What is the Buddha's discourse on cosmology
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Drink mainly distilled and mineral water.... meat only fish... where possible no poultry or red meat. In fact, i got difficulty digesting red meat now.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Oh I see... thats very good
So what kind of diet change? -
Oh I see...Originally posted by longchen:Drink mainly distilled and mineral water.... meat only fish... where possible no poultry or red meat. In fact, i got difficulty digesting red meat now. -
Hmm maybe become full vegetarian would be best
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quote:never heard of Kalachakra prophecy though. what's it about?
Wow... very interesting read, thanks
Kalachakra prophecy states that people from Shambhala (MSK mentioned this place before Wink) will one day fight the evil people who shall rule the world like Hitler. Later, the wheel-turning-king shall rule the whole Earth and a golden age will last for 1000/1800 years, before the dharma finally disappears from Earth.
More info: http://kalachakranet.org/kalachakra_tantra_history.html
And who are the bad guys? - very interesting article on http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=6393&st=20
read the article on Jul 23 2004, 02:07 AM.
There is something that i recieved in a meditation... I have kept to myself... but I think i should tell others now. Please read with discernment. Thank you
All things are creative expressions of the Dharmakaya/Source. The light and the dark. Although the Source is essentially unaffected by all these apparent movement... ie, interplay of light and dark... not all parts of itself(Beings) can be extracted from the dream of Samsara. This is a problem.
It appears that for the manifested lower worlds to end... Light and Dark must be fully balanced or resolved. Otherwise, Beings trapped in Samsara will never wake up from the dream. The intelligence of the Source is looking at ways to resolve the ever-alternating battle of light and dark for supremacy. This is something that we can very clearly see in our world.... from animals all the way to the human realm... we fight. All are manifestion of the Sources' light and dark. All beings wants to be happy... this is also a very deep universal reflection of the Source. The intelligence of the Source wishes to find the balance within... so that the neccesary ingredient for manifested peace can be achieved, which in turns appears to be the neccessary ingrediant for the lower realms to end.
The intelligence of the Source is not interested in only a few Beings getting liberated. It is interested in liberating All of itself... in order to return back to the Void. -
Not entirely sure about that... but saying that 'the Source is not only interested in only a few Beings getting liberated' implies that the Source has some personal desires and a personality of its own?Originally posted by longchen:Wow... very interesting read, thanks
There is something that i recieved in a meditation... I have kept to myself... but I think i should tell others now. Please read with discernment. Thank you
All things are creative expressions of the Dharmakaya/Source. The light and the dark. Although the Source is essentially unaffected by all these apparent movement... ie, interplay of light and dark... not all parts of itself(Beings) can be extracted from the dream of Samsara. This is a problem.
It appears that for the manifested lower worlds to end... Light and Dark must be fully balanced or resolved. Otherwise, Beings trapped in Samsara will never wake up from the dream. The intelligence of the Source is looking at ways to resolve the ever-alternating battle of light and dark for supremacy. This is something that we can very clearly see in our world.... from animals all the way to the human realm... we fight. All are manifestion of the Sources' light and dark. All beings wants to be happy... this is also a very deep universal reflection of the Source. The intelligence of the Source wishes to find the balance within... so that the neccesary ingredient for manifested peace can be achieved, which in turns appears to be the neccessary ingrediant for the lower realms to end.
The intelligence of the Source is not interested in only a few Beings getting liberated. It is interested in liberating All of itself... in order to return back to the Void.
But if you mean Source = Buddha, then yes, since Buddha/Buddha Nature has Great Compassion.... -
BTW since this thread is related to cosmology, I must say something about Kalachakra cosmology.
Kalachakra Tantra, a teaching that started from Shakyamuni Buddha more than 2500 years ago, taught that the Earth is round, just like any other planets following certain orbits.
They also correctly stated the reason why solar eclipse occur - it is because the moon has blocked the sunlight from the Sun. Imagine, during those times, people still thought that its because the gods were angry thats why solar eclipse occur. Buddhism is so much more advanced than that. -
why shd we care about those prophecies.
what we shd do is to practise and perfect ourselves and await for the arrival of the next Buddha, Maitreya.
the more we practise, the more we are nearer to the day of meeting Buddha Maitreya.
