Guest guest Posted September 1, 2001 Report Share Posted September 1, 2001 - PasaTXMom PasaTXMom hindu Saturday, September 01, 2001 06:15 comparison Can you please help me by telling me what the comparison is between the steady mind of as described in the Bhagavad Gita with the Buddha's Middle path. Thank you Donna Alsdorf Dear Donna Your question is very interesting. Our list members will revert with some comments. jay Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2001 Report Share Posted September 2, 2001 Namaste, Here is one answer: http://www.engr.mun.ca/~asharan/bihar/buddhism.html If the mental qualities of the sthitaprajna of Gita and Arhat of Buddhism are compared, we would find a great deal of similarities between the two. The qualities of the two namely: (a) peaceful, (b) desireless, © mindless, (d) equal in pain or happiness etc., are the same. In fact, the 20 values mentioned in the Gita discussed earlier, are more or less same as the Eight Fold Path mentioned in Buddhism. There are statements in the Buddhistic religious treaties that Gautama Buddha had personal discussions and conversations with highly moral brahmins, and bearded ascetics who were well versed in the Vedas and other Vedic literature. If we compare the Buddha's preachings and the Path of Renunciation where it believed that all the activities in this world produce `desire' which in turn leads to unhappiness as mentioned in the Second Chapter of the Gita, it is quite clear that both concepts are almost identical. Regards, sunder Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > > - > PasaTXMom@a... > PasaTXMom@a... > hindu@b... > Saturday, September 01, 2001 06:15 > comparison > > > Can you please help me by telling me what the comparison is between the > steady mind of as described in the Bhagavad Gita with the Buddha's Middle > path. > > Thank you > Donna Alsdorf > > Dear Donna > > Your question is very interesting. > Our list members will revert with some comments. > > jay > Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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