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 Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting  [Re: Az0th]
#4983317 - 11/26/05 03:59 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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>> Personally I believe it's rather soon for a new Buddha to appear,
Since the time of Shakyamuni there have been countless Buddhas. They may not've had the kind of spotlight that Shakyamuni Buddha had, but that is merely because Shakyamuni Buddha was the first Buddha to turn the wheel in this world system. Since Shakyamuni there has been Atisha, Shantideva, Tsongkhapa, Nagarjuna, Tilopa and Naropa, Milarepa, Gyatso, and countless other solitary realizers who passed beyond sorrow in complete isolation.
Maitreya is considered the "future Buddha" because he will lead countless beings from this world system to an enlightened ground. He deserves special mention because he will have significant and immediate impact when he appears. It should be pointed out that a Buddha does not appear from his own side, but rather arises in dependence upon the development of peaceful awareness in living beings.
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Ped]
#4983408 - 11/26/05 04:44 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Apologies to all of them for not giving them full credit.
I seriously thought that only Kashyapa, Shakyamuni and Maitreya were to be called Buddhas, the rest being bodhisattvas and arhants. You can learn something every day here.
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Ped]
#4985713 - 11/27/05 10:10 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Maitreya is considered the "future Buddha" because he will lead countless beings from this world system to an enlightened ground
So will one have to be Buddhist or have Buddhist beliefs to be counted among this throng? Or will I have to convert?
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Icelander]
#4986487 - 11/27/05 04:18 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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you dont need to be "buddhist" to achieve enlightenment anymore than you need to be "christian" to experience God, in my omniscient oppinion
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Moonshoe]
#4986869 - 11/27/05 06:04 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Are you speaking for the Buddhists?
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Icelander]
#4986943 - 11/27/05 06:30 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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So will one have to be Buddhist or have Buddhist beliefs to be counted among this throng? Or will I have to convert?
Only you can liberate your mind. The Buddhas are there to help you by giving teachings in word and in deed, but you have to do the work yourself.
If you manage to reach enlightenment without help, that's great too.
I believe that is the position of most buddhist schools. Pure land schools are a bit different, there you pray for the buddha to take you to his pure land upon death, where you emerge sitting in a lotus flower on a peaceful lake with all the time in the world to meditate, so even there you have to do it yourself.
That sounds too much like "pray and go to heaven" for my taste, but they have many followers.
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Catalysis]
#4987058 - 11/27/05 07:15 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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The kid's just bringing some well needed light in this plane of existence. He's helping to bust this system up.
Concerning the overabundance of attention he's getting, I'd say there's a way to look at it in a positive way. It shows that people are curious, the image of this kid meditating, which is rather mysterious to average Joe, strikes a chord in people's hearts, and there's some very deep symbolism at play. Maybe it also demonstrates that people are hoping for a rise of fresh and new spiritual guides, which itself suggests there is a spiritual need, a spiritual hunger that alot of people are craving for. I dunno...
When I saw him on TV, it felt like something really special, and it brought up to my mind alot of things that have been said on this thread.
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: Catalysis]  1
#13537596 - 11/24/10 11:29 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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TL:DR
Isn't the Dalai Llama the new Buddha?
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TL:DR
Isn't the Dalai Llama the new Buddha?
Thread is almost five years old and that's what you unearth it to say?
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#13537831 - 11/25/10 12:30 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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lol
i was gonna call him out for that tl;dr and i didn't even know this thread was 5 yrs old
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: jivJaN]
#13538107 - 11/25/10 02:03 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wonder if the kid is still sitting there  Would be mountains of rubbish by now
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: lolwut]
#13539167 - 11/25/10 11:31 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: teknix]
#13539804 - 11/25/10 02:24 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Bomjon#Physical_assault_investigation
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Bomjon has admitted to slapping some local villagers on July 22, 2010. The incident took place in the Bara district and police have been involved in the investigation after 17 complaints. Bomjon claimed that the locals were interrupting his meditation by climbing onto his platform, mimicking him, and attempting to manhandle him, and he was "therefore forced to beat them". According to him he slapped them "two or three times", while the villagers allege that they were assaulted more seriously.
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: flangenips]
#13539818 - 11/25/10 02:29 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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flangenips said:
from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Bomjon#Physical_assault_investigation
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Bomjon has admitted to slapping some local villagers on July 22, 2010. The incident took place in the Bara district and police have been involved in the investigation after 17 complaints. Bomjon claimed that the locals were interrupting his meditation by climbing onto his platform, mimicking him, and attempting to manhandle him, and he was "therefore forced to beat them". According to him he slapped them "two or three times", while the villagers allege that they were assaulted more seriously.
haahahaah
awesome
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Re: 15-year-old new Buddha continues fasting [Re: jivJaN]
#13541226 - 11/25/10 09:26 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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The recent development is sad news. It's becoming more likely that this is a hoax or that bomjon is just mentally ill in one way or another. buddha preached strict nonviolence
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