What is the difference between before and after studying Buddhism?

The most obvious is a 180-degree shift in attitudes toward cause and effect. Before studying Buddhism, he dismisses cause and effect, thinking that it is a foolish statement that deceives people, or he will be suspicious of his beliefs; After studying Buddhism, I developed a reverence for cause and effect, and acted more cautiously. Second, there is a change in attitudes towards animals.

Before learning Buddhism, when I saw animals, I thought about whether they could eat them and how to make them delicious, and I was insensitive to the bitterness and happiness of animals; After studying Buddhism, I am very compassionate to animals, and I will try to protect their lives as much as possible, and at the same time, I hope to plant the seeds of liberation for them.

Then there's a shift in attitudes towards other people. Before learning Buddhism, he was relatively selfish and self-centered; After studying Buddhism, they are more able to understand and care for others.

In addition, it is a change in attitude towards life. Before learning Buddhism, you will generally think that life is a lifetime, grass and trees, and living in the world is to be worthy of yourself, and you have no plan for the next life, and it is very easy to have psychological problems when facing complex interpersonal relationships and things; After studying Buddhism, in addition to being more optimistic, he also thinks more about the interests of future generations and the major events of liberation, and most of his psychological emotions and conflicts can be resolved by himself.

After receiving religious education, the most important thing is to reflect the concept of thinking.

Under the influence of that teaching, there will be a noticeable change in thinking, and the perspective of things will change.

Before learning Buddhism, troubles, pain, confusion, stupidity...!

After learning Buddhism, happiness, happiness, wisdom, open-mindedness...!

Nam no Amitabha Buddha (Namaste).

1.Zen Buddhism is a Buddhist method in which Zen is the main way of practice. It is a branch of Buddhism.

It is said that the establishment of Zen Buddhism is a tacit understanding between Shakyamuni and His Holiness Kasa at the Lingshan Festival. The so-called "Buddha plucks flowers, and the leaves smile". The Buddha thus entrusted the Dharma Eye Possession (meaning the Great Dharma) to the Kasya.

This kind of Buddhism "transmits the heart from the heart, does not set up words, and does not spread outside the teaching".

As for the difference, I think it should be called the key point, the Southern Zen created by Huineng is first of all more focused on people's original heart, emphasizing the strength of people themselves in practice, and believing that the Western Pure Land exists in everyone's heart, and the mind is clear and pure, which is both in the Buddha land. The second is to emphasize that "the ordinary mind is the way", as long as the heart is good at self-cultivation, you can experience the state of Buddha in ordinary life. The emphasis on the hearts of mortals and the mundane world has made Nanzong Zen a "convenient method" with great affinity.

2.In fact, Buddhism and Zen Buddhism are inseparable. Life is precious, love all sentient beings, compassion for sentient beings, but to do everywhere and always nothing, Buddhism emphasizes that everything in the world is suffering, but this suffering is also nothing, but the human heart is doing suffering. Compassion is the focus of all doctrines.

3.Philosophy has always been opposed and unified, there is no difference between materialism and idealism, from an absolute point of view, it can be said that idealism is materialism, and it is explained in a verse that idealism is materialism,-- there is nothing, and there is nothing. There is a law in the three worlds, but there is nothing to be done.

Buddhism is a high-level philosophy that embodies the unity of materialism and idealism.

From a materialistic point of view, all matter is composed of fixed elements, but the internal permutations and combinations of elements produce external differences. Elements are made up of smaller particles, but what are they made of? People have studied molecules, atoms, and there is no such thing as a substance smaller than an atom?

Therefore, everything in the world is made up of the same elements, and all matter has its own duration, whether it exists or does not exist, and those who study the Dharma should not be paranoid about either end. That is, "color emptiness, law emptiness, emptiness." "Emptiness is the existence of all things, and the void is not nothing, but seems to exist.

Dharma emptiness means that all the Dharma and even the Dharma are empty. Emptiness means that everything is empty, and the statement itself is empty.

The landlord can slowly realize that materialism is idealism.

4.Buddhism believes that there is hell, and people suffer in hell, and the suffering is that people think that this suffering actually exists, and this suffering is also empty in the mind. If there is hell in the heart, there is, and if there is no hell in the heart, there is nothing.

Generally speaking, learning Zen is learning Buddhism, and those who study Buddhism will inevitably learn Zen, but the emphasis is different, those who study Zen may focus more on Zen in Buddhism, while those who study Buddhism, some take Zen as their main lesson, and some take Zen as a minor.

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Zen means meditation and meditation. Causes the mind to focus on an object and attain the mental effect of not distracting, or its state of condensation. On the other hand, if the mind is scattered and does not stop, it is called dispersion, and the two together are called fixed dispersion.

The Buddha in the outer sense refers to the Buddha Shakyamuni who was born in India more than 2,500 years ago, and the Buddha in the inner sense refers to a fully enlightened mind, and learning Zen is just a way to learn Buddhism.

Your question is similar to asking "What is the difference between eating rice and eating?"

The latter covers the former. The former is an integral part of the latter.

The study of Buddhism includes the study of Zen, and the study of Zen is part of the study of Buddhism. The relationship is the same as the relationship between learning mathematics and learning. Learning includes learning mathematics, and learning mathematics is only one part of the learning content, I hope it will be helpful to you.

Difference: To learn Zen is to learn Buddhism, and to learn Buddhism does not have to be to learn Zen.

Zen Buddhism is a branch of Buddhism.

Summary. The purpose of studying Buddhism is to be able to return to the original mind of tranquility, light, and wisdom; The purpose of studying Buddhism is to enable all sentient beings to be liberated and to be free from suffering and to be happy. Studying Buddhism is not for others to see, reading scriptures is not an unfathomable play on words, and being able to speak a few Buddhist scriptures is not for the sake of showing off one's erudition in front of others.

People can't study Buddhism for the sake of learning Buddhism, chanting sutras for the sake of chanting.

Why study Buddhism? What is the purpose of studying Buddhism?

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The purpose of studying Buddhism is to be able to return to the original mind of tranquility, light, and wisdom; The purpose of studying Buddhism is to enable all sentient beings to be liberated and to be free from suffering and to be happy. Studying Buddhism is not for others to see, reading scriptures is not an unfathomable play on words, and being able to speak a few Buddhist scriptures is not for the sake of showing off one's erudition in front of others. People can't study Buddhism for the sake of learning Buddhism, chanting sutras for the sake of chanting.

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