What about my parents and ancestors who were Buddhists?
We do not know the hearts of those who have died, and we are not their judge. God is. He is perfectly just and merciful, and he invites you today.
Many Buddhist families make offerings and dedicate merit to the dead. The Bible says each person lives once and then faces God, the Judge of all the earth, who always does right. We can entrust those we loved to him. And you can honour your parents and ancestors while following Jesus; he commands it.
27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
Hebrews 9:27 (WEB) · context
25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Genesis 18:25 (WEB) · context
12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Exodus 20:12 (WEB) · context
2For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2 (WEB) · context