What Shri Mataji said about Buddha - Part 5

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Dear All,

 

In Part 4, we concluded with:

 

" They thought that by doing all these things, they would achieve their

realization. Two of His disciples did achieve self-realization, Mogulana and

Sariputra. But the life was absolutely dry and insipid; there was no fun in it.

No children were allowed, so it became a very secluded, harsh life. Though it

was called a sangha (i.e., a collectivity), there was no rapport in that

collectivity, because they were not supposed to talk too much or discuss

anything about politics, for example. The only thing they could talk about was

meditation; of achieving the highest life. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Shudy Camps, England

31 May, 1992

 

Here now, is Part 5.

 

Enjoy,

 

violet

 

 

What Shri Mataji said about Buddha - Part 5

 

It was a genuine effort of Buddha to take them to enlightenment, to make them

people who were knowledgeable about absolute realities. But it did not happen,

and that is the reason why we find that Buddhists have gone into different types

of 'funny Buddhism'. In Japan, for example, they found out loopholes to be able

to eat meat without killing animals themselves. They also justified killing

human beings by arguing that they are not animals.

 

In a second type of Buddhism, Lao Tse taught about " Tao " which is the Kundalini.

But people couldn't understand what He was talking about. The way He expressed

Himself in painting, was just to deviate from the harsh type of Buddhism that

had become established. When you travel on the Yangtse River, you find a variety

of things. Every five minutes the scene changes, or the beautiful mountains take

another form and you have lots of waterfalls.... Tao is that river, but, you

should not divert your attention to those temptations which are outside. You

[only] should see them move... but they got lost, because they started painting

all these things, and got more involved into art. Basically, Buddha didn't want

anything to do with art. Only thing is that you have to introspect and go within

and deep down, and find out what the absolute truth is.

 

In Japan, the Zen system was introduced by Vijitama, a great disciple of Buddha.

They used to hit people on the spine and developed other very harsh methods to

try to raise the Kundalini. Shri Mataji met the head of the Vijitama Zen system,

because he was sick. Shri Mataji explained to him about Kundalini, and told him

that Zen means meditation, dhyan. He was sick and very confused. When asked how

he could be the head without being a realized soul, he said they had only had

realized souls, called 'kashyapas', for six centuries.

 

So just think under what circumstances you got your realization, without

sacrificing anything. These three Deities on your Agnya chakra: Christ,

Mahavira, and Buddha are tapa... means penance. You have to do penance, and

penance in Sahaja Yoga does not mean that you give up your wife, husband,

children, or family - but here 'tapas' means meditation, and for meditation, you

must know when to get up; that should be the most important thing for a Sahaja

Yogi. The rest will automatically work out; you'll understand. To grow to your

depth, you have to meditate.

 

'Buddha' itself, means 'bodh', which means to know the reality on your central

nervous system. You have all become 'Buddhas' now - without giving up anything.

Because, whatever He gave up, was all nonsense. It was a myth. If it was a myth,

what's the use of giving up a 'myth'? What does it matter, if you listen to

music? What does it matter if you dance? It doesn't matter at all. But these

ideas went so deep into these people, that you really feel such pity and such

compassion... They have their food only once in a while and they started looking

worse than TB patients, while you people really look like roses, 'beautifully'.

All of you are enjoying life, and everything is there. But still, one has to

know that we have to have that principle of Buddha within ourselves; we have to

do tapa.

 

'Tapa' doesn't mean that you starve yourselves. But also, if you have too much

interest in food, it's better to take to a little fasting. I never said that you

should not enjoy music; you should. But then, you should enjoy music which is

for your emancipation, for your awakening, for your ascent. I don't say: " Don't

do " - because 'your Self' are now 'Buddha'. But sometimes, we are really bound

by so many conditionings, that I find it very difficult for people to understand

what is the Spirit! Spirit is boundless! It is a free expression of God's love!

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Buddha Puja Synopsis

Shudy Camps, England

31 May, 1992