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    Who is Buddha? - read 5019
    Does Buddhism have any restrictions? - read 4841
    What kind of sports do Buddhists play? - read 3052
    How did you become a Buddhist monk? Why? - read 2822
    What is it like living in a monastery? - read 2320
    What is it like having to have your hair shaved? - read 2373
    What is the most important belief for monks? - read 2541
    Was it difficult leaving family and friends to become a monk? - read 1850
    What are your daily chores and why do you do them? - read 1658
    How much do you get paid to do the chores? - read 1459
    How do Buddhists participate in worship in the Diaspora? - read 1158
    Could you also tell me if how Buddhists participate in worship in the Diaspora differs for Mahayana or Theravada Buddhists? - read 1134
    How do people from different branches of Buddhism regard each other? - read 1338
Would it matter which form of Buddhism a person follows?   How do people from different branches of Buddhism regard each other? Would it matter which form of Buddhism a person follows?     Answer: by: Venerable Nicolas Thanissaro     There is a lot of variety even within Buddhism. Buddhists from different traditions can have quite different ways of walking the path to Nirvana - but it is generally accepted that there is a strong compatibili..... อ่านเรื่องFrequently Asked Questionsต่อ 
    What will happen when I die? - read 887
    How many people (roughly) are Buddhists? - read 903
    Which things do Buddhists do differently to those of other religions? - read 862
    Who made the Earth? - read 1056
    Why don't people live forever? - read 843
    What does your faith believe happens in the afterlife? - read 977
    How do you feel after you have meditated? - read 892
    Suicide terrorist on general Buddhist view - read 992
What is the general Buddhist view on how a suicide terrorist, like the 9/11 terrorists who killed themselves while murdering innocent people, will likely be reborn? In other words, in which of the 6 'realms', i.e. animal, human, etc., will such a person likely be reborn and why this one and not one of the others?   What is the general Buddhist view on how a suicide terrorist, like the 9/11 terrorists who killed themselves while murdering innocent people, will likely be reborn? In other words, in which of the 6 'realms', i.e. animal, human, etc., will such a person likely be reborn and why this one and not one of the others?     Answer: by: Venerable Nicolas Thanissaro     In Buddhism it is not thought of as..... อ่านเรื่องFrequently Asked Questionsต่อ 
    Why is there a monastic precept forbidding monks and nuns to handle money? - read 879
    Why the monk wear orange or red robe? - read 1490