A Buddhist's Discovery

A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES


.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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A Buddhist's Discovery

A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES


.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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And in my case I am committed to a form of Christian thought, process theology, that is highly critical of much of the Christian tradition.
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A Buddhist's Discovery

A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES


.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



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.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES


.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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A Buddhist's Discovery

A Buddhist's Discovery



Pantheism



BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES


.. → In The Spirit Of Buddhism ← ..
The "waking world" is not a "place", an "earth", but a realm, just as the dimension into which you enter in dreams is a realm. It is not fixed, like a moon or any "object", but it is fluid. Buddhism offers another way to Heaven (Nirvana). Reincarnation is taught. The human being represents only a limited realization of the psycho-physical scheme of appearances. The more psychic (or conscious) a person becomes, the more he or she sees the "world" as a psychic (or conscious) process. It is not only the human being that is a psycho-physical process. The "world" is also. True "Knowledge" begins only when one begins to operate from this profound premise. It sounds like an out-of-body experience, or even a near-death experience. This religion has many other beliefs that put it into conflict with true Christianity.


What are they? These answers will be given later on in "this hub". While doing my research, I came across a few coincidences about the Buddhist's beliefs in contrast to the other world religions and found some similarities. They all have either a system of practices, principles, or beliefs which discern between right and wrong. For example, compare "Do not kill a living being; do not take what is not given; do not speak a lie; do not drink intoxicants; abstain from sexual intercourse; do not eat food at night, at the wrong time ," with
"Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor;Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it Holy."for Christians, however, it is God's commandments of the old testament. The Buddha — the "Awakened One" — called the religion he founded Dhamma-vinaya — "the doctrine and discipline." Theravada, the "Doctrine of the Elders," is the school of Buddhism that draws its scriptural inspiration from the Tipitaka, or Pali canon. To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. This would explain 'The Awaken' doctrine. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things.. For the Buddhists, they are 4 basic beliefs. And they are:


1, Dukkha: suffering, unsatisfactoriness, discontent, stress; 2,The cause of dukkha: the cause of this dissatisfaction is craving (tanha) for sensuality, for states of becoming, and states of no becoming; 3,The cessation of dukkha: the relinquishment of that craving; 4,The path of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: the Noble Eightfold Path of right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.


.. → The philosophy, ← ..
"Life (human) is dukkha . ( suffering , with no apparent cause), There is a cause for the suffering. ( avidya or ignorance.), the cause can be abated, and there is a path ( Margo yoga). What the crux of this is that our minds do not see reality clearly, we do not know who we are, both to ourselves and in relation to the universe. The cause for this is ignorance of ourselves as egos that blinds us to seeing beyond ourselves." There is a remedy for this. The Remedy is Activities such as yoga, contemplation, self examination, etc. When one realizes the true nature of reality, often called ‘seeing things as they are', one has an identical experience to the historical Buddha.


Unlike the scriptures of many of the world's great religions, the Tipitaka is not regarded as gospel (good news), as an unassailable statement of divine truth (statement of faith), revealed by a prophet(messenger of God), to be accepted purely on faith. Instead, its teachings are meant to be assessed firsthand, to be put into practice in one's life so that one can find out for oneself if they do, in fact, yield the promised results. It is the truth towards which the words in the Tipitaka point that ultimately matters, not the words themselves. A supreme being is not accepted in those Eastern religions, but rather the belief in one's own merits.To Buddhism humanity as separate from the Universe is a concept created by the human consciousness. "We separate ourselves from each other, the world and the Universe when in fact we are an expression of the Universe or nature like everything else is. We are not a separate creation but interdependently co-originate with all things ."


Buddhism is not a matter of faith, but a matter of realizing what the historical Buddha realized; the interpenetration of all things and co-origination, thus, man is no more ‘sacred' then anything else, he is as important as all creations-all mutually defining. Finally, the Buddhist will have reached a level of consciousness at which he/she can discover the Guru, and at that point, one may become sensitiveve to the Guru, or the Buddha — One Who Is Awake, the Paradoxical Being. The Guru Is That "Other Dimension" — in Person. Like a genie in a dream, the Guru is both a Perfect Distraction and a Perfect Servant. Take note that there are different schools in this religion, many of which are divided from the other, Tibetan, Zhan, Nichiren, Pure Land, Zen/Ch'an, Mahayana, Theravada, and others.


