Originally posted by laurence82:
Except for stories of Buddha and other devas for example which are localised, there wasnt much to suggest its a 'local religion', like for example that Indians are chosen people, or that Buddha's teachings only bring up Indian people
A lot of the teachings i see u guys mentioned have not even mentioned name or place
So how to be localised?
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okie ,
from the mahayana buddhism there is the famous late hong choon venerable who started kong meng san pks temple
and venerable yan pei who started Buddhist welfare service
actually ,localisation is not a easy word to
in singapore we only celebrate vesak on the 15th of lunar month of may ,but infact alot of us do not know that it is a sri lanka monk that proposed to the
British during the colonial rule , or else we wont have vesak day
and the date of the vesak day correspond to the Sri lanka may lunar month not the chinese lunar calendar
in taiwan , japan they celebrate vesak day on the chinese calendar
thats why u will not see vesak day celebration in other countries same as singapore
the local culture (singapore) is much different than the Buddhist dominant countries like japan , vietnam and taiwan , becos the social issue is basically different
well, i think localisation isnt a issue here , as Buddhism not the dominant religion in singapore , People here does not seek actively involved in Buddhist activities ,from the attendance of Dharma lesson in temple , one can see this trend
but ....
Localisation usually takes place when the religion is abt 200or 300 yrs old in this place ,much like the Scottish culture becomes inherited from the Saxon in the time of King Richard
which produces the Scottish highland flavour
so localisation of religion culture only takes place at a later part of Nation's development
laurence , and i wish to said there is no such word as the chosen people in Buddha

In the eyes of Buddha ,all are equal ..... and have potential to become Buddha