Guest guest Posted October 23, 2000 Report Share Posted October 23, 2000 BUDDHISM AS A FORM OF MAGA-BRAHMANISM The Great founder of the Buddhist faith, Gautama Buddha was born into the Shakya (Shaka) clan of Ksythrias or Royals in the Videhan (Nepalese) Dynasty around 3000 years ago. Gautama himself was was a decendant of the Vedic-Rishi Vamadeva, who’s Gotra or Lineage were called “Gautamas” and were Great Astrologers and Ayurvedcs (Medics) as well as Sun-devotees as they were decendants of the Sun-God, Surya.Infact, Vamadeva is also the name for Savitar or Surya the Sun-God! Gautama and his life reflects strongly of his family’s Solar-worshipping heritage.The Buddha Svayambhuva or Kashyapa, the First or Adi-Buddha was the Sun-God as well and the fact that Gautama meditated in Gaya in Magadha or Bihar where he had his first Converts is an ancient place Astrological Studies and Solar worship. Infact Mahabharata and Brihat Samhita note of the Shakyas or Shakas of Videha or the Land of Shakas who were great Astrologers, Ayurvedics and Sun-worshippers who migrated to Magadha and hence it appears Gautama followed his family tradition of settling in Gaya. The Buddhist Symbols such as the Svastika (Good-Well Being) itself is an ancient Solar-Image dating back to Vedic-Times representing the 4 Rays of the Sun or Surya-Kiran (Sun-Ray) and also the 4 Directions, East, West, North and South.Likewise the so-called “Buddhist Wheel” is also the Symbol of the Sun-God Surya itself and more specifically relates to the Agni-Chakra or “Fire-Wheel” being the Sun and the Symbol of Atman or the Soul.It is also the Weapon of Vishnu or Surya of whom Gautama was later lauded as an avatar or incarnation of.Again his family name “Shakya / Shaka” denotes Sun-devotees and again shows show his family cult influenced his own faith. The Tantric Vajrayana-Buddhism was founded by Padmasambhava some 15 years after the death of Gautama Buddha and taken into Tibet and the Indian Himalayan regions of Ladhak and Himachal Pradesh and also reflects many Vedic-Traits as well such as the Vajrayana Deities who are forms of Agni or Fire being Shiva and Shakti who are Vedic Indra and Indrani.They were Fire-Forms of Surya or the Sun-God. The Buddhist idea of Cremation and Burial in Tombs or Stupas is also an ancient practise and Vedic Rishis or Sages, although cremated, their ashes were often entombed in Burial-Mounds. The famed Buddhist Dieties such as Avalokiteshvara, Tara, Mahavairochana themselves are actually the Vedic Gods Akshobhya-Shiva, Goddess Tara and Vairochana the Sun-God or Surya also known as Narayana, Savitar, Vishnu, Rudra, Agni, Vivasvan amongst others. Just as Abtibha or the “Buddha of Infinate Light” was the Supreme-Diety of Buddhists of the Mahayana sects in latter days, so Vishnu or Surya the Sun-God is the Supreme-Diety of Hinduism or Vedism. The Buddhist practices of Pranayama (Breath Control) or Yoga and Meditation on “Aum” the Holy-Sound are actually also Vedic Practices based on Suryan-Yoga or “Solar-Yoga” of Ancient India. Buddha himself being born into the Shakya Lineages of the Ikhsvaku or Solar-Dynasty was also an incarnation of the Sun-God or Surya as was Rama. Infact, Buddha in Hinduism is lauded as an incarnation of Budha (Mercury), Budha himself who is actually Mahavishnu or the Sun-God Surya anyway! Vishnu itself comes from the root ‘Vishnu’ - “To Pervade” and relates to the All-Encompsing Nature of the Soul or God and also to the Penetrating Rays of the Sun. Buddha spoke against and was constantly at war against Mara the Buddhist-Demon in his Yogic days before Nirvana.Now Mara in Hinduism is known as Ahamkara (Ego) and also Kamadeva or the God of Lust. Lust itself created Ego or Ahamkara which binds one to Maya or the Material-World which Buddhist conceive as the “Wheel of Mara” or the “Kalachakra”, the “Wheel of Death”.The Buddha-Lokas or Buddhist-Heavens beyond this are derived from the Vedic View that the Param-Lokas or “Transcendant Planets” are beyond the Material-World (Maya) and hence beyond the World of Death. Gautama;s teachig that Devas or Gods were lower-beings than the Buddhas and that they were bound to Passions is not unlike Hindu Traditionlist views that Demi-Gods