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'Re: Kontactr : Militant Fifth Worldism',
HMRD Cesidio Tallini,| Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:33 PM |
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The bodhisattva is a popular subject in Buddhist art. Usage of the term bodhisattva has evolved over time. In early Indian Buddhism, for example, the term bodhisattva was used generally to refer specifically to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his former lives.[1][3] The Jatakas, which are the stories of his lives, depict the various attempts of the bodhisattva to embrace qualities like self-sacrifice and morality.[3] ""
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In Mahāyāna Buddhism
[edit]Bodhisattva ideal
Mahāyāna Buddhism is based principally upon the path of a bodhisattva. According to Jan Nattier, the term Mahāyāna ("Great Vehicle") was originally even an honorary synonym for Bodhisattvayāna, or the "Bodhisattva Vehicle."[6] The Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra contains an simple and brief definition for the term bodhisattva, which is also the earliest known Mahāyāna definition.[7][8] This definition is given as the following.[9]
"Because he has enlightenment as his aim, a bodhisattva-mahāsattva is so called."
Mahāyāna Buddhism encourages everyone to become bodhisattvas and to take the bodhisattva vows. With these vows, one makes the promise to work for the complete enlightenment of all sentient beings by practicing the six perfections.[10] Indelibly entwined with the bodhisattva vow is merit transference(pariṇāmanā).
In Mahāyāna Buddhism life in this world is compared to people living in a house that is on fire. People take this world as reality pursuing worldly projects and pleasures without realising that the house is on fire and will soon burn down (due to the inevitability of death). A bodhisattva is one who has a determination to free sentient beings from samsara and its cycle of death, rebirth and suffering. This type of mind is known as the mind of awakening (bodhicitta). Bodhisattvas take bodhisattva vows in order to progress on the spiritual path towards buddhahood.
There are a variety of different conceptions of the nature of a bodhisattva in Mahāyāna. According to some Mahāyāna sources a bodhisattva is someone on the path to full Buddhahood. ""
Zen emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct self-realizationthrough meditation and dharma practice. The teachings of Zen include various sources of Mahāyāna thought, including the Prajñāpāramitā literature,Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and the Tathāgatagarbha Sutras.
The emergence of Zen as a distinct school of Buddhism was first documented in China in the 7th century CE. From China, Zen spread south to Vietnam, and east to Korea and Japan. As a matter of tradition, the establishment of Zen is credited to the South Indian Pallava prince-turned-monk Bodhidharma, who came to China during the rise of Tamil Buddhism in Tamilakam to teach a "special transmission outside scriptures, not founded on words or letters." ""
From 'Zen', Wikipedia:""
The Mahāyāna tradition is the larger of the two major traditions of Buddhism existing today, the other being that of the Theravāda school. According to the teachings of Mahāyāna traditions, "Mahāyāna" also refers to the path of seeking complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, also called "Bodhisattvayāna", or the "Bodhisattva Vehicle."[1][2]
In the course of its history, Mahāyāna Buddhism spread from India to various other Asian countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore,Taiwan, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, and Mongolia. Major traditions of Mahāyāna Buddhism today include Zen/Chán, Pure Land, Tiantai, and Nichiren, as well as the Esoteric Buddhist traditions of Shingon, Tendai and Tibetan Buddhism. ""
From 'Mahayana':'Re: Kontactr : Militant Fifth Worldism',
HMRD Cesidio Tallini,| Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:33 PM |
http://goo.gl/4gts8
...shows in a very broad stroke that there are 3 basic political philosophies on earth dealing with change, and the only 'realistic' one is actually the one that is supposed to be 'utopian', or Fifth Worldism/micronationalism. Only this political philosophy provides the actual change people seek with every election. Obama repeated the mantra "change... change" ad nauseam, but he did not actually change anything. The only thing that changed with the Obama administration was whoever became the White House resident. As usual...
The conclusions in "From Ancient Monism to Post-Modern (Interdisciplinary) Pluralism"...
http://goo.gl/IEXnP
...show something not even the broadest-minded philosopher or theologian would easily see, and basically it is a history of religion on planet earth: past, present, and future.
Some agnostic or atheists like to play with Cesidianism or Cesidian law, because they think that the reason why I equate Man and God -- in reality, I treat the relationship between creature and creator in a more egalitarian fashion -- is because I'm arrogant.
The truth, however, is this: this philosophy of mine is not new at all, or not as new as the Cesidian 14 Commandments...
http://xiv.cesidio.net
...would suggest.
Are men supposed to become at least 'miniature Gods', as the Cesidian 14 Commandments seem to imply, and as we are beginning to see indirectly even in other disciplines such as biology?
The answer is yes.
English: God made himself man in order that man might become God.
The Latin above comes actually from a sermon attributed to St. Augustine...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
The words or the thoughts, however, probably originated from St. Irenaeus...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeus
in Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), Book III, Chapter 19, Paragraph 1.
This is pretty old (2nd century AD/CE) theology, not new theology!
So many people think I'm at least a Christian heretic, if not extremely arrogant in my theology for equating, or making Man and God as equal as possible, but the truth is that I'm actually a genuine future Christian, as St. Augustine and St. Irenaeus saw it, and everybody else is a phony, living an ancient Christianity closer to Judaism than to actual Christianity the way it should be today.
In Buddhism, the equivalent is the concept of bodhisattva...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva
It is through these special people that human beings continuously evolve towards their potential godliness.
Christianity has no equivalent to the bodhisattva, although the function of the saints is similar, but there is, in truth, a Great Bodhisattva in the future Messiah or the Second Coming of Christ.
Regards,
HMRD Cesidio Tallini
My old friend, HMRD Cesidio Tallini:nnVery interesting, and well-summerized,
about the project and yourself, Mr. Tallini.nnI'm getting this into my
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way, lately I'm very much interested in "Zen Buddhism", could it be a very
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Pluralism'? It