When I was 9 years old, a certain Buddhist monk of a certain temple does - out of all people, he picks me out because of my limitations (Autism). And, well, I was helping my Mom to do prayers. He just says I am naughty and I don't show respect to the Sangha... Well... This is an unfair comment. It's more like he's picking me out because of my autism!
My parents are Buddhists, I helped my mom to do prayers. Actually, I still do, though I believe in God and not Buddha. I just treat Buddha as Jesus to just overcome the psychological barrier to pray to a different 'God' from mine.
When I said to Mom I don't want to go to her prayer sessions every festival, and that it's really more sad than joyous, meeting more often than before my grandparents' deaths, in the temple, just to pray to them, We should have more BBQs or something, and less sad festivals in the Hai Inn Temple, the temple where I seemed to offend the monk, it's also where there are tablets for my grandparents. I can't really pray the Buddha and the Sangha with 100% sincerity ever since the monk said I am naughty. My Mom just doesn't get it.
She even disapproves me of converting to a religion other than Confucianism, Taoism or Buddhism... I haven't mentioned about baptism to her, because I don't intend to join a church until I earn enough money for my living needs, so I try not to go to church, until a few months ago, when I'd sneak to the nearest church from my usual hangout (Dairy Farm Nature Park).
My parents claimed Chinese people can't be Christians, because it would put them in conflict with most other Chinese people. I'd want to point out to her and my father, God made Sun Yat-Sen a Christian, God made Chiang-Kung (Chiang Kai-Shek) a Christian too, and Lee Teng-Hui and Ma Ying-Jeou and Jeremy Lin and Michael Chang are all Christians. Chinese people can be good Christians, and good Christians can make the whole Chinese community proud. Why can't Chinese people just have free belief in any religion that they can believe in?
My point is, if you are a Buddhist and you believe in the Triple Gem, it's great to be a Buddhist. I know at least three Buddhist Aspies in real lifel, and they're doing ok. So it's alright to be a Buddhist, and it's great. However, at my 21st birthday, I look at (another Aspie forum). I figured that religion (or the absolute lack of it) can best support Aspies as a whole. So either I become an atheist, or I believe in a Higher Being.
I like what I see in the Church so far, and I am happy and at peace with God. So most likely, I'll continue to attend Church, and hopefully be a member as soon as I get a real job.
My parents are Buddhists, I helped my mom to do prayers. Actually, I still do, though I believe in God and not Buddha. I just treat Buddha as Jesus to just overcome the psychological barrier to pray to a different 'God' from mine.
When I said to Mom I don't want to go to her prayer sessions every festival, and that it's really more sad than joyous, meeting more often than before my grandparents' deaths, in the temple, just to pray to them, We should have more BBQs or something, and less sad festivals in the Hai Inn Temple, the temple where I seemed to offend the monk, it's also where there are tablets for my grandparents. I can't really pray the Buddha and the Sangha with 100% sincerity ever since the monk said I am naughty. My Mom just doesn't get it.
She even disapproves me of converting to a religion other than Confucianism, Taoism or Buddhism... I haven't mentioned about baptism to her, because I don't intend to join a church until I earn enough money for my living needs, so I try not to go to church, until a few months ago, when I'd sneak to the nearest church from my usual hangout (Dairy Farm Nature Park).
My parents claimed Chinese people can't be Christians, because it would put them in conflict with most other Chinese people. I'd want to point out to her and my father, God made Sun Yat-Sen a Christian, God made Chiang-Kung (Chiang Kai-Shek) a Christian too, and Lee Teng-Hui and Ma Ying-Jeou and Jeremy Lin and Michael Chang are all Christians. Chinese people can be good Christians, and good Christians can make the whole Chinese community proud. Why can't Chinese people just have free belief in any religion that they can believe in?
My point is, if you are a Buddhist and you believe in the Triple Gem, it's great to be a Buddhist. I know at least three Buddhist Aspies in real lifel, and they're doing ok. So it's alright to be a Buddhist, and it's great. However, at my 21st birthday, I look at (another Aspie forum). I figured that religion (or the absolute lack of it) can best support Aspies as a whole. So either I become an atheist, or I believe in a Higher Being.
I like what I see in the Church so far, and I am happy and at peace with God. So most likely, I'll continue to attend Church, and hopefully be a member as soon as I get a real job.
