31 min
Dharma Q&A with Venerable Guan Cheng (Episode 33) International Buddhist Society
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- Buddhism
In this episode, the Venerable addressed the following questions from the audience,
When there is suffering, what should we do? Does chanting Sutras help? Which Sutras should I chant?
Once a mother was forced to choose between her two children in a Nazi Germany concentration camp. The child she picks will live, while the other must die in the gas chambers. What should the mother do according to Buddhism?
The iron creatures in the Avici Hell that perform the torturing of those who committed bad Karma, are they considered sentient beings? If so, then would these creatures be reborn in Hell themselves, because of the bad deeds they have performed?
In this episode, the Venerable addressed the following questions from the audience,
When there is suffering, what should we do? Does chanting Sutras help? Which Sutras should I chant?
Once a mother was forced to choose between her two children in a Nazi Germany concentration camp. The child she picks will live, while the other must die in the gas chambers. What should the mother do according to Buddhism?
The iron creatures in the Avici Hell that perform the torturing of those who committed bad Karma, are they considered sentient beings? If so, then would these creatures be reborn in Hell themselves, because of the bad deeds they have performed?
31 min