Timeline
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Somewhere in the west, Bible God was flooding people who didn't listen to him, turning women into pillars of salt etc --------------Many years later---------------> Somewhere in the east, Buddha attains enlightenment. Buddha reads the mind of a Maha Brahma, has a talk with him and convinces him that he is not the Creator --------------------> 500 years later, Bible God sends down Jesus to correct many things in the old testament, and turns Christianity into a religion of love.
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Tell me in the Genesis from the Bible
God take 7 days to Mountains,Rivers,gorges ,Animal and human
So is that a timeline or Human and animals takes many many million years to evolve
Just how old is God ?
Here is Buddhist forum , share your view on Buddhism ,kindly post it at Eternal Hope ,if you want to get ppl to share your view on christianity
thanks and bless you limitless happiness ,
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Dun speculate lar. Dunno abt this.Originally posted by Cenarious:Somewhere in the west, Bible God was flooding people who didn't listen to him, turning women into pillars of salt etc --------------Many years later---------------> Somewhere in the east, Buddha attains enlightenment. Buddha reads the mind of a Maha Brahma, has a talk with him and convinces him that he is not the Creator --------------------> 500 years later, Bible God sends down Jesus to correct many things in the old testament, and turns Christianity into a religion of love.
Coincidence? I think not!
Anyway, even if it is the truth, what does it help you? -
fun to knowOriginally posted by marcteng:Dun speculate lar. Dunno abt this.
Anyway, even if it is the truth, what does it help you? -
Maybe should also include Hinduism. Hinduism has at least a history of more than 5000 years (BBC). According to MCK, it is 8000 years old. Hmm also, during Buddha's time there were 90+ different religions in India.
Whatever that happens is in the line of cause and effect.
Honestly, I do not see any coincidence. Sorry for my ignorance. -
Correction, during the Buddha's time, there were some 200-300 plus religions.Originally posted by concerned_man:Maybe should also include Hinduism. Hinduism has at least a history of more than 5000 years. According to MCK, it is 8000 years old. Hmm also, during Buddha's time there were 90+ different religions in India.
Whatever that happens is in the line of cause and effect.
Honestly, I do not see any coincidence. Sorry for my ignorance. -
Oh ... again I've learnt something today.
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mostly those religions focuses on one god or many gods, not really that different from one another, then maybe got rebirth and kamma in their teachings, but their concept are not the same with Buddhism's rebirth and kamma.
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Buddhism is like a fresh breath of air in that it is different from religions centering on god and its power.
Self liberation rather than relying on external liberation and kamma and rebirth explains a lot of occurences in this world rather than using god to explain everything.
The teachings in Buddhism really appeal to the intellect and does not need blind faith and submission of oneself to god, which emphasises reliance on an external being rather than onself. -
Very much agreed.
I am grateful to be able to gain some valuable wisdom from the Dharma. I sincerely hope I can perform good cultivation.
NaMoAMiTuoFo -
I had studied the bible for many years before....
but I have found the real TRUE meaning of our EXISTENCE AND BEYOND through buddhism.........
work of the devil? no....! the devil is u yourself, ignorance is your devil! -
do not underestimate the powers of yr mind! n how it can be heavily brainwashed! that's the heavy karma accumulated from pasts that clouds the mind from opening up!
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Excellent inputs.
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Sounds like a familiar person.....Originally posted by Cenarious:if you have the brains of a bird pls do not post in my topic thanks
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Reminder: no insults tolerated in this forum.
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Cenarious, do you by any chance play MMORPGs? Your name sounds familiar...
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First of all, in Buddhism weÂ’re not that interested in talking about the Buddha himself. Nor was he; he wasnÂ’t interested in people believing in him, so to this day Buddhism has never encouraged its followers simply to believe in the Buddha. We have always been more interested in understanding human psychology, the nature of the mind. Thus, Buddhist practitioners always try to understand their own mental attitudes, concepts, perceptions and consciousness. Those are the things that really matter.Originally posted by Cenarious:Somewhere in the west, Bible God was flooding people who didn't listen to him, turning women into pillars of salt etc --------------Many years later---------------> Somewhere in the east, Buddha attains enlightenment. Buddha reads the mind of a Maha Brahma, has a talk with him and convinces him that he is not the Creator --------------------> 500 years later, Bible God sends down Jesus to correct many things in the old testament, and turns Christianity into a religion of love.
Coincidence? I think not!
Otherwise, if you forget about yourself and your delusions and focus instead on some lofty idea—like “What is Buddha?”—your spiritual journey becomes a dream-like hallucination. That’s possible; be careful. In your mind there’s no connection between Buddha, or God, and yourself. They’re completely separate things: you’re completely down here; Buddha, or God, is completely up there. There’s no connection whatsoever. It’s not realistic to think that way. It’s too extreme. You’re putting one thing down at the lower extreme and the other way up at the upper. In Buddhism, we call that kind of mind dualistic.
Furthermore, if humans are completely negative by nature, what is the point of seeking a higher idea? Anyway, ideas are not realizations. People always want to know all about the highest attainments or the nature of God, but such intellectual knowledge has nothing to do with their lives or their minds. True religion should be the pursuit of self-realization, not an exercise in the accumulation of facts.
In Buddhism, we are not particularly interested in the quest for intellectual knowledge alone. We are much more interested in understanding whatÂ’s happening here and now, in comprehending our present experiences, what we are at this very moment, our fundamental nature. We want to know how to find satisfaction, how to find happiness and joy instead of depression and misery, how to overcome the feeling that our nature is totally negative.
Lord Buddha himself taught that basically, human nature is pure, egoless, just as the sky is by nature clear, not cloudy. Clouds come and go, but the blue sky is always there; clouds donÂ’t alter the fundamental nature of the sky. Similarly, the human mind is fundamentally pure, not one with the ego. Anyway, whether you are a religious person or not, if you canÂ’t separate yourself from your ego, youÂ’re completely misguided; youÂ’ve created for yourself a totally unrealistic philosophy of life that has nothing whatsoever to do with reality.
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neutral_onliner I am overly impress.
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i just sense....... something........ not quite right here..........Originally posted by neutral_onliner:First of all, in Buddhism weÂ’re not that interested in talking about the Buddha himself. Nor was he; he wasnÂ’t interested in people believing in him, so to this day Buddhism has never encouraged its followers simply to believe in the Buddha. We have always been more interested in understanding human psychology, the nature of the mind. Thus, Buddhist practitioners always try to understand their own mental attitudes, concepts, perceptions and consciousness. Those are the things that really matter.
Otherwise, if you forget about yourself and your delusions and focus instead on some lofty idea—like “What is Buddha?”—your spiritual journey becomes a dream-like hallucination. That’s possible; be careful. In your mind there’s no connection between Buddha, or God, and yourself. They’re completely separate things: you’re completely down here; Buddha, or God, is completely up there. There’s no connection whatsoever. It’s not realistic to think that way. It’s too extreme. You’re putting one thing down at the lower extreme and the other way up at the upper. In Buddhism, we call that kind of mind dualistic.
Furthermore, if humans are completely negative by nature, what is the point of seeking a higher idea? Anyway, ideas are not realizations. People always want to know all about the highest attainments or the nature of God, but such intellectual knowledge has nothing to do with their lives or their minds. True religion should be the pursuit of self-realization, not an exercise in the accumulation of facts.
In Buddhism, we are not particularly interested in the quest for intellectual knowledge alone. We are much more interested in understanding whatÂ’s happening here and now, in comprehending our present experiences, what we are at this very moment, our fundamental nature. We want to know how to find satisfaction, how to find happiness and joy instead of depression and misery, how to overcome the feeling that our nature is totally negative.
Lord Buddha himself taught that basically, human nature is pure, egoless, just as the sky is by nature clear, not cloudy. Clouds come and go, but the blue sky is always there; clouds donÂ’t alter the fundamental nature of the sky. Similarly, the human mind is fundamentally pure, not one with the ego. Anyway, whether you are a religious person or not, if you canÂ’t separate yourself from your ego, youÂ’re completely misguided; youÂ’ve created for yourself a totally unrealistic philosophy of life that has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. -
it is very important to constantly practice, exercise and cultivate mindfulness and as time goes by mindfulness becomes naturally part of you that u don't even feel it around existing in u.....
in time to come u'll understand the importance, significant needs of such mindfulness.
being in mindfulness & clear awareness is being right HERE right NOW AT THIS PRESENT MOMENT.
please guard your mind!
may all be safe and guided well........!
na mo shakyamuni buddha -
Yup, he didn't bother to read my tiny post.Originally posted by paperflower:i just sense....... something........ not quite right here..........
And Cenarius is the demigod teacher of Furion Stormrage -
pardon me for saying this, i only see "nonsense" in your line.Originally posted by Cenarious:Yup, he didn't bother to read my tiny post.
And Cenarius is the demigod teacher of Furion Stormrage -
cenariuos,
speculation is not the real answer. -
reading the sutras, the teachings of buddha without truly deeply understanding them & investigating & be mindful enough, one will never be able to be inawareness with the shadows of mara lurking around in the mind.