Any good book on Shri Buddha?

[Guest guest]

Dear readers,

 

i want to know if there is any good book on Shri Buddha. Did Shri

Mataji recommend any book? Please let me know because i just do not

know what book best portrays Shri Buddha's teachings. The reason i am

cautious is because despite Shri Buddha's refusal (not denial) to talk

about God, Buddhists have opted not believe in God the way the

majority of religions do. That is why i do not know of any book and

would not recommend it.

 

regards,

 

 

jagbir

[Guest guest]

Dear Jagbir,

 

Here is a Link which might help to find knowledge of or further

research for books on:

 

Gautama Buddha (Sidhartha) (c. 563 BCE - c. 480 BCE)

 

http://www.malaspina.org/home.asp?topic=./search/details & lastpage=./search/resul\

ts & ID=422

 

If not, at least it gives some more information. We have to judge

for ourselves re the accuracy of any information re Shri Buddha of course, as

all traditional literature on all Incarnations may not be giving the original

understanding/meaning as was intended, as per example of Jesus. All you have to

do is compare a traditional Bible to the Aquarian Gospel, and you will see the

difference very clearly.

 

Violet

 

 

-- In , " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

>

>

> Dear readers,

>

> i want to know if there is any good book on Shri Buddha. Did Shri

> Mataji recommend any book? Please let me know because i just do

not

> know what book best portrays Shri Buddha's teachings. The reason i

am

> cautious is because despite Shri Buddha's refusal (not denial) to

talk

> about God, Buddhists have opted not believe in God the way the

> majority of religions do. That is why i do not know of any book

and

> would not recommend it.

>

> regards,

>

>

> jagbir

>

[Guest guest]

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

>

>

> Dear readers,

>

> i want to know if there is any good book on Shri Buddha. Did Shri

> Mataji recommend any book? Please let me know because i just do

> not know what book best portrays Shri Buddha's teachings. The

> reason i am cautious is because despite Shri Buddha's refusal (not

> denial) to talk about God, Buddhists have opted not believe in God

> the way the majority of religions do. That is why i do not know of

> any book and would not recommend it.

>

 

Thnaks Violet for this link which confirms the above.

 

" According to Buddhist tradition, Siddhartha Gautama did not claim

any divine status for himself nor did he assert that he was inspired

by any god. He claimed to be a teacher to guide those who chose to

listen, rather than a personal saviour. Gautama Buddha stated that

there is no intermediary between mankind and the divine; distant

gods are subject to karma themselves in decaying heavens. The Buddha

is solely an exemplar, guide and teacher for those sentient beings

who must tread the path themselves, attain spiritual Awakening, and

see truth and reality as they are. Amongst the world religions, most

of which proclaim the existence of a Creator god, Buddhism is

regarded as unusual for being a non-theistic religion. For the

Buddha, the key to liberation is mental purity and correct

understanding, and for this reason he rejected the notion that we

can gain salvation by begging to a distant deity. According to

Gautama Buddha, the Awakened bliss of Nirvana he attained is

available to all beings, although orthodoxy holds that one must

first be born as a human being. Emphasizing this universal

availability, the Mahayana school of Buddhism in particular refers

to many Buddhas and also to many bodhisattvas (beings committed to

Enlightenment but who vow to postpone their own Nirvana in order to

assist others on the path). In the holy Tripitaka - the core sacred

texts of Buddhism - the numerous past Buddhas and their lives are

spoken of, along with the next Buddha-to-be, who is named

Maitreya....

 

In the Buddhist conception of Nirvana no account was taken of the

all-god Brahma. And as prayers and offerings to the traditional gods

were held to be of no avail for the attainment of this negative

state of bliss, Buddha, with greater consistency than was shown in

pantheistic Brahminism, rejected both the Vedas and the Vedic rites.

It was this attitude which stamped Buddhism as a heresy. For this

reason, too, Buddha has been set down by some as an atheist. Buddha,

however, was not an atheist in the sense that he denied the

existence of the gods. To him the gods were living realities. In his

alleged sayings, as in the Buddhist scriptures generally, the gods

are often mentioned, and always with respect. But like the

pantheistic Brahmin, Buddha did not acknowledge his dependence on

them. They were like men, subject to decay and rebirth. The god of

today might be reborn in the future in some inferior condition,

while a man of great virtue might succeed in raising himself in his

next birth to the rank of a god in heaven. The very gods, then, no

less than men, had need of that perfect wisdom that leads to

Nirvana, and hence it was idle to pray or sacrifice to them in the

hope of obtaining the boon which they themselves did not possess.

They were inferior to Buddha, since he had already attained to

Nirvana. In like manner, they who followed Buddha's footsteps had no

need of worshipping the gods by prayers and offerings. "

 

 

All my life i was perplexed by the multitude of gods (deities)

upheld by their followers and the religions that sprouted after they

left. It has been the same for Shri Buddha, Krishna, Jesus,

Muhammad, Guru Nanak and others. Even Shri Mataji is at a loss why

this has happened: " As in every religion all of them got lost into

some sort of a fundamental disease because none of them got

Realization, and that's why everybody established their own styles

of religion. " So whom does one follow?