such as Yama, Vayu, Indra, Chandra, Brahma, Sukra, Varuna etc. are also lower-beings vound by Passions or Rajo-Guna. In Hinduism it is Lord Vishnu (Buddhist Amtibha) and Lord Shiva (Buddhist Avalokiteshvara) that are Greater than the Devas or Demi-Gods.Hence again we see a Buddhist-Vedic Paralell. Vishnu himself is Surya the Sun-God as Brahmajyothi or the “Light of God” and Shiva himself is Indra or Rudra the “Fire-Form” or Agni-Rupan of Surya as his Wrathful Aspects as Bhairava, Mahakala etc. which are also seen in Buddhism in the same way. Mahakala and Mahakali the two famous Buddhist “Protectors of Dharma” are cognate with their Vedic Counterparts which are lauded as “Destroyers of Ego” and “Divine Wrath” which restore the Soul back to it’s former state as One with God or Enlightened by removing the Ego. The Buddhist concept that Goddess Tara incarnates as the “Buddha-Mata” or “Mother of Buddhas” also comes from a purely Vedic Perspective.As noted earlier, Buddha in Hindu scriptures, more specifically in the Parashara Hotra Shastra and Astrological Treatise, is an incarnation of Budha or Mercury. Now Budha or Mercury in Vedic Lore was the Son born of the Hindu Goddess Tara through her affair with Soma or the Moon-God.Tara herself is the wife is Brihaspati (Jupiter) of Akshobhya-Shiva in Hindu Lore, however as she is in Buddhist Lore. We see that the later Buddhist Stayues depicting Buddha portrayed him in Northern-Dress of dress of the Himalayan Peoples in Covered-Robes rather than the traditional “Brahmin Robe” of Hindus of which only later we see him wearing.This also shows his connection as an incarnation of the Sun-God and his Family History as traditionally the Sun-God and Shakyas or Nepalese in Hindu Scriptures are Dressed in Robes which Cover their Chest down to their Feet, unlike other Hindu Priests of which it comes between the Knee and Ankle as the Dhoti.This is a strong influence of his family Solar-Cult as well as his Hair-Style which is done in a bun in a Traditionaly Hindu style as mentioned by Rishi Vaishihta in the Rg-Veda.Accordingly, Vaisishta’s disciples are to wear their Hair in a Knot and wear White Robes. Most interestingly in Buddhism, however, we see that Deer commonly depicted along with the Lotus (Padma) which Buddhists like Hindu regard as a Source of Life.The myth of Buddha being portrayed upon “Thousand Pettaled Lotus” at his Nirvana in the cencept of him attaining the Crown-Chakra where the Thousand-Petteled Lotus is located. The Naga or Serpent who guards Buddha in his Meditation also has a strong Vaishnava or Solar-Cult influence as the Naga or Serpent Shesha who guards Lord Vishnu and is a form of the Sun-God. The ancient Himalayas com[sring of Nepal, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Ladhak was origanally termed “Shaka-Dvipa” the “White Island” because of the snow there and comprised of many tribes such as Daradas, Kiratas, Hunas, Kinnauaras and Nagas who were Sun-worshippers or Vaishnavas, devotees of Vishnu.Infact Kashmir was the “Centre” of this Culture along with Magadha in Bihar as Kashyapa and Narayana the Sun-Gods were associated with Kashmir.Later with Buddhism, Magadha or rather Gaya in Magadha and Kashmir, especially Ladhak region became the Centres of Buddhism which are remnants of the Solar-Cults.It was actually Kashmiri and Ladhaki Monks who took Vajrayana or Tantric-Buddhism into Nepal with Padmasambhava who had his first converts in Ladhak being the tribals Nagas and Kiratas. The Dragons or Serpents of later Buddhist peoples were also parts of the Naga-Cult of the Naga and Kirata Peoples of Eastern India, Tribal Nepal and Himalayan-India who ruled Himalayan pockets for many years.It later spread to China under Himalayan Monks and with the Southern India Monk Bodhidharma who took Vedic Martial Arts and Budhdism into China where it was later known as Chan or Zen. The Saffron-Robes worn by Buddhist Monks are also remnants of the Vedic Solar-Cult who’s saffron Colour represented the Golden-Colour of the Sun.Hence, Gautama and his Buddhist Faith are nothing but a form of Aditya-Dharma or Vedic Solar-Faith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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