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Malcolm 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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Sherab Dorje wrote:

brendan wrote:Yer I know...the medication is only enjoyed by the sentient being if the requirements are meet.

So why you asking the same question repeatedly?

Question hiding in statement?

@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...

@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....?

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...

brendan wrote:

Johnny Dangerous wrote:You are still failing to convey what you mean, please post something a bit clearer.

OK Medicine Buddha.

Sorry for typing this in a Mahayana thread.

[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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

dzogchungpa wrote:Didn't Avalokiteśvara say that there is no suffering in the Heart Sutra?

LOL

Johnny Dangerous wrote:You are still failing to convey what you mean, please post something a bit clearer.

OK Medicine Buddha.

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...