Robot Monk Xian'er

Real helpBuddha is not a god but a mentor.Prostrations and offerings are not made to an idol. Buddhism doesn’t notbelieve in an outside god who dominates everything, instead, we are our ownmasters. Through learning the doctrines of Buddhism, we are able to correctlyknow and observe the laws of the world and of our life, and able to make ourlife more and more beautiful. When we prostrate before Buddha statutes, we arenot worshiping stones and wood, rather, we are respecting the Way thesestatutes represent, just as the ancient Chinese doing prostration before theirancestors, thanking them for bestowing life. Buddhists bow to the Buddha because hetaught us how to liberate ourselves from suffering and to obtain the ultimatebliss. Prostration before the Buddha statutes severs as a way to show ourrespect to the Three Jewels, to tame our arrogance, and to express ourgratitude. To go a step further for enlightenment, for the liberation fromafflictions, and for the final escape from samsara, we need to learn theB