Can we recite and call out Bodhisatvva Maitreya now eh, as he is the next Buddha to appear in our world -
It depends. Those people who focus on Kalachakra practise wishes to be reborned as Shamballa Warriors!!Originally posted by marcteng:why shd we care about those prophecies.
what we shd do is to practise and perfect ourselves and await for the arrival of the next Buddha, Maitreya.
the more we practise, the more we are nearer to the day of meeting Buddha Maitreya.
Can we recite and call out Bodhisatvva Maitreya now eh, as he is the next Buddha to appear in our world
And they will.... (if they practise correctly) -
Yes, my path is more related to Maitreya Bodhisattva's attainment of Buddhahood.Originally posted by marcteng:why shd we care about those prophecies.
what we shd do is to practise and perfect ourselves and await for the arrival of the next Buddha, Maitreya.
the more we practise, the more we are nearer to the day of meeting Buddha Maitreya.
Can we recite and call out Bodhisatvva Maitreya now eh, as he is the next Buddha to appear in our world -
how to practise eh?
care to share? reciting the name of Maitreya Bodhisatvva?
Did Maitreya has any vows? -
Maitreya Buddha's vows is to come at a time when people's lifespan is uncountable (i.e 84000 years), height is very very tall (i.e 160 feet high), very modern technology, no diseases, world peace and union of four human planets, etc etc (if you wish to find out more, I can pass you a book on the Sutra concerning Maitreya Buddha attaining Buddhahood in English/Chinese). At that time, Pure Land is established on Earth, why Pure Land?Originally posted by marcteng:how to practise eh?
care to share? reciting the name of Maitreya Bodhisatvva?
Did Maitreya has any vows?
In sutra, its stated that when Mind is pure, Land is pure. Meaning those people at that time have pure minds, they do not commit crimes, etc. And how? By purifying the human minds right now.... creating a Pure Land on Earth. At that time, more than 9 billion people will attain enlightenment in each of the 3 famous Maitreya Buddha's dharma discourse! And apart from that, many many billions of people will all attain enlightenment afterwards...
I believe this is a very good read: The next Buddha -
I think you are correct... not Source per say... but the 'The intelligence(wise part) of the Source'. I guess that's why there are Boddhisattvas. They carry out these 'tasks'.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Not entirely sure about that... but saying that 'the Source is not only interested in only a few Beings getting liberated' implies that the Source has some personal desires and a personality of its own?
But if you mean Source = Buddha, then yes, since Buddha/Buddha Nature has Great Compassion....
Anyway, i think it is really not up to us to decide. We are just tiny parts of the whole
and there might also be translation inaccuracy in what was recieved by me. -
Hi Eternal Now,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:quote:never heard of Kalachakra prophecy though. what's it about?
Kalachakra prophecy states that people from Shambhala (MSK mentioned this place before Wink) will one day fight the evil people who shall rule the world like Hitler. Later, the wheel-turning-king shall rule the whole Earth and a golden age will last for 1000/1800 years, before the dharma finally disappears from Earth.
More info: http://kalachakranet.org/kalachakra_tantra_history.html
And who are the bad guys? - very interesting article on http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=6393&st=20
read the article on Jul 23 2004, 02:07 AM.
I remember you saying that your Masters have meet Beings in the Inner Earth. Do you know whether Shambala is in the Inner Earth?
Very interestingly, there is a certain Master from a Western Tradition also have contacts with people from Agartha... which i think might be from the Inner Earth. -
Hi LongChen,
It is difficult to comprehend the mystery of life. Just like there is no half-infinity, the Movement is really the Source. The nature of Consciousness is without self, it is the very otherness that we experience, not to distant itself from itself. The hidden unmanifest is ever manifesting, in the movement everything IS.
There are more workers and warriors then we imagine. Some plant the seed of luminosity, some plant Emptiness. Not all are aware of their designated roles but knowingly or unknowingly they carry out their tasks. The tasks carried out might appear conflicting as if enlightened beings battling among themselves. Thus battling is not only dark against light.
From the perspective of the source, there is no conflict, not even in the minuteness moment of arising – a lost balance does not exist in reality but only in forms. ‘Birth’ is the beginning of life and yet it is also the beginning of Death. The wise therefore look beyond the appearance of forms and works on cause, condition and effect and understands the emptiness nature of reality. -
Hi Eternal Now,Originally posted by An Eternal Now:BTW since this thread is related to cosmology, I must say something about Kalachakra cosmology.
Kalachakra Tantra, a teaching that started from Shakyamuni Buddha more than 2500 years ago, taught that the Earth is round, just like any other planets following certain orbits.
They also correctly stated the reason why solar eclipse occur - it is because the moon has blocked the sunlight from the Sun. Imagine, during those times, people still thought that its because the gods were angry thats why solar eclipse occur. Buddhism is so much more advanced than that.
I am not exactly sure whether Kalachakra Tantra is that long back, but it was introduced into Tibet in 1027. Tibetant calendar uses it as a basis. -
Give me some time , i think i know where is the url for practice of Maitreya BodhisattvaOriginally posted by marcteng:how to practise eh?
care to share? reciting the name of Maitreya Bodhisatvva?
Did Maitreya has any vows?
Seek Rebirth to the inner Palace of the Tushita Heaven...... -
I see... so true.Originally posted by Thusness:Hi LongChen,
It is difficult to comprehend the mystery of life. Just like there is no half-infinity, the Movement is really the Source. The nature of Consciousness is without self, it is the very otherness that we experience, not to distant itself from itself. The hidden unmanifest is ever manifesting, in the movement everything IS.
There are more workers and warriors then we imagine. Some plant the seed of luminosity, some plant Emptiness. Not all are aware of their designated roles but knowingly or unknowingly they carry out their tasks. The tasks carried out might appear conflicting as if enlightened beings battling among themselves. Thus battling is not only dark against light.
From the perspective of the source, there is no conflict, not even in the minuteness moment of arising – a lost balance does not exist in reality but only in forms. ‘Birth’ is the beginning of life and yet it is also the beginning of Death. The wise therefore look beyond the appearance of forms and works on cause, condition and effect and understands the emptiness nature of reality.
Thanks, Thusness. -
can't, is all i heard. hence i asked.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Can tell us more?
maybe can use search engine, i tried for a bit...but not much found.
ps: to go to Maitreya Bodhisattva's Inner court of Tusita heaven, one need to practice a technic called Wei Xin Shi Ting 'Ψ�Äʶ¶¨¡¯ (Mind-Only, Consciousness samathi?). It's very difficult. A grand master who did it is Master Empty Cloud Hsu Yun. Note that, Maitreya Bodhisattva also visit Amitabha Buddha's PL to study. if go to Tusita heaven, u'll be His student. but if one can go to Amitabha's Pl, which is easier, one's classmate with Maitreya Bodhisattva!
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it is one of the practice only ... there are other ways of practiceOriginally posted by sinweiy:can't, is all i heard. hence i asked.
maybe can use search engine, i tried for a bit...but not much found.
ps: to go to Maitreya Bodhisattva's Inner court of Tusita heaven, one need to practice a technic called Wei Xin Shi Ting 'Ψ�Äʶ¶¨¡¯ (Mind-Only, Consciousness samathi?). It's very difficult. A grand master who did it is Master Empty Cloud Hsu Yun. Note that, Maitreya Bodhisattva also visit Amitabha Buddha's PL to study. if go to Tusita heaven, u'll be His student. but if one can go to Amitabha's Pl, which is easier, one's classmate with Maitreya Bodhisattva!
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the usual -repentance
chanting of Maitreya descent sutra Part 1 -3
and chant the vow to reborn in Tusita Heaven Inner Palace
Ven Yan Pei also vowed to go Maitreya PL
becos the most important thing is that at the longhua period (the bodhi tree in the future aeon wont be called bodhi ,or linden in germany )
the 3 assembly of Maitreya will help more than 60,000 ppl enlightened
there , Maha Kasyapa who is now still meditating in Chicken Foot mountain in Yunnan , China ,will awakes and passed the alms and bowl of Sakyamuni Buddha to Maitreya , symbolise the Coming of the Next Teachers of God and Human ,Buddha Maitreya
The following information was remembered in my mind ,from a chinese reference book on pureland ideology
available in reference section woodland regional library
this books tells of all the pureland teaching and practice from the medicine buddha practice , maitreya buddha
esoteric true word and the Western paradise of Amitabha -
Thanks for sharing the wonderful ways of attaining rebirth in tushi-ta heaven's Maitreya Inner Courtyard... I have heard that the famous masters like Ven Tai Xu and Ven Xu Yun (either or both?) have attained rebirth in the Maitreya Inner Courtyard.
Personally, I do not specifically practise the way to be reborned in the Inner Courtyard, you can say, a different path although still related to Maitreya Bodhisattva...
There is quite a good article (from the Theravada tradition): How to Meet Buddha Metteyya -
Yup, actually, I think it is not 60,000 (did you accidentally refered to the unorthodox I-Kuan-Dao's version of maitreya sutra?), but more than 9 billion people getting enlightened in each assembly.Originally posted by bohiruci:becos the most important thing is that at the longhua period (the bodhi tree in the future aeon wont be called bodhi ,or linden in germany )
the 3 assembly of Maitreya will help more than 60,000 ppl enlightened
there ,
http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol8no3a.htm
Throughout Maitreya Buddha's entire life of delivering discourses on the Dharma, he guides and enlightens infinite numbers of sentient beings. Among the various Dharma discourses, there are 3 great assemblies: The first assembly teaches and guides 9.6 billion people, the second assembly, 9.4 billion people, and the third assembly, 9.2 billion people. These assemblies are the highly renowned 'Dragon-Flower Triple Assemblies' of the future.
Apart from these, there are many many occasions where billions of people attain enlightenment! (The Sutra of Maitreya's Attaining Buddhahood)
Also, according to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha held Three Assemblies in Two Places.
1. First Assembly in Vulture Peak (Mount Grdhrakuta) - from Chapter 1 to first half of Chapter 11.
2. Second Assembly in the sky - from the second half of Chapter 11 to Chapter 21.
3. Third Assembly in Vulture Peak (Mount Grdhrakuta) again - from Chapter 21 to Chapter 28.
Wonderful that they are going to teach dharma in the sky! -
Hi Thusness,Originally posted by Thusness:Hi Eternal Now,
I am not exactly sure whether Kalachakra Tantra is that long back, but it was introduced into Tibet in 1027. Tibetant calendar uses it as a basis.
Kalachakra Tantra was directly passed down from Shakyamuni Buddha to the kings of Shamballa who visited Shakyamuni Buddha from their flying vehicles according to their scriptures. The 2nd Shamballa king (the current Dalai Lama is known to be one of his incarnation I heard) wrote a large commentary on Kalachakra Tantra. It is introduced into Tibet in 1027 by those Shamballa people, yes, that is true... but it originated from Shakyamuni Buddha. Certain lamas (like the Dalai Lama? Panchen Lama?) is known to have contacts with people from Shamballa
All the 4 Tibetan traditions teach the Kalachakra, the Dalai Lama is one of the well known Kalachakra propogator. -
Aghartha and Shamballa is used interchangeably in the past, nowadays they use the word Shamballa more commonly.Originally posted by longchen:Hi Eternal Now,
I remember you saying that your Masters have meet Beings in the Inner Earth. Do you know whether Shambala is in the Inner Earth?
Very interestingly, there is a certain Master from a Western Tradition also have contacts with people from Agartha... which i think might be from the Inner Earth.
My Master did not mention the word 'Shamballa' (which is probably more Tibetan side I think?), but from what I have read I believe it is either the same, or highly linked. Shamballa is probably Aghartha's capital.
BTW, contacts with Aghartha/Shamballa did not start from Buddhism, it dates all the way back to the Vedas (many thousand years before Buddhism) - even the language of Sanskrit was thought to have originated from Shamballa. -
actually xrisler, you said...
This is one of the confusing part of the sutras.
becos the most important thing is that at the longhua period (the bodhi tree in the future aeon wont be called bodhi ,or linden in germany )
the 3 assembly of Maitreya will help more than 60,000 ppl enlightened
there ,
Sutra states each Buddha sits under different kind of trees, but yet how come it is Bodhi tree? It is very strange.... but actually people are all mistaken.
All Buddhas of different era sit under different kind of trees, but after enlightenment, that kind of tree will be called the Bodhi Tree! Because someone attained Great Enlightenment under it... thats why its Bodhi. -
I see, thanks...Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Aghartha and Shamballa is used interchangeably in the past, nowadays they use the word Shamballa more commonly.
My Master did not mention the word 'Shamballa' (which is probably more Tibetan side I think?), but from what I have read I believe it is either the same, or highly linked. Shamballa is probably Aghartha's capital.
BTW, contacts with Aghartha/Shamballa did not start from Buddhism, it dates all the way back to the Vedas (many thousand years before Buddhism) - even the language of Sanskrit was thought to have originated from Shamballa.
U are so knowlegdeable