.. → The Truth Behind The Experience ← ..
Two important facts. Regardless of religious beliefs, people cannot deny the existence of Mother Nature. What do I mean, and what does this haveto do with the topic? Well, these facts serve as sort of an intro into this next section, and they are reproduction and death. Nature takes its course in both. All tribes and people of any race, and origin either mate and reproduce, and they certainly do die. The difference in the way that we carry our wedding ceremonies and funerals is the point. While Westerners go to churches to march to the altar and schedule after partieswith a honeymoon to follow, the Buddhists, like the Hinduis, go to the Monasteries to appoint an ordained Monk, and their funeral services involve ritualistic activities. Following is a short description of the ritual ceremonies (a specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects), 2 in particular, and they are the marriage and funeral ceremony. In religion ritual is geared toward union with the Divine. In magical works it produces a specific state of consciousness that allows the magician to move energy toward needed goals. I know little about what actually occurs during the rites and ceremonies, but I'll start with the funeral rites..




Funeral Rites - Funeral rituals in Nepal are steeped in religious tradition, with Hindu priests and Buddhist Lamas providing spiritual guidance to the dead on its ultimate journey to the eternal world. Sometimes, especially in Buddhist funeral ceremony, the soul itself needs to be convinced that it no longer belongs to this mortal world, and that it now needs to get prepared to travel to the ethereal world. All these arcane and complex funeral ceremonies are performed with a single aim: to ensure that the departed soul doesn't get stranded in the netherworld for lack of proper guidance on way to heavenly destiny.This vigil is very important for the Buddhists who believe that upon death the soul leaves the earthly body immediately but hovers around it for three days and that sometimes within this time frame the soul may decide to reunite with the body causing an instance of miraculous resurrection .


Marriage Ceremony - In view of the traditional importance that the marriage ceremony has in the West, moreover, local, and especially isolated Buddhists without access to a temple or a monk might well adopt the following service that could be performed by relatives and friends of the bride and groom :


(i) Before a shrine specially erected, complete with a Buddha image, candles and flowers, the bridal couple and assembly should recite the Vandana, Tisarana and Pancasila in English or Pali to be found in the Pali Chanting, with English translations.


(ii) The couple should light the candles and incense sticks and offers the flowers placing them on and around the table on which stands the image.


(iii) The bride and groom should then, in turn, recite the traditional undertakings expected of them as found in the Sigilovdda Sutta (Digha Nikilya 3 1)


.. → BUDDHIST DISCOVERIES ← ..
All the things you've read so far about the religion, their practices, and beliefs about the "Awakened One," The Guru, Waking World, Nirvana (heaven), and all the disciplines, and all of their yoga practices, one would think that Buddhism is a good religion. How good is it really? The only people who do know are the people who have been Buddhists and have actually had the experience. This section tells about the true discoveries that a few fortunate people have had. This is their testimony given below in quotations. The 1st testimony does not have a name because the witness remained Anonymous, therefore, I will substitute "Anonymous" for the person's name. Now let's begin.
E X - B U D D H I S T: "It was a long hard battle. What began as a search for the truth became a battle for my heart and soul. My mother is a Buddhist. I know that she studied being a Buddhist in her younger age. As a child we went to temples every year. It was the most boring and useless event I ever went to. I hated it. The only thing I looked forward to was the food.I caught on to it pretty fast. I got into meditation and such. I remember at times I could dream about the future and at times I went out of my body and saw the city from above. Later on I finally understood that it was the spirits that showed me the future. As I got into meditation I felt something pulled me deep into myself.I could feel something trying to influence me while I meditate. As I followed it, I heard a voice, a still, strong voice above everything else, from the inside of my heart say "I’ve been waiting for you". I freaked and stopped meditating to much after that. I thought of Christ as someone that was weak and didn’t have much power. I began rebelling against him but no matter what, ♥ I never deny he was the son of God. It never left my lips and it wasn’t even in my heart. The most unbelievable thing happened to me, I cried. So I said to the Lord "my beloved Master, on the day I got you I was so happy. ♦ That’s how it has been since then. I feel asleep with tears flowing. The tears were so precious to me." - Anonymous
DISCUSSION:Jesus revealed himself by first upsetting someone's routine meditation just to show them his love and power over all things. And it's true, Jesus has power over all things, whether Buddha, spirits, demons, powers. Let's continue on.


2. "I came to the Buddhist path as a seeker. I was skeptical about religious claims, but felt a deep void in my life. I yearned for meaning and truth in a unpredictable and often hostile world. In Buddhism, I thought I had found what I was searching for. Buddhists believe karma keeps one trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth (samsara ), and the only way out is through enlightenment. To become enlightened, one has to eliminate desire. Buddha taught that desire is the root of suffering; that it causes attachment, which leads to suffering, and in turn causes other beings to suffer. This produces negative karma . If one eliminates desire and stops causing suffering, one can become enlightened, as he had. But eventually I began to question. Who or what had set this law of karma in motion? Who judged these beings' actions and sentenced them to another life of pain? Why were beings punished for actions they would be unable to remember? Was desire always a bad thing? Wasn't the desire for enlightenment still desire? If so, how could one ever attain enlightenment? ♦ So I strayed from the Buddhist path, the emptiness within me greater than before. I began to examine the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in a new light, laying aside the biases and prejudices that had caused me to dismiss Him as merely a “great human teacher.” The more I searched, the more I came to believe that there was a sovereign God who loved me and that Jesus was who He claimed to be—the Son of Man, fully human and fully God. ♥ I accepted Christ into my heart. In doing so, I now feel that I've found true enlightenment—through a personal relationship with my Creator." - Anonymous


DISCUSSION:The "void" that he was talking about is a void that nothing or nobody can fill except the Lord Jesus Christ. God created all things and all men. To seek truth on another path other than what the bible teaches is the same as "Idolatry." Thus, it is written, "Hear oh Israel, the Lord our God is one. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me." and Buddha is a false god inspite the fact that he was not a God, but a man whose Buddhist followers are his worshippers. Let's continue. The next testimony is from a many who did have a near-death or out-of-body-experience, whatever you want to call it, and had envisioned going to hell. He was a practicing Buddhist.


3. "I learned later that I actually died for three days. My body decayed and stunk of death, and my heart stopped beating. My body was prepared for cremation and was put through traditional Buddhist purification rites. The king of hell told me to look into the lake of fire. I looked and I saw the saffron colored robes that Buddhist monks wear in Myanmar. I looked closer and saw the shaven head of a man. When I looked at the man's face I saw it was U Zadila Kyar Ni Kan Sayadaw [the famous monk who had died in a car accident in 1983]. I asked the king of hell why my former leader was confined to this lake of torment. I said, ↓ "Why is he in this lake of fire? He was a very good teacher. He even had a teaching tape called 'Are You a Man or a Dog?' which had helped thousands of people understand that their worth as humans is far greater than the animals." Ω The king of hell replied, "Yes, he was a good teacher but he did not believe in Jesus Christ. That's why he is in hell."


CONCULSION: The truth is that it the Lord has revealed the truth to us, and that truth is not from us, but from Him. We cannot find truth by following some other path, man-made religion, or someone else's ego. Put away all rules. Be not deceived. The bible gives us the truth, "As a man thinks, that is what he is." And the heart of mankind is deceitfully wicked. The heart must be given to God, meaning, allow him (Jesus Christ) to come into your life. For it was God plan from the beginning to reconcile all things unto himself through Jesus Christ.




What are your thoughts on Buddhism?
0% Yes, and also the rebirth (Reincarnation)
100% One thing I realized as a " westerner", we think totally different than Buddha suggested.
0% Some of the literature shows that Buddha ( the awakened one) mentioned that he didn't want his teaching to become an "ism", nor should anyone call self a Buddhist,
0% made me very happy
0% live in compassion, loving all, walking in presence.







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