Buddha Maitreya, the Buddha of all encompassing wisdom has been prophesized by the Buddhist calender to be borned fairly soon.
Apparently, a similar Prophecy also “dances” in the bible…from the old testament
“Prophetically, the child Isaac, which means ‘Laughter,’ is being released in nation after nation as the new wine is being passed”
I do not know much about the bible, so you Christians out there can help me out. The Buddhist prophecies of Maitreya is one of happiness and love, and infinite compassion.
He is to borned approximately 2500 years after Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment.
It has also been said that a 100 years before his birth, will be great suffering and war. He, Buddha Maitreya shall lead the world to change its ways. There shall be much famine just before, and the life expectancy is about 10-15. Food is in shortage and artificial food is manufactured.
A new era of peace shall be borned following Maitreya’s birth. I look forward to his birth.
The same reason Naropa emphasised his lineage should be kept as only an oral transmission for 13 centuries before being openly taught.
Any1 want to add to this ? There is plenty more to discuss… such as the Aquarius, the Mayan 22-12-2012, and the Egyption pyramids end of era.
[This message was edited by prana on 09-17-01 at 05:17 PM.]
I know the things I believe in are very far out and probably ludricrous for most people. If there was a topic on the biggest weirdo here, I have no doubts I shall be voted.
“Either your two side channels are open, and your central channel closed, or
your central channel open, and your two side channels closed.
These are the only alternatives…” Lama Yeshe quoting Lama Tsongkhapa
The prophecy of Maitreya is has been a followed tradition for, well 2500 years. Statues of Maitreya are erected all over Buddhist temples.
One of such, the tallest Buddhist statue ever “The Maitreya Project” currently being erected in India, funded by Buddhists all over the world to commemorate (?) his birth.
Religions are often very similar, particularly Christianity and Buddhism. So much so that even the Catholic Church has recognised that they are “the same but different”.
Religions often borrow concepts from each other and incorporate them into their own framework. Concepts get dropped too. If you look back in Christianity’s history, there are a lot of concepts there that look very much like Buddhism and Taoism, but they were progressively dropped.
BTW Revelations supposedly a rip-off from the Zoarastrian vision of the end days.
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What we do in life echoes in Eternity
prana. You are the buddha, who are you kidding? You are waiting only for yourself, and unless you reach into yourself for such wisdom, you will not recognize it when it stands before you.
One buddha knows another at a glance.
If he who leads with compassion is you, then you will change the world with just a smile.
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I do not know much about Christianity at this depth, but one thing is for sure, when I use the word Buddha, I use it in its true meaning, to mean the enlightened one. I do not imply he has to be a “Buddhist” sitting in meditation. He is the one who will bring peace to the world in the form of great loving kindness and leadership in that respect.
I think in that sense, he could be, in the eyes of Christians, the return of Christ
"Buddhisim recieved it’s greatest impetus when the emperor of India, Asoka converted to the new religion. Asoka who ruled from 268 to 232 B.C.E., converted to Buddhisim in 297 B.C.E. He became convinced that, unlike other religions of India, Buddhisim was potentially a religion for all the peoples of the world.
"Thus, he was the first Buddhist to send missionaries to other contries in an attempt to teach non-Indians… the Thirteenth Rock edict of Asoka claims that his missionaries went as far west as Syria and Greece!
“There is (archeological) evidence of cultural exchange between India and the Hellenized world, which supports Asoka’s claim.”
- Hopfe and Woodward, Religions of the World (8th edition)
There you go!
“The essence of life is struggle, and it’s goal is domination. There are higher goals and deeper meanings, but they exist only within the minds of men. The reality of life is war.” - The Way and the Power
This is coinciding with the change of the great age. Jesus marked the beginning of the piscian age. Which has been speculated as to why the fish was the first christian symbol. Sometime after 2048 the age of aquarius is said to begin and a new avatar is expected to arrive.
[This message was edited by SifuAbel on 09-17-01 at 11:31 PM.]
Ah yes, thanks for reminding me.
Gods see water as the elixir of life.
Humans see water as a neccesity of life.
Ghosts see water as the putrid blood.
Hell beings see water as burning lava.
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Unfortunately, I am not able to shed light on the burning bush. I am hoping someone else here can and will. I tried to read a topic on it but couldn’t understand any of the language used in the bible. It is very “heavy”.
The mind is like a candle flame, blown by the 5 winds of distraction, to the past and future.
IXIJoe KaveyIXI