 

Only after listening to Shri Mataji did i slowly realize that it is

Brahman that is beyond all and can be worshipped through Shakti

as She is the active element. Since She is within Gautama Buddha's

statement that " there is no intermediary between mankind and the

divine " is true. Buddha Himself attained enlightenement by that

process after rejecting the Vedic rites. He did not meditate on

Shri Krishna, Jesus, Prophet Muhammad or anyone else but found the

Truth from within Himself. i quote Shri Mataji on this: " Buddha had

Dharma. His body was clean. His mind, His attention did not find any

joy in worldly greed or desires. His cup was ready and it emptied

when He became tired of His searching and surrendered. That was the

moment in which the Divine vibrations poured like torrential rain;

the Shakti filled His cup and made Him the Shakta, the Enlightened

One. " That is why we should seek the Shakti because all the gods,

deities and prophets are meditating on Her in the Spirit World. Even

the greatest of all God's messengers are meditating on Her. (Even

Lord Jesus is meditating on Her since She is the Holy Spirit.)

 

There is however a problem with this statement " In the Buddhist

conception of Nirvana no account was taken of the all-god Brahma. "

Brahma (Creator), Vishnu (Sustainer) and Siva (Destroyer) are part

and parcel of Brahman. It is erroneous to regard Brahma as God

Almighty as i quote some sources:

 

" In the symbolism of trimurti, the gods Brahma, Visnu, and Siva

coalesce into one form with three faces. The concept is sometimes

interpreted to imply a polytheism of the Hindu people, with a

believe in Brahma as creator, Visnu as preserver, and Siva as

destroyer. This interpretation has a grain of truth, for the concept

does try to bring together the three great functions of a supreme

god and divide them among known deities. "

 

Professsor Vashuda Narayanam

World Religions: The Hindu Tradition

 

 

" For Hindus the concept of Trimurti, three gods in one image,

illustrates the continuity and change which is an important feature

of their religion. Reflecting elements of the Aryan and Indus

traditions, the Trimurti consists of three gods — Brahma, the

creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Siva, the destroyer and

regenerator — who are considered aspects of Brahman, the one God or

universal soul described in the Upanishads. In practice, the

Trimurti has always appealed more to the intellect than to the

hearts of the Indian people. "

 

Peter B. Clarke, The World's Religions

 

 

Just as light is diffused from a fire which is confined to one spot,

so is this whole universe the diffused energy of the supreme

Brahman. And as light shows a difference, a greater or less,

according to its nearness or distance from the fire, so is there a

variation in the energy of the impersonal Brahman. Brahma, Vishnu,

and Shiva are his chief energies. . . .

 

Vishnu is the highest and most immediate of all the energies of

Brahman, the embodied Brahman, formed of the whole of Brahman. On

him this entire universe is woven and interwoven: from him is the

world, and the world is on him; and he is the whole universe.

Vishnu, the Lord, consisting of what is perishable as well as what

is imperishable, sustains everything, both Spirit and Matter, in the

form of his ornaments and weapons. "

 

Vishnu Purana 1.22

(World Scripture, IRF, Paragon House Publishing, 1995, p. 53.)

 

 

The Guru Granth Sahib states the supremacy of Brahman/Shakti

clearly:

 

" Aadays, tisai aadays. Aad aneel anaad anaahat, jug jug ayko vays.

Obeisance, obeisance to Her, the Primal, the Immaculate, without

beginning, without end, Immutable through all ages.

 

Aykaa maa-ee, jugat viaaee, tin chalay parvaan.

The Mother was conceived alone in some mysterious way and She

procreated three deities.

 

Ik sansaaree, ik bhandaaree, ik laa-ay deeban.

One was Creator, one Sustainer, and one Destroyer of the world.

 

Jiv tis bhaavai, tivai chalaavai, jiv havai phurmaan.

The world moves as She ordains and as She pleases.

 

Oh vaykahi, onaa nadar na aavai, buhutaa ayho vidaan.

She sees all, but no one sees Her: this is a great wonder. "

 

Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Jap Jee Sahib)

 

 

" Angels, men, heavenly heralds and celestial singers, meditate on

Her; Even the humble Rishis sing of the Divine Mother.

Shiva, Brahma and the goddess Lakhshmi, meditate, and chant with

their mouths the Name of the Divine Mother.

Those minds drenched with the Name of the Divine Mother, cross over.

Millions and millions, thirty-three million gods, meditate on Her;

Countless are those who meditate on the Divine Mother.

The Vedas, the Puraanas and the Simritees meditate on Her; The

Pandits, the religious scholars, sing Her Praises as well. "

 

Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Maru, Fourth Mehl, p. 995.)

 

 

i hope all this will help us follow the path of liberation by

meditating on His Shakti within. The Guru Granth Sahib reveals a

great secret: " She sees all, but no one sees Her: this is a great

wonder. " Those who know She resides in our Sahasrara can

understand what this great wonder is. Only by meditating on the

Shakti can we begin to understand Brahman (not Brahma). The gods,

deities and prophets are still trying to understand Brahman. That is

why Gautama Buddha stated that " there is no intermediary between

mankind and the divine; distant gods are subject to karma themselves

in decaying heavens. " Only the Shakti (Holy Spirit/Ruh) is part and

parcel of God Almighty. The rest of the gods, deities and prophets

sprang forth from the Shakti over the ages. You may worship the gods

of various religions in ignorance but never as God Almighty

(Brahman) after self-realization and enlightenment.

 

regards to all,

 

 

jagbir