Expert: Judy - 7/31/2010

Question
I was needing to ask a serious of questions for a school assignment. I was needing to know some basic questions about buddhism. If you could please awnser back as soon as possible I would really appreciate it. Here are the following questions:     
1.   Why do you study budhism?
2.   What does this religion mean to you?
3.   Who is it that you worship?
4.   When you meditate is there a time limit?
5.   What do you think about when you meditate?
6.   How does this religion effect your personality towards others?
7.   Do you expect others to go by your religion?
8.   Do you judge others based on what they do?
9.   Do you have an idol?
10.   Do you believe in the bible?

Answer
1.  To find the truth of life
2.  an education of life
3.  None
4.  No
5.  I watch my thoughts rise and go, but actually I don't think about anything while I am meditating.
6.  It helps me understand the entire human race better.  Thus, I become more understanding about human behaviors.  I become less agitated, judgmental, or impatient towards others.
7.  No, the great teaching about Buddhism is that as a Buddhist, I have to respect other religions and beliefs.  I don't expect others to go by my own religion at all.
8.  No.  there are always causes and effects of everything happening.  It's not only due to one single element or cause.  Everything is related to one another with time, space, and matters.  Thus, I don't judge others based on what they do, because the end result, a single fact/facts, or matters do not represent what things truly are or how/what others are.
9.  No
10. No