Contact. ThanksMalcolm wrote:brendan wrote:@Malcolm
The claim is that Buddha's are omniscient....so there for they are aware of _any illness_ for _any_ sentient being (Buddhist or non- Buddhist)......and they have the medication for any of these illnesses....?
Right. What is your question?
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- Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:13 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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- Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Sherab Dorje wrote:So why you asking the same question repeatedly?brendan wrote:Yer I know...the medication is only enjoyed by the sentient being if the requirements are meet.
Question hiding in statement?
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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@Malcolm The claim is that Buddha's are omniscient....so there for they are aware of _any illness_ for _any_ sentient being (Buddhist or non- Buddhist)......and they have the medication for any of these illnesses....? This has already been answered. Go back and contemplate the answers rather than j...
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:46 am
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@Malcolm
The claim is that Buddha's are omniscient....so there for they are aware of _any illness_ for _any_ sentient being (Buddhist or non- Buddhist)......and they have the medication for any of these illnesses....?
The claim is that Buddha's are omniscient....so there for they are aware of _any illness_ for _any_ sentient being (Buddhist or non- Buddhist)......and they have the medication for any of these illnesses....?
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:04 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Malcolm, this is your quote "All benefit that comes to us is the blessings of the Buddhas". Yes, because the buddhas only wish the best for sentient beings, it is therefore any benefit that befalls them is a blessing of the buddhas. This is also a quote, "Yes, and there is nothing Bu...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:42 pm
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Sorry for typing this in a Mahayana thread.brendan wrote:OK Medicine Buddha.Johnny Dangerous wrote:You are still failing to convey what you mean, please post something a bit clearer.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 11:33 pm
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[Malcolm, Buddhas are beyond doctors. Buddhas are called "great physicians" for the very reason I state. And like doctors who can only treat patients who do what they say, Buddha can only help sentient beings who follow the path that they teach. As it is said: The munis do not wash sins a...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:59 pm
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Malcolm, Buddhas are beyond doctors. Buddhas are called "great physicians" for the very reason I state. And like doctors who can only treat patients who do what they say, Buddha can only help sentient beings who follow the path that they teach. As it is said: The munis do not wash sins aw...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:46 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Malcolm, Buddhas are said to also be beyond doctors.
You didn't have to type that (but thanks)...I have listing to and read about that response many times.
You didn't have to type that (but thanks)...I have listing to and read about that response many times.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:24 pm
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Read the accomplishments. Anyway you are a moderator so I'm sure you are aware of the claims of what Buddhas have accomplished. Maybe you should read them more carefully. Malcolm, Buddhas are said to be able to manifest as _anything_...or as many atoms in the universe. There is still suffering...an...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:04 pm
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The problem seems to be one of us has a very different cogninton of "guide" or "assist".
Also there still is suffering.
No disrespect intended.
Also there still is suffering.
No disrespect intended.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:42 am
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dzogchungpa wrote:Didn't Avalokiteśvara say that there is no suffering in the Heart Sutra?
LOL
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:05 am
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OK Medicine Buddha.Johnny Dangerous wrote:You are still failing to convey what you mean, please post something a bit clearer.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:39 am
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That is already understood (please stop it)...the point is after one has made the movement and meet the requirements. Why all the grandiose claims and chest beating just do what they claim they can do. Would you mind giving a concrete example of a specific claim made by Buddha Shakyamuni or anyone ...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:02 am
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The claims are that Buddha/Dharma does eliminate all suffering (or course via Dependent Origination)....but considering the claims..moving the goal posts (lack of a better term) seems a very appropriate term.[/quote] Can you present such claims, something found in a sūtra, for example? No, this is n...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:14 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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Re: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
That is already understood (please stop it)...the point is after one has made the movement and meet the requirements. Why all the grandiose claims and chest beating just do what they claim they can do.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:10 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
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Re: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
The claims are that Buddha/Dharma does eliminate all suffering (or course via Dependent Origination)....but considering the claims..moving the goal posts (lack of a better term) seems a very appropriate term. Can you present such claims, something found in a sūtra, for example? Considering the clai...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:46 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
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- Views: 58616
Re: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
The claims are that Buddha/Dharma does eliminate all suffering (or course via Dependent Origination)....but considering the claims..moving the goal posts (lack of a better term) seems a very appropriate term. Can you present such claims, something found in a sūtra, for example? Considering the clai...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:39 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: The Truth of the First Noble Truth
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Yes, of course. As long as sentient beings are afflicted, they will continue to suffer. Who could expect anything else. It is not the Buddha's fault that sentient beings continue to cultivate afflictions. No one ever claimed the Buddha was able to remove the suffering of sentients beings through fi...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:28 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
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It is not a claim that all suffering ceases, merely that one's suffering can cease. Like Ken McLeod's insight that it's how you relate to suffering that changes. But I do think that as you practice eventually just experience. Imagine trying now to dissolve your body into a rainbow body. Besides not...