4. Buddhists and Taoists have religious practices wherein they separate themselves from worldly affairs and practice asceticism, can that achieve salvation?
Bible Reference:
“Why should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatever he has pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like to them; so is every one that trusts in them. O Israel, trust you in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. You that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. Jehovah has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.