Uncle wrote: > I mean, think about the people who talk about Heaven > a lot. > In fact, Uncle, millions of Buddhists worship and pay respect to all kinds of heavenly and celestial entities such as Manjusri, Avolikiteisvara and the Goddess Tara, both White, Green, and Gold. In Nepal, most Buddhists worship Bhairava, the Tantric Goddess of fecundity.
> Would *you* want to be stuck with them for eternity > in the kind of place they'd consider Heaven? :-) > Traditionally Buddhists throughout the Buddhist world consider that the universe contains more beings in it than are normally visible to humans. Buddhists have no objection to the existence of the Hindu Gods or Heavens of the Gods. Nevertheless, Buddhists can't take refuge in them because the Hindu Gods are not Buddhas; that is, the Gods are not enlightened. According to Buddhist teaching, all the Hindu Gods, for all their power, do not dwell in heaven for "eternity". But none of this entails that the Gods don' exist or that the Gods cannot excert a powerful influence over our lives. Thus, the Buddhist has no problem with the Gods, Sir. References: "Buddhist Thought" by Paul Williams Routledge, 2000 "Buddhism in Practice" ed. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. Princeton Readings in Religion, 1995 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
