Can I as a catholic praise Buddha and pray to him at times?

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I have bought a Buddha statue because I found Buddha as well as Christ I figured I should buy a Buddha statue and praise him because he thought of me… is this alright to do?
Can I pray to him once a week or day?
 
I agree that Buddhism is evil (in the passive and metaphysical sense), but I think it’s a bit much for us to condemn Siddhartha to hell. We don’t know if he was invincibly ignorant.
 
NO.
WE CANT COMPARE JESUS WITH BUDHA.
Why would you even Pray to budha,when you have a living God listening to your prayers.It May be just a decoration but i Will highly suggest you to get rid of the statue.There is no place for Budha in our Heart or our home.

God bless
 
We dont know who is in Hell or not.We dont even know is Judas there.
But we can know that Budishm as a religion doesnt praise and worship True God.
 
I don’t care if you have a Buddha statue as a decoration, I do care if you pray to him or Praise Him. I’m a former Buddhist, don’t do it.
 
Scripture does say Judas is in hell
The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born” (Matt 26:24, cf Mk 14:21)
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Also the first chapter in the Epistle to Jude confirms there are people in hell that we can confirm are there. For God would not be a God of justice if He allowed evil people to be with Him in heaven.

We can judge people by their actions and if we know they are unrepentant they are certainly in hell. People like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Cromwell, Luther and other people whom are objectly terrible people are most certainly there.
 
It’s an interesting bit of history, but legendary people have made their way onto the liturgical calendar without formal canonization (St. Christopher) and then removed. Siddhartha himself was never included but a legendary person (Josaphat) based on him. It’s another good reason not to condemn Gautama, though, perhaps a sign from the Holy Spirit — not to go too far with that, though, or get superstitious about it; if anything he was a “virtuous pagan” and still in need of Christ’s redemption as much as anyone.
 
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Buddhism is a false religion. The two saints supposedly based on Buddha are from five centuries after Buddha’s death. He is in the ground. Having been centuries before Christ he obviously did not have an opportunity to reject Christ and if he sought God in the best way he knew how according to his limited understanding, maybe he is in Heaven, I don’t know and neither does anyone here. I can guarantee you this, Buddha himself is no longer a Buddhist. If you really like his teachings, then go be a Buddhist. While you’re at it you can preach that women do not attain enlightenment, since that is what Buddha himself said. His statues do nothing for you and are just plastic or ceramic.
 
The eternal Jesuits strike again.

Josaphat is not Buddha and Buddha is not Josaphat. They may be coincidentally similar but they are not the same person. For starters josaphat was actively hidden from the outside world so he wouldn’t be converted to Christianity. Buddha, on the other hand, was hidden from the outside world to spare him the sufferings of real life.

The two stories may be similar but they are not the same person.
 
HvonB said:
His teachings are evil
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Have you looked at what the Buddha taught? The Five Moral Rules for example:
  • You shall not kill.
  • You shall not steal.
  • You shall not commit adultery.
  • You shall not bear false witness.
  • You shall not become intoxicated.
Yeah. Those look really evil to me. Just the sort of thing a Christian should avoid. NOT.
 
I think we should address why he wants to pray to Buddha. He probably thinks that Buddhism has something that Catholicism doesn’t.
Most likely eastern mysticism, meditation and more “spiritual”.
Catholic Church is big and often outside people dont see past the physical appearance of the Mass or other"rituals" as they like to call it, but they simply wanna “meditate” and “feel love” etc…

We have to educate people that Catholicism has all of that and very very deep spirituality, and meditations, and contemplations etc…
They simply dont know about the spirituality of the Catholic faith.
 
rossum said:
Have you looked at what the Buddha taught? The Five Moral Rules for example:
  • You shall not kill.
  • You shall not steal.
  • You shall not commit adultery.
  • You shall not bear false witness.
  • You shall not become intoxicated.
Yeah. Those look really evil to me. Just the sort of thing a Christian should avoid. NOT.
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I can’t find the origins of five precepts.
Do you know in which book are they first written?
 
Neithan said:
I agree that Buddhism is evil (in the passive and metaphysical sense), but I think it’s a bit much for us to condemn Siddhartha to hell. We don’t know if he was invincibly ignorant.
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Remember Buddha preceded Christ by over 500 years…
 
tomo_pomo said:
I think we should address why he wants to pray to Buddha. He probably thinks that Buddhism has something that Catholicism doesn’t.
Most likely eastern mysticism, meditation and more “spiritual”.
Catholic Church is big and often outside people dont see past the physical appearance of the Mass or other"rituals" as they like to call it, but they simply wanna “meditate” and “feel love” etc…

We have to educate people that Catholicism has all of that and very very deep spirituality, and meditations, and contemplations etc…
They simply dont know about the spirituality of the Catholic faith.
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Buddhism is incompatible with Catholicism. It teaches detachment from the world, and attachment is the source of all sufferings. Whereas, in Catholicism, it was God Himself who created the world and deemed that it was good. Attachment to God is good for the souls. St. Pope John Paul explained it eloquently in “Crossing the Threshold of Hope.” St. JP2 further explained that meditation is healthy for souls as we empty ourselves and subsequently fill ourselves with all that belongs to God—as shown by St. Teresa de Jesus (Avila), St. John of the Cross, etc… The serious/dangerous problem with meditations in Buddhism is that, through mediation and upon reaching Nirvana—a state of total detachment from everything—what would we then fill the souls with??

That being said, as a philosophy, Buddhism has much good to contribute to helping people to calm their minds and to slow things down so that they can see surrounding things more clearer, and putting things in proper perspective. It teaches peace, tranquility, compassion, kindness and gentleness. These are very good and desiring human attributes. Through the years, I have met friends and people who are Buddhists. Many of them are the kindest and most gentle people out there.
 
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Absolutely Not, as a Catholic you’re not permitted to do that. Please make an appointment with your Parish Priest and get Spiritual Direction.
 
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