my knowledge of buddhism is very slight, but do they really “worship” the idols? its kinda like christians with the cross, right? nobody is worshipping the cross explicitly, its just a reminder of the faith as a whole
Depends on the sect and all that. Chinese Buddhism tends to follow the pure land sect and from my very shallow reading into it it does seem a bit similar to christianity
my knowledge of buddhism is very slight, but do they really “worship” the idols? its kinda like christians with the cross, right? nobody is worshipping the cross explicitly, its just a reminder of the faith as a whole
Yeah, there’s like a saying, “If you ever meet the Buddha, kill them.” but that’s specifically zen Buddhism, I never went there or lived it for myself
Depends on the sect and all that. Chinese Buddhism tends to follow the pure land sect and from my very shallow reading into it it does seem a bit similar to christianity