On Jul 12, 2007, at 8:42 AM, billy jim wrote:
So this if fun Vaj. I've watched you perform and now I think I've
got it. One or two small rocks thrown against the fence and woof,
woof, the barking dogs race over to snarl and bare their teeth. And
it only took one rock - the word "greater".
"Woof, Woof."
This is quite amusing.
But I do have a question. Have you read Shankara's vivarana on
Patanjali's sutras dealing with Ishvara?
Many years ago.
While discussing how Ishvara is a special purusha eternally free
from klesha-s, sanskaras and karmic residue, he mentions the
Buddhist claim that Buddha was a sarva-jnanin. He points out that
the two claims are different. According to Buddhism, Shakyamuni was
an ordinary person - ignorant and unawake. His all-knowingness
after enlightenment was a change in condition over time and
therefore can not be an essential quality he actualized. Patanjali
defined Ishvara as essentially all-knowing, uncontratrained by
time, space or the causal process. Unconditioned Ishvara is the
guru of even the most ancient gurus and rishis unlike Buddha who
could not be the teacher those who preceeded him.
I don't know why you are bringing me into this thread, I hadn't even
written any responses. What gives?
Personally, I find creator gods pompous and overrated, whether it's
YHVH-1 or Ishvara or whomever.
How do you evaluate this comparison?
Without direct quotes, that would be hard to do, even if such a topic
did interest me.
And don't give me that doctrinare fluff you feed to the others -
nuanced or not. It is an interesting question is it not?
Maybe for academics.
Greater, Better, Mostest ... Uttama!
Woof, Woof.
Oh, by the way. If you'll just cover yourself with the blood of
Jesus you'll be able to weep again. At least for your sins. Heh, heh.
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