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Vietnamese Buddhism and deity (Quan Am)
I'm confused. I did a search for Buddhist centers n my area and found this newspaper article, that wrote this:
I'm very much just learning about Buddhism now and thought that there was no deity(ies) given reverence in Buddhism. Am I misunderstanding something or did the newspaper get it wrong?
As an aside, the statue has subsequently been granted a variance.
Thank you.
The current dispute began after Buddhists purchased a statue from Vietnam of Quan Am, the goddess of mercy to whom Buddhists often pray (and known in other Asian cultures by different names, such as Quin Yan in China).
I'm very much just learning about Buddhism now and thought that there was no deity(ies) given reverence in Buddhism. Am I misunderstanding something or did the newspaper get it wrong?
As an aside, the statue has subsequently been granted a variance.
Thank you.
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kannon is a revered bodhisattva which, to my knowledge, is much different from a deity
however in tibetan buddhism there is deity practice which though i know very little about
it's just a mental exercise or something
but, buddhism is a popular religion. not all buddhists are equally well practiced. there area lot of folk elements and superstition which is not very buddhist, i would say. or something like that.
This is a very profound practice and is really much more than just a mental exercise.