cause and effectDestiny is not controlled by others, but in your own hands, and what you plant will get what you reap.

It is mainly a problem of awareness and publicity, many people are exposed to Buddha-related information from the surrounding area and from a young age, while the content of Taoism is less, and when something is flourishing, people are more willing to accept it.

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are a family, and people who believe in Buddhism generally study Confucian classics as well as Taoist classics.

Because people are in ** one thing - the truth of life, who am I, where am I from, and where will I go.

And the Buddhist Buddha realized this thing, and it is strange that all beings on the earth have the wisdom and virtue of the same, but they cannot attain it because of delusional attachment. True life is immortal, impure, unincreasing and undiminished. If you are a truth-teller and a non-speaker, that's why we believe in Buddhism.

Taoism Lao Tzu said to the extreme, keep quiet, all things at the same time, I look at the complex. There are many things and things, and each one returns to its roots. In the final analysis, it is said to be quiet, which means to return to life.

Returning to life is said to be normal, knowing is always clear, not knowing is normal, reckless, and fierce. Knowing Changrong, Rong is the Gong, the Gong is the king, the king is the sky, the sky is the way, the Tao is long, and the body is not dead.

This is all to the end of life - life and death, and death is happiness.

Buddhism believes that the Dharma is equal and that no one is superior or inferior. Believing in the Tao and believing in Buddhism is all in the Dharma. There is no such thing as good or bad.

Nowadays, people do not distinguish between Buddhism and Taoism, reverse black and white, regard Taoism as Buddhism, and Buddhism as Taoism, and even some monks also practice Buddhism and Taoism, and other fallacies and heresies.

The God of Wealth is the god of Taoism, and the Chinese believe in the God of Wealth, and the Chinese originally believe in Taoism, but they don't know it. In addition to the God of Wealth, the Eight Immortals, Guan Gong, Fu Lu Shou Samsung, the Door God, the Stove God, Mazu, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, the Land Gong, and the Taishang Laojun are all Taoist immortals, and Buddhism is only those few Bodhisattvas.

Chinese, worship foreign fans. The moon is round in a foreign country.

There are very few people who know Taoism, and some people think that Taoism is Buddhism.

In fact, in China, many people who really believe in Buddhism may not really know their beliefs.

Many people go to the temple to burn incense, and they will also go to the temple to burn incense, and they can't tell the real Tao or the Buddha, and many Buddhist halls will also put Taoist figures.

The current Buddhist culture and Taoist culture can basically be reduced to one thing, and there are still very few real laymen, and many good men and women are very shallow believers.

So what you may be talking about is not necessarily the question of believing in Buddhism, but the question can also be why there are so few people who believe in Buddhism.

Today there was an old man who advised me to believe in Buddhism. To be honest, I still have some knowledge of Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism and Tantra. The argument of Buddhism is that my parents were not alive, and to be honest, I personally feel that it is a bit unrealistic; The Confucian thesis is that people have personal thoughts and feelings in childhood; The Taoist argument is that when a person is born, he has both a living body and no personal thoughts and feelings.

It is between Buddhism and Confucianism, and I personally think it is extremely scientific. That's why I believe in Taoism.

Indeed, there are obviously more people who believe in Buddhism than in Taoism, even though Taoism is native to China and Buddhism is foreign. But this is not to say that Buddhism is better than Taoism in everything, so there are more people who believe in it, in fact, there is a certain reason for this.

Buddhism is actually very simple, it doesn't matter whether you are literate or not, as long as you can recite "Amitabha", it doesn't matter if you read it as "even rice hair", then it's very good, you already believe in Buddhism, if you know that people have three lives, that is, the previous life, this life, and the next life, then it's very good that you are already a Buddhist person, if you know the cycle of karma, that is, the effect of this life is the cause of the previous life, the cause of this life is the fruit of the next life, this life accumulates more good, the next life is blessed, and if you do many bad things in this life, you will go to hell after death; And think about whether there will be retribution before doing anything; If there is a lot of suffering in this life, it must be that you have done bad things in the previous life, and you must accumulate blessings ...... this lifeThen it's good, you've become a Buddha and you can purify sentient beings.

Taoism is quite complicated, it is very brain-consuming to study, especially some classics such as "Laozi" and "Zhuangzi", which are difficult to read and require considerable cultural skills. The second reason is that Taoism is basically believed by the rich, such as Liandan, in ancient times, people could eat some porridge, and those who had the ability to engage in some expensive medicine Liandan; The third reason, whether it is the ancients or the modern people, there are very few people who like to use their brains, and the combination of three reasons is that the people who believe in Buddhism will be significantly fewer than those who believe in Buddhism.

The doctrines of the hundred schools of thought are all derived from the Taoist doctrine, of course, Taoism was formed later, and the Taoist doctrine is relatively early, with a history of thousands of years.

Due to the time constraints, to be continued ......Good luck!