AUTUMN&WINTER wrote:
Ha ha...... I thought by saying your life depends very much on your practice will put people off instead of attracting to Buddhism because most of the people prefer there's a powerful god who can fulfil their wish without doing anything except praying hard and have good relationship with their god.
Five pleasant things to be gained by acting skillfully
"These five things are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, and hard to obtain in the world. Which five? Long life... beauty... pleasure... status... rebirth in heaven... Now, I tell you, these five things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes, who here would lack them? It's not fitting for the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life to pray for it or to delight in doing so. Instead, the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life should follow the path of practice leading to long life. In so doing, he will attain long life, either human or divine...(Similarly with beauty, pleasure, status, and rebirth in heaven)..."
— AN 5.43
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