What makes "Dhamma" worthy of worship?
Upvote:0
Lord Buddha advised a form of meditation and worshiping that focus on the holiness of Dhamma / Dharma. It is called "Dhamma Anussathii".These are the reasons that makes Dhamma / Dharma holy.
Dhamma Anussathii
Swakkhatha - Lord Buddha taught Buddhism inn the best way/ in the best manner possible
Dhamma/Teachings of Lord Buddha has been presented by Lord Buddha in the best manner possible and therefore can't be explained in any better way above lord Buddha's teachings.
Sandhittika - Dhamma/Dharma can be realized in this life itself
Dhamma is not incapable,anyone can understand and realize it in this life and therefore there is no need to postpone the path.
Akalika - Dhamma/Dharma can be understood and realized in any time. In present and in future.Just like how the great ones did in the past.
Dhamma/Dharma is timeless, so there is no need to modify,upgrade or modernize it.Just like the past it is still equally effective today and in future.
Ehipassika - Dhamma/Dharma has no secrets or hidden paths/teachings, Therefore anyone can be invited in to come and see for themselves.
Dhamma/Dharma itself is fully open and contains no hidden paths or teachings.As Dhamma/Dharma contains no secret there is nothing to mask or hide.So anyone can enter and learn or inspect Dhamma/Dharma.
Opanaika - Dhamma/Dharma can only be understood from the inside,by yourself.Thw ewalization can't be given,one must find it within.
No one can give you the realization or nirvana you must find it yourself.
Pachchaththan wedithabbo vinyohithi - Dhamma/Dharma must be understood by wise ones in their own capacity or potential
Only the wise will understand Dhamma/Dharma in their own capacity.The ones who are not wise may not.
Upvote:1
In India there are many practices aimed towards liberation from the satisfactoriness of Dhamma. Hence the Buddha used this model where the Dhamma is revered and forms a "religion" like institution around it.
In addition, if the teaching is not revered people will not learn it and practice it. Also it will not attract others. It is very rarely you get to know that the reality is in the form of a teaching hence you should have respect to the teaching.
Hence the reverence to the Dhamma.
Also the Buddha has asked to treat the Teaching like a Boat to get to the other shore and not carry it with you.
Upvote:4
Bodhidharma is the legendary founder of Zen in China. He is said to have arrived in China about 520 CE. (Buddhism had by then been known in China for about 400 years.) He was soon summoned to the emperor, who had questions for him.
"I have endowed hundreds of temples and monasteries, and endorsed the ordination of thousands of monks and nuns; what is my merit?" -- the emperor asked.
Bodhidharma, usually depicted as a scowling, hooded, bearded figure, shot back: "There is no merit."
"What then is the main principle of the Holy Teaching?" the emperor asked.
"Open, empty, nothing holy!" (廓然無聖) replied Bodhidharma.
More post
- 📝 Meditation or practicing technique has benefits of prenatal elaboration?
- 📝 What is suchness (esp in Tendai or Soto)
- 📝 Is the path an individual journey?
- 📝 The Conditions of Lying in Fiction
- 📝 Does Baphuon temple really converted to a Buddhist temple?
- 📝 Is there a Vipassana meditation in the Mahayana tradition?
- 📝 Where and what to study - Buddhist compassion and business communication
- 📝 What are "lower yanas"
- 📝 Dogen writings on reality and death
- 📝 Sequece of Meditation and Side Effects
- 📝 Why is dukkha bad?
- 📝 What can be done about fake monks?
- 📝 Amisa pooja for Buddha
- 📝 How to deal with anxiety associated with surroundings/environment?
- 📝 Sudden enlightenment described in the suttas
- 📝 After samadhi what?
- 📝 Are Buddhists hypnotists?
- 📝 Is the Mind [essentially] bound to ignorance "not-knowing" or free?
- 📝 "Lower rebirth" -- Are animals really "lower" than us?
- 📝 How can I be sure if the Buddha actually woke up?
- 📝 Handling Poisons?
- 📝 How come Devdutta is also Buddha's brother-in-law?
- 📝 Is the true self reborn?
- 📝 Who judges Karma?
- 📝 What does Anusaya Kilesa means? How to remove them completely?
- 📝 How to stay mindful of the gap in the breath
- 📝 Does this count as breaking the first precept?
- 📝 How compatible are Buddhism and Communism?
- 📝 Why is Kwan Yin riding a sea turtle?
- 📝 Teachings vs self experience
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What makes "Dhamma" worthy of worship?
- 📝 What makes Lord Buddha worthy of worshiping as to suttas?
- 📝 What makes someone enlightened?
- 📝 What makes someone take rebirth with non heterosexual inclinations?
- 📝 What makes people care about others behind their backs?
- 📝 What does "I worship the Lord of the Thunderbolt" mean, in a translation of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara?
- 📝 What makes a great a spiritual leader? Is it nature or nurture or something else?
- 📝 What are the arguments Yogacara makes to deny the reality of sensory objects?
- 📝 So what is a Buddhist and what makes a person a Buddhist?
- 📝 If a buddhist should not kill a mouse living in their home, what justification do they have to rid themselves of a parasite such tapeworms
- 📝 What exactly differentiates Vipassana from Samatha meditation?
- 📝 How to explain what Buddhism is?
- 📝 What are the differences between vipassana and mindfulness meditation?
- 📝 What is the attitude toward h*m*sexuality in Buddhism?
- 📝 What is the next meditation type after Mindfulness of Breathing meditation?
- 📝 What is the meaning and/or purpose of life?
- 📝 How to deal with bad past karma that makes my current life miserable?
- 📝 What are the common buddhist practices to eliminate sleepiness?
- 📝 What are examples of identity-view?
- 📝 What is Buddhism?
- 📝 What exactly is Jhana?
- 📝 What is the meaning of "dhammā" in the context of the four satipaṭṭhāna?
- 📝 What teachings do all schools of Buddhism share?
- 📝 Any authentic sutta from any tradition that gives guidance on what kind of partner to choose?
- 📝 What is it like to experience enlightenment?
- 📝 What determines whether actions are good or bad?
- 📝 What is the meaning behind different robe colors?
- 📝 What is the precise meaning of anatta?
- 📝 What is the difference between craving and clinging?
- 📝 What exactly is the logical relation between the links in the twelvefold chain of Pratītyasamutpāda?