Dd getting involved with Buddism...

[PlentyGroovy]

She hasn't been real communitive lately, she's 4 hours away and busy with school and my 2 yr old granddaughter. She sent me a short email with this siggy...

"Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock." - Gandhi

I don't know whether to ignore it, acknowledge and ask her about it and be curious about her interest and what does it mean, or to go find a verse that speaks to it...something of without the Lord we are blown about this way and that (talk about a rudderless ship).

Help!:cry

[Forgotten_Child]

Gandhi wasn't Buddhist. There's nothing wrong with reading eastern philosophy as long as it remains philosophy. I think Gandhi and the Dali Lama was/is quite wise and has a lot of good things to say. Their words are worth reading and pondering. However, I am Christian and follow Jesus. Some of the things they say are even in the Bible and when you find philosophies that match, they might be a good starting point with your DD. Go back and read that PM I sent you a few months ago. :thumb

Edited to add: Martian Luther King Jr. used a lot of Gandhi's teachings, fit them with the Bible and Christianity, and used it in the African-American community to help with their cause. He even met with Gandhi. If you can find some of MLK's works that relate to Gandhi, that might be a good place to start also with your DD.

[Cocoa1080]

Gahndi was Hindu ... even worse, yes I would speak up this is her eternal salvation and you need to make sure she is not messing around with anything she shouldn't be

[PlentyGroovy]

Been thinking and praying about this...I thought about how my dad gave me a really hard time about being a nondenominational born again christian. He is part of a denominational church, doesn't go or participate, but sees being aligned with one is the right way. We don't talk anymore, he is abusive.

So, I don't want to do the same thing to my daughter. F_G, you've given me hope that she is on the journey to the truth, maybe this is the way she'll get there? Me jumping on her isn't going to help, as my dad showed me.

I didn't know Ghandi was hindu...I was thinking back to that last time I visited she had books on buddhism and was collecting some of those statues. The indian sitting, pointy hat praying one, and the little fat bellied buddha thing. She still has the angel figurine I got her in the kitchen window, it's like an american pioneer mountain girl carved from wood with wings. The pretty filigree cross with little stones woven on fishing line through it, is shoved onto the back of the microwave. This was mine but she asked if she could have it a couple years back, it's really pretty. I almost took it back but thought, no, leave it here.

I think the best thing I can do now is pray that He makes Himself known to her.

[Forgotten_Child]

I came to Christ through Buddhism, so it can be done. :laugh I'm glad I give you hope.

she had books on buddhism and was collecting some of those statues. The indian sitting, pointy hat praying one, and the little fat bellied buddha thing.

I have books on it too, but I keep them for educational purposes.

Buddha said, "I am not God" and ordered people not to make statues of him. Guess what? No one listened! :lol Most Buddhists when they pray do not pray to Buddha, they say a general prayer, such as... "may all beings be free from suffering."

Ok, that fat bellied one is not Buddha. It's a buddha only to Zen Buddhists in China (the very, very few that are left... Zen has now become more a Japanese thing), but not the Buddha. In China, there was a Zen Buddhist who was chubby and always laughing. He was very kind and helped a lot of people. The Chinese people made a statue of him not to pray to him, but for luck. Today, you rub the belly for luck and it's just a superstitious thing (like throwing salt over your should after you spill it).

[carmen]

I would ask about it if ya'll's relationship is such that sharing your lives is a normal part of it. We ask our loved ones about everything BUT religion sometimes as if it's taboo to even mention it :laugh

Her answer may not make you feel any better, but at least you'd know what's going on in her life and mind. It's not as if you need to lecture her or anything; I'm sure she knows where you stand for your own life :nod.