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Maybe the author is referring to the Mahayana notion of an eternal Buddha that manifested as Siddartha Gautama (aka Shakyamuni) in India.
Most accounts of the Buddha have come down from oral tradition and writings that came after his death. You will have to decide which one seems truer to you.
Eternal Buddha, is this something like a weird crossed between Buddhism and Taoism when Buddhism came to China from Indian? Yes, all you have to do is pray to the lord Buddha and you will enter nirvana like Christianity.
Pure land Buddhist, eternal Buddha, what a load of crap.
Eternal Buddha, is this something like a weird crossed between Buddhism and Taoism when Buddhism came to China from Indian? Yes, all you have to do is pray to the lord Buddha and you will enter nirvana like Christianity.
Pure land Buddhist, eternal Buddha, what a load of crap.
I'm not thankful, he wasn't detailed nor self-controlled enough. He must be representing Dead Buddhism.
The idea that everything is impermanent and transitional is devoid of full thought, there are things which are eternal concepts and eternal abilities. But we do have to be careful that we don't delude ourselves because of our desires. Although human psychology is given easily to concepts of needing overwhelming help and needing grandiose meaning, that doesn't mean that it causes harm to know about, or think about, or find meaning in the Eternal Buddha.
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According to legend, a Nepalese prince, named Siddartha Gautama did in fact become the figure we today refer to as "the Buddha" after his enlightenment following 40 days and nights (sound familiar?) of intense contemplation, meditation, and testing under the Bodhi (fig) tree.
"Buddha" simply means "an enlightened person."
It's similar to the whole Jesus mythos. The son of a jewish carpenter named Joseph and his wife, Mary, a man named Yeshua (Joshua) became imbued with the Holy Spirit after his baptism by John. Thereafter his followers referred to him as "Yeshua christos." Chrisrtos being the Greek translation for the term "anointed one."
Yeshua the anointed = Jesus the christos = Jesus Christ.
However, Buddha's followers never thought he was any sort of god, and neither did Siddartha claim to be divine. He in fact preached about the hazards of belief in such entities.
According to legend, a Nepalese prince, named Siddartha Gautama did in fact become the figure we today refer to as "the Buddha" after his enlightenment following 40 days and nights (sound familiar?) of intense contemplation, meditation, and testing under the Bodhi (fig) tree.
"Buddha" simply means "an enlightened person."
How do you explain going from an enlightened person to being eternal god?
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It's similar to the whole Jesus mythos. The son of a jewish carpenter named Joseph and his wife, Mary, a man named Yeshua (Joshua) became imbued with the Holy Spirit after his baptism by John. Thereafter his followers referred to him as "Yeshua christos." Chrisrtos being the Greek translation for the term "anointed one."
Why is it similar when one is an enlightened one and the other is son of God?
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Originally Posted by Hombre_Corriendo
Yeshua the anointed = Jesus the christos = Jesus Christ.
However, Buddha's followers never thought he was any sort of god, and neither did Siddartha claim to be divine. He in fact preached about the hazards of belief in such entities.
Hence me calling eternal Buddha a load of craps. It's a weird cross between Buddhism and Christianity. I rest my case.
I'm not thankful, he wasn't detailed nor self-controlled enough. He must be representing Dead Buddhism.
The idea that everything is impermanent and transitional is devoid of full thought, there are things which are eternal concepts and eternal abilities. But we do have to be careful that we don't delude ourselves because of our desires. Although human psychology is given easily to concepts of needing overwhelming help and needing grandiose meaning, that doesn't mean that it causes harm to know about, or think about, or find meaning in the Eternal Buddha.
Why don't you just read Buddha last words. Very simple, nothing is eternal, no matter how much you wish for it to be to give meanings to the short time you have on this earth. Nothing! the earth, the sun, the galaxies, the universe. Consider yourself like water inside a bowl, if that bowl is not eternal, how could water be?
Accept it, live it for the moment.
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