Can pregnant women go to the temple to burn incense? I went to Kaifeng last August, by the way.

Buddhism did not have any statues at first. The current belief similar to polytheistic worship only gradually became common four to five hundred years after the death of Sakyamuni and the rise of Mahayana Buddhism. Sakyamuni himself only taught the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Twelve Causes and Conditions. His entire teaching can be reduced to three main points: (1) There is no God in the universe. There is no transcendent being, and everything in the world is caused by causes and conditions. (2) Because people have "ignorance" and do not understand the law of dependent origination, they will be born, old, sick and die, and will suffer in reincarnation. (3) People who rely on their own efforts to practice can eventually escape the suffering of the six paths of reincarnation and finally enter the so-called stable Nirvana state of no birth and no death. Therefore, primitive Buddhism was completely atheistic. Sakyamuni and his disciples did not worship any gods, but only practiced hard on their own.

However, after Indians who originally believed in polytheism became more confident in Buddhism, they were unwilling to be left alone in their worship. They gradually moved in many Hindu gods and ghosts and worshiped them as statues. This trend has gradually become popular since the rise of Mahayana Buddhism before and after the Christian era, and it has become more and more popular today.

As a result of the compromise between Chinese Buddhism and the belief in many ghosts and gods, although Buddhism gained a foothold, it has been able to survive intermittently to this day, but it has made Chinese Buddhism lose its shape and lost its The original meaning of Sakyamuni has become Chinese Buddhism, which does not distinguish between gods and Buddhas.

If the subject really hopes to be favored by the gods and understand the true meaning of life, instead of using the gods as a tool to satisfy his own desires, then read this carefully.

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Psalm 115:4 Their idols are gold and silver, the work of human hands.

Psalm 115:5 They have mouths but cannot speak; they have eyes. But they cannot see,

Psalm 115:6 They have ears, but they cannot hear, they have noses, but they cannot smell,

Psalm 115:7 They have hands, but they cannot touch, they have feet, but they cannot walk, I can't make a sound even if I have a throat.

Psalm 115:8 His Maker will be like Him, so will everyone who trusts in Him