How do you know He is the Buddha?

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Prajnaparamita, the goddess depicted in the center of this ca. 17th

century folk tradition thangka,

 

http://adishakti.org/images/prajnaparamita.jpg

 

is the paradigmatic goddess from whom virtually all other Buddhist

goddesses arise. She is the ultimate Buddha Matri, or " Mother of

Buddhas, " making her an enlightened being as well, and thus, a female

Buddha. Prajnaparamita is identified in this painting by the small

delicate linear gold painted rendering of a book resting on the lotus

in her left hand. This book is the goddess' namesake text, the

Prajnaparamita Sutra, or the " perfection of wisdom. She, and the

text, encompass and represent the wisdom that all enlightened beings

must attain, and subsequently both are seen as the progenitors of

Buddhas.

 

The central goddess is depicted with four arms and is seated in lotus

position on a lion throne. In her left hand she holds a lotus, on

which rests the book described above. Her right hand also holds a

lotus that supports a vertically balanced vajra. Her primary hands

are held in front of her torso and make the gesture of teaching,

dharmachakra mudra. This combination of iconography is known in other

painted examples and its combined meaning is clear. The vajra

symbolizes adamantine compassion and the realization of bliss which,

when combined with the book, representing the perfection of wisdom,

creates full enlightenment. The goddess' primary hands held in

dharmachakra mudra refer to the teaching capacity of the goddess, and

subsequently, the purpose of the specific teaching which she

personifies.

 

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The Goddess of Transcendental Wisdom is seated in lotus position on a

round lotus cushion that has been placed upon a rectangular base. She

raises her hands in front of her chest in the gesture symbolizing the

Turning of the Wheel of the Law associated with the highest figures

of the Buddhist pantheon. From the lotus cushion rises a stalk that

winds itself around the left arm of the goddess and ends in a lotus

flower. On top of this lotus flower rests a palm-leaf manuscript of

the Sutra of Transcendental Wisdom, or Prajnaparamita-sutra, the

traditional attribute of the goddess and the repository of the

wisdom, which she personifies.

 

www.pbs.org/ringsofpassion/

 

 

Note: On March 10, 2003 Kash's 13-year-old brother Arwinder was

teased by his father. The reason was both brothers had shaved their

heads bald the previous Sunday. 

 

The father jokingly asked Arwinder, " How's the Buddha? " He replied

with a laugh that He is alright. 

 

Sensing that he was serious his father continued since Kash always

maintained that a few Divine Beings, including Shri Buddha, were

invisible. Arwinder was indicating that he had seen the Buddha, that

is the Enlightened One had a spirit body.

 

Father: " Have you met the Buddha? "  

 

Arwinder: " Yes. "

 

Father: " Have you seen the Buddha because to Kash He was invisible? "

 

Arwinder: " Yes. "

 

Father: " How do you know He is the Buddha? "  

 

Arwinder: " Because the people there told me. "  

 

What Arwinder meant was that the Divine Beings meditating before the

Adi Shakti had introduced the Enlightened One to him. In other words

Arwinder met the Buddha on numerous occasions since 1995 till 2006.

His father did not ask for a description of Buddha as there is no

desire to cross-examine experiences that are now beyond any doubt or

dispute. 

 

http://adishakti.org/meeting_his_messengers/second_encounter.htm