<p>It would be unwise to 'trim down' Buddhism to fit into "religious experience" and/or associating direct equivalents. </p>

<p>When you mention "Moses' experience with the bush of God", you are implying a God vs Man hierarchy/relationship exist in Buddhism. However, such hierarchy does not apply in the teachings of the Buddha, nor exist between the people at the times of the Buddha, the Dharma, nor the Sangha.</p>

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Krizalid_Nest
<p>Buddhists are not supposed to cling to experiences. All experiences are impermanent and clinging to them brings you suffering. So we usually do not glorify experiences as "religious experiences".</p>

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Sankha Kulathantille
<p>You can find <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/fuang/itself.html#vision" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> some useful quotes on this topic by Ajaan Fuang:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Don't be amazed by people with visions. Visions are nothing else but
  dreams. There are true ones and false ones. You can't really trust
  them."</p>
  
  <p>"There are true visions and false visions. So whenever you see one,
  just sit still and watch it. Don't get pulled into following it."</p>
  
  <p>"You should watch visions the same way you watch TV: Just watch it,
  without getting pulled inside the tube."</p>
</blockquote>

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2018-03-16T17:08:37.647Z
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ruben2020
<p>Examples of religious experiences in Buddhism:</p>

<ul>
<li>traveling with one's mind to other worlds</li>
<li>speaking with supernatural beings, like Devas</li>
<li>remembering past lives</li>
<li>witnessing an enlightened person flying, being in multiple places at once</li>
<li>having an enlightened master read your mind and respond directly to your thoughts</li>
</ul>

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Andriy Volkov
<p>What would be considered a religious experience in Buddhism in the same way,for example, Moses' experience with the burning bush of God? Would it be the Buddha's enlightenment itself or a bodhisattva's interaction with Buddha?</p>

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2018-03-19T20:13:30.473Z
As in the experiences that relate to Buddhism, such as interactions with the heavenly Bodhisattvas
Hari
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So "religious experience" means no more nor less than "interaction with a heavenly being"?
ChrisW
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2018-03-24T11:58:40.123Z
Yes I would say so
Hari
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2018-03-14T22:56:04.893Z
Perhaps this could be answered only imprecisely, with opinion -- because the question is kind of vague or subjective: "a religious experience in the same way, for example, Moses' experience with the burning bush of God". Can you be more precise ... what does "religious" mean, and how (in what specific ways) is it "the same as"?
ChrisW
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Religious experiences in Buddhism
# Religious experiences in Buddhism

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-14)

What would be considered a religious experience in Buddhism in the same way,for example, Moses' experience with the burning bush of God? Would it be the Buddha's enlightenment itself or a bodhisattva's interaction with Buddha?

**Tags:** buddha, bodhisattva, reality, religion, experiential

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Perhaps this could be answered only imprecisely, with opinion -- because the question is kind of vague or subjective: "a religious experience in the same way, for example, Moses' experience with the burning bush of God". Can you be more precise ... what does "religious" mean, and how (in what specific ways) is it "the same as"?  
> **username_0**: As in the experiences that relate to Buddhism, such as interactions with the heavenly Bodhisattvas  
> **username_1**: So "religious experience" means no more nor less than "interaction with a heavenly being"?  
> **username_0**: Yes I would say so  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2018-03-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Examples of religious experiences in Buddhism:

* traveling with one's mind to other worlds
* speaking with supernatural beings, like Devas
* remembering past lives
* witnessing an enlightened person flying, being in multiple places at once
* having an enlightened master read your mind and respond directly to your thoughts


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-03-15. Score: 0

It would be unwise to 'trim down' Buddhism to fit into "religious experience" and/or associating direct equivalents.

When you mention "Moses' experience with the bush of God", you are implying a God vs Man hierarchy/relationship exist in Buddhism. However, such hierarchy does not apply in the teachings of the Buddha, nor exist between the people at the times of the Buddha, the Dharma, nor the Sangha.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-03-15. Score: 0

Buddhists are not supposed to cling to experiences. All experiences are impermanent and clinging to them brings you suffering. So we usually do not glorify experiences as "religious experiences".


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-03-16. Score: 0

You can find [here](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/fuang/itself.html#vision) some useful quotes on this topic by Ajaan Fuang:

> "Don't be amazed by people with visions. Visions are nothing else but
> dreams. There are true ones and false ones. You can't really trust
> them."
>
> "There are true visions and false visions. So whenever you see one,
> just sit still and watch it. Don't get pulled into following it."
>
> "You should watch visions the same way you watch TV: Just watch it,
> without getting pulled inside the tube."


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