The following is the revelation of the feast master. I hope you can refer to it and learn about your own practices:
Prostitutes, butchers, fishermen, hunters, wine merchants and others can all believe in Buddhism?
Of course. The kindness of Buddhism is as vast as the sea. As long as you have confidence, you can enter the Buddha and become a disciple of the Three Treasures.
Although, in the five precepts of Buddhism, lewdness, killing and drinking are forbidden. At the same time, these industries listed above are also called bad karma, bad karma or improper karma. However, people living on the island can't live except fishing; Indigenous people living in mountainous areas will starve if they don't hunt; It is impossible for poor women to engage in other occupations to seek the minimum needs of life unless they engage in prostitution, laughing and dancing. If the previous generation ran a butcher or wine industry, they just learned the skills of a butcher or wine industry to make a living. If these are the only reasons for survival, Buddhism does not require them to give up their original jobs before they come to believe in Buddhism. But once they believe in Buddhism, if they can try to change careers, Buddhism will actively encourage them. Because the purpose of Buddhism is to encourage everyone to engage in the cause of kindness and justice. What's more, those industries are a crime in themselves. People who don't obey the precepts have their fundamental sins, although they don't commit them.
Buddhism doesn't think that they are breaking the rules because they can't change careers because of the actual situation. Because the initial belief in Buddhism can only be converted to the three treasures. Although it is what Buddhism hopes, it also has many merits, but it is not importuned. If you don't keep the commandments, you don't have to keep them. No commandments can be broken, and there is no sin in breaking them. If you want to be disciplined, the opportunity to be disciplined is always waiting for them. Among the five commandments, discipline as much as you can. If you can't keep it after being disciplined, you can quit at any time, and it's not illegal to quit and do evil. After quitting, you can take it again. If you give up abstinence, abstinence is a sin!
Buddhism is very generous. Although you can't abide by the minimum five precepts, as long as you have a little confidence or respect for the Sambo, you will have great merit, that is, you have planted a good root for becoming a Buddha in the future, not to mention converting to the Sambo. After converting to Sambo, you only need not believe in other religions, and you don't have to accept the Five Commandments. Therefore, Buddhism will not exclude anyone who wants to believe.
Amitabha!
I hope you can read the name of the pharmacist Buddha more often and pray for the Buddha's blessing for an early recovery.
Do Buddhists believe in prayer?
Yes, Buddhism believes in prayer. In fact, from the perspective of the degree and proportion of efficacy, the prayer function of Buddhism is far more remarkable, powerful and reliable than other religions.
The principle of prayer is to induce the great compassion of the prayed (such as Buddha and Bodhisattva) with the spiritual strength of the prayer-a supernatural spiritual unity produced by strong belief. If you connect your strength with the wishes of Buddha and Bodhisattva, you will have an incredible power, that is, the experience or effect gained from prayer. In the China area of Mahayana Buddhism, the effect of praying for Guanyin Bodhisattva is the most prominent. Besides, a devout disciple of the Three Treasures is protected by a good God. As long as he has a firm belief, if there is a sudden change, he will not pray temporarily and will save the day. Because the function of prayer is produced by strong belief, anyone with strong belief is always in the function of prayer.
However, although Buddhism firmly believes in the role of prayer, it does not emphasize the omnipotence of prayer. For example, when a Buddhist is ill, prayer is very important. If the patient has confidence and can rely on his sincere prayer, he can feel good. Therefore, it is said that smelling dharma can also cure diseases (Zeng Yi Agama Volume VI, Zaagama Volume V, etc. ); If the patient has no confidence and grasp and lacks experience in prayer (which means it is effective), he should postpone seeking medical treatment. Therefore, although the monks in the period of Buddha Sakyamuni were sick, they were usually treated with drugs. (Note)
Therefore, it is generally believed that Buddhism is mainly to cure the heart disease of life and death of all beings; Medicine can cure physical diseases of flesh and blood. With illness, prayer is necessary, and so is diagnosis and treatment-this is the opinion of a true Buddhist.
Notes and comments
Note: "Buddha, like a medicine king, can cure all diseases and save all life and death." "(Hua Yan Jing. 39 16 ")