Religious Autobiography

Name

Professor

Date

Modern-Day Buddhism

I was riding the train with a friend on our way home when my attention was captured by a Buddhist monk who boarded the train with two other monks beside him . They wore their usual red suit , a pair of sandals , and some wooden beads hanging around their waist . I found the courage to come near them , and inquired what the beads are for . The monk replied that they are for counting the times one says the mantras in a prayer which is similar to

the use of the rosary among the Catholics . Before we got down , the monk handed me a picture of their god , and instructed me to pronounce the name of the goddess repeatedly every night to ask for good fortune . He also gave me a card with the address of their temple and told me to visit during days when I am free

That night , as I went to bed , I remembered what the monk told me and brought out the picture of the deity . Although I felt absurd about the idea , I must admit that I tried pronouncing the name of the goddess as it was written below the picture in to ask for some luck . However after saying the goddess 's name ten times , I grew reluctant , not knowing what to think of while pronouncing his name . Personally , I did not see any essence to what I did , and second , I feared that I might be calling on...