Richard, it sounds like you're saying that anyone who is aspiring to be like
Buddha is a Bhudhist. Would you also say that anyone who aspires to be like
Christ is a Christian? If you are, it's kind of an interesting perspective on
the whole thing.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:31 PM, Richard J. Williams
<pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
If he lived in the Himalayas with yogis; and if he came out of the Himalayas
looking like a yogi; and he talks and looks like a yogi; and they call him a
yogi; then he must be a yogi of some kind.
On 11/6/2013 9:00 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:
>It is said, "Anyone who meditates with the aim of samadhi is a Buddhist".
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>Ok, Richard, nobody else is gonna challenge you on this. Actually I'm not
>either. But it would be great if you could say more about it. Seems
>revolutionary (-:
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>Anyone who meditates with the aim of samadhi is a Buddhist.
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>On 11/3/2013 4:42 PM, s3raphita@... wrote:
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>>Is it possible to be a Buddhist and practice meditation effortlessly?
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>>Yes, according to MMY.
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>>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Should TM'er Buddhists even be allowed to have a Dome badge? Is it possible
>>to be a buddhist and practice meditation effortlessly?
>>-Buck
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>>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote:
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>>Re "The Gnostic prophet Mani taught radical dualist cosmology; a struggle
>>between the opposing forces of good and evil, spiritual light versus the
>>material world darkness. Humans are composed of two opposing elements in a
>>battle for power. There is a soul, but it is influenced by elements of both
>>good and evil. Manichaeism is similar to the dualistic Bogomils, Paulicians,
>>and Cathars. It's not complicated. Adepts in China and the Far East would
>>probably relate to this with their own notions of Yin and Yang.":
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>>The Yin and Yang "concepts" point to a Tao that includes the opposites.
>>Imagining that one side of a pair of opposites could gain the upper hand over
>>the other would be a vulgar error.
>>As the little we know about Manichaeism and similar "dualist"
>>religions/philosophies comes to us from hostile sources isn't it possible
>>that these beliefs weren't as dualist as they've been painted but perhaps
>>also had the idea of a Transcendence that reconciled the positive and
>>negative aspects of life?
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>>So, let's review what we know about the prophet Mani.
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>>The Gnostic prophet Mani taught
radical dualist cosmology; a
struggle between the opposing
forces of good and evil, spiritual
light versus the material world
darkness. Humans are composed of
two opposing elements in a battle
for power. There is a soul, but it
is influenced by elements of both
good and evil. Manichaeism is
similar to the dualistic Bogomils,
Paulicians, and Cathars. It's not
complicated.
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>>Adepts in China and the Far East
would probably relate to this with
their own notions of Yin and Yang,
which is probably derived from the
Indian Sankhya, a radical dualism,
and later tantra- a theory of
polarity which posits male and
female energies.
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>>The name 'Mani' is Sanskrit. Mani
traveled and lived in India for
several years, visiting Buddhist
lands such as Bamiyan in
Afghanistan, so it is not
surprising that Buddhist
influences would be apparent. Mani
apparently adopted his theory of
the reincarnation (transmigration
of souls) from the Buddhists.
Mani's sect structure was
apparently based on the Buddhist
Sangha, that is, Arhants and the
lay follower community.
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>>On 11/2/2013 11:31 AM, emptybill@... wrote:
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>>> No wonder the Near-Eastern realm got so mixed up.
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>>>It seems that as Manichean ideology spread to the East it incorporated
>>>Buddhist concepts along the way in a effort to show the superiority of the
>>>"Religion of Light." Mani lived during the third century of the current era.
>>>Mani used the epitaph "Buddha of Light" and identified himself as Maitreya.
>>>He and his followers specifically borrowed from early Pure Land Sutras and
>>>Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka philosophy. As it entered the region of Gandhara and
>>>spread to China it used the Buddhist Hinayana tradition to support its views
>>>of "matter, the body and the world."
>>>MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM
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>>>David A. Scott
>>>Christ Church College of Higher Education
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