Mr Cheese
Well-Known Member
But perhaps I could use this oppurtunity to point something out to you Mr. Cheese, if I may. You said the Buddha returned to where he came from. In Mahayana we believe this to be the Golden Land or Pure Land of the Cosmic Buddha and the gods and blessed Bodhisattvas who have ascended. We believe the Cosmic Buddha is the one supreme force from which all the gods eminate, that being said, you have said previously that the gods are at times petty and bind people to this lower existence. Can you not see that the Buddha is accomplishing it's will and purpose through the gods as he is through all life? The gods taught people things like the way of Ma'at, the universal way, the Tao, etc. these are all the same as the way of the dharma. The way of the dharma is the original nature of all things before disorder and chaos arose. The gods told the Egyptians of a time called Zep-Tepi "the first time" in which all things lived in accordance with the way of Ma'at and her precepts. The universal cosmic Buddha is accomplishing his will through all things, even the gods. Consider what I just said.
I understand and agree....
I would however ague said Gods are essentially ways to conceptualize that which is beyond conception
Thomasine (ala Gospel of thomas and related texts and groups) often label this as the light lands....
remember...
the map is not the territory
"
The foolish reject what they see, not what they think;
the wise reject what they think, not what they see."
Huang Po
Happy Easter