Guest guest Posted May 30, 2001 Report Share Posted May 30, 2001 The discussion on differences between the Vedanta and Buddhist perspective has been interesting. This will be my last post on the topic for now. In India, most Hindus do not consider Buddhism to be a contrary religion to their beliefs. Pictures of Buddha and statutes are as common in houses as the Hindu gods. In the Indian psychology Buddha is a native son, and part of the intimate family, so to speak. Although there may be differences (we will leave that up to the scholars to discover) between the different systems of thought as they have historically developed, the actual meditative and yogic practices in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, with some variation, tend to be very similar. In the intellectual paradigm, there is no possibility of finding anything other than differences if one chooses to. In the Advaita paradigm, there is nothing but unity, upon Self-Realization. The highest stage transcends the mind and all its conditioning. Whether one calls it Moksha or Nirvana or something else can make no difference. Love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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