Do you not realise that God is your Emptiness???
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liddat i whr got anyhow say. i got intuition den i say one.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:lol you anyhow say ah... but anyway I have a strong affinity with Heart Sutra.. years ago when I was younger like 9 or 10 years old, I would always listen to Heart Sutra until I fall asleep... then one day 4 years ago when I was 12 years old.. I suddenly had a sudden understanding about the teachings of Heart Sutra... in one moment it become very apparent to me how we are fooled by concepts into believing in inherent existence of things.
This is not some enlightenment experience, I am not enlightenment, but Thusness calls it a 'karmic rupture', don't know what it means.. maybe I studied Heart Sutra in past life? -
acherly i oso got sumtin sum sort similar bt, den again, totally different... but dun tink i wish to say it here...
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lol.. your intuition quite accurate then. I used to listen heart sutra tape once or twice every night.Originally posted by Hello Kitty:liddat i whr got anyhow say. i got intuition den i say one. -
ahhh... wif the appearance of dis thread, it's time fer us to listen to more of it.
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Yep..Originally posted by Hello Kitty:ahhh... wif the appearance of dis thread, it's time fer us to listen to more of it.
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:The Buddha was also known to have said this,
If the creator of the world entire
They call God, of every being be the Lord
Why does he order such misfortune
If the creator of the world entire
They call God, of every being be the Lord
Why prevail deceit, lies and ignorance
And he such inequity and injustice create?
If the creator of the world entire
They call God, of every being be the Lord
Then an evil master is he, (O Aritta)
Knowing what's right did let wrong prevail!
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But shouldn't concern you, since gnostics don't believe in a supreme personal Creator what.Originally posted by Owl^: -
Ever heard of 'suspicious idea' in supreme creators eg: alien intelligent etcOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:But shouldn't concern you, since gnostics don't believe in a supreme personal Creator what.
Question: All aliens have buddha nature?
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???Originally posted by Owl^:Ever heard of 'suspicious idea' in supreme creators eg: alien intelligent etc
Question: All aliens have buddha nature? 
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Originally posted by gigabyte14:??? OOT liao
Mexican Air Force Encounters UFOs - 10
Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state, a spokesman for Mexico's Defense Department . The lights were filmed on March 5 by pilots using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 11,500 feet, and reportedly surrounded the jet as it conducted routine anti-drug trafficking vigilance in Campeche. Only three of the objects showed up on the plane's radar. Read the whole story.
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Question: Do all aliens have 'buddha nature?' or 'entry fee' to the pure realm -
A lot of new age teachings and new spiritual groups like raelians believe in alien intelligence... but in Buddhism, we do not believe we are the 'creation' of some alien group.Originally posted by Owl^:Ever heard of 'suspicious idea' in supreme creators eg: alien intelligent etc
Question: All aliens have buddha nature?
Talking about aliens, in Buddhism, within our galaxy there are 3 other planets with intelligent beings just like us human beings. Recently there is an article about finding a planet with water and temperature of 0 to 40 degrees making it suitable for life.. in future there would be many more planets of such kinds to be found and many of them will be able to habour life.
Anyway I was saying about the 3 other planets with intelligent beings or you can say they belong to the 'human' category since they are very similar to us in many sense. The sutras described the lifestyle of each of these planets... I can't remember the details now -- some of them lead carefree lifestyles and their civilisations are not as advanced as ours, while one of them is already very advanced, more advanced than ours. Though some of the other planets have dharma, our planet is most suitable to cultivate the dharma. In the future there will come a time where the galaxy incl. the 4 planets will be under one rule of the universal wheel turning king who travels to the various planets in a golden flying vehicle that can reach the other destination within 1 days' time. Maitreya Bodhisattva will descend at such times to attain Buddhahood.
Of course it goes without saying all sentient beings whether from planet Earth or other places have Buddha Nature. All animate things have Buddha Nature, and all inanimate things have Dharma Nature. Buddha Nature and Dharma Nature is the same thing, just that Buddha Nature describes the potential of a sentient being to attain Buddhahood. -
Originally posted by Owl^:
Regarding where most UFOs came from, I know where they came from but if I say what I know... many people will not believe as it is too unbelievable. Their origin would have already been revealed if not for efforts to cover up both by our side and their side. It is not necessarily extraterrestrials. Anyway time will show.. eventually. -
Very fortunately, I do not believe in those new age teachings or new spiritual groups like raelians believe in alien intelligentOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:A lot of new age teachings and new spiritual groups like raelians believe in alien intelligence... but in Buddhism, we do not believe we are the 'creation' of some alien group.
to be continued
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All sentient beings, good or evil, pure or not pure, have Buddha Nature. However not every being is enlightened to their Buddha Nature. Our Buddha Nature neither increases on enlightenment, nor decreases when ignorant.. as the Heart Sutra describes:Originally posted by Owl^:Question: Do all aliens have 'buddha nature' or 'entry fee' to the pure realm?
"Non-Arising, Non-Ceasing, Non-Defiled,
Non-Pure, Non-Increasing, Non-Decreasing"
Pure realm means what.. pure land? Not all aliens are in pure land. -
It ok to share ' what you know' regarding it is not necessarily extraterrestrialsOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:Regarding where most UFOs came from, I know where they came from but if I say what I know... many people will not believe as it is too unbelievable. Their origin would have already been revealed if not for efforts to cover up both by our side and their side. It is not necessarily extraterrestrials. Anyway time will show.. eventually.
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Maybe I'll write something to you in PM... but I really do not wish to discuss this on open forum as I think it would be better for this forum to focus on practical Buddhist teachings.. and I do not want to create too much unnecessary controversy.Originally posted by Owl^:It ok to share ' what you know' regarding it is not necessarily extraterrestrials -
Middle earth...oso called 'Eden Garden' is found!
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ermm....its kinda complicated stuff due to debate alien's non-buddha nature or alien's buddha natureOriginally posted by gigabyte14:???
*still reading AEN pm
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I ching
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lol.. not the same lah.. but mandalas usually look around that first pic.
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This first pic......
Somehow remind me of I-ching
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GOD i trust, All other CASH.Originally posted by Eric Cartman:You try pointing something out to a christian and ask him if this is God. Never will he ever agree that something you can point out is God. Why must buddhists think that God must be a thing? Emptiness can also become a thing if you do it wrong. -
That is he tu, not i ching mandalaOriginally posted by Owl^:Somehow remind me of I-ching -
....mmm...Originally posted by An Eternal Now:That is he tu, not i ching mandala
Mystical dragon horse He Tu,recorded in the I-ching