A. It is true that there seem to be a lot of Buddhists who have such a belief, but such a thing never happens. According to the Buddha’s teaching, there is no one else other than ourselves who not only makes karma but also can emancipate us from karma. In other words, sentient beings are struggling with suffering they created by wrapping themselves with invisible ropes. This is why ancient masters said that even thousands of saints cannot free us from the ropes unless we stop binding ourselves with such ropes.
To conclude, Buddhism is not a religion that teaches how to get blessed by praying to the Buddha but a religion that teaches people how to escape from the ropes, that is, how to realise that we are the perfect being as the Buddha.
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