Guest guest Posted November 13, 2002 Report Share Posted November 13, 2002 > Daily Words of the Buddha > November 13, 2002 > > > He has broken the cycle, > attained freedom from desire. > The dried-up stream no longer flows. > The cycle, broken, no longer turns. > This, just this, is the end of misery. > > Udana VII, 2 Namaste, IMO, I find this type of quote, ties together the ultimate teaching of the Buddha Gautama and Advaita Vedanta. I see only difference in method and approach between Gautama and Sankara. One has to take into account that Sankara had a wide audience and was talking and teaching the same truth at different levels of awareness, depending on his audience. It is a mistake to think that Gautama was an atheist, one could say that about pure advaita, for there is no God Concept, or Saguna Brahman........ONS......Tony. ===== 'What is Truth?' (Pilate to Jesus.) (Jesus answered with silence). http://djtruth7.tripod.com/theongoingsojournfromtruthtofreedom/id2.html Online book draft and writings http://www.geocities.com/aoclery Another interesting Jewish view. http://www.netureikarta.org/ U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch./u2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 You are right, Tony. When the "cycle" breaks, theism ends. It is not replaced by atheism. Atheism is negation. There is nothing to negate then. To come to things mundane, enlighten me please. What is ONS? Pranams. Madathil Nair _________________ advaitin, Tony O'Clery <aoclery> wrote: > It is a mistake to think that Gautama was an atheist, > one could say that about pure advaita, for there is no > God Concept, or Saguna Brahman........ONS......Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2002 Report Share Posted November 14, 2002 advaitin, "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair> wrote: > You are right, Tony. When the "cycle" breaks, theism ends. It is not > replaced by atheism. Atheism is negation. There is nothing to negate > then. > > To come to things mundane, enlighten me please. What is ONS? > > Pranams. > > Madathil Nair .......Tony. Namaste, ONS-Om Namah Sivaya..........Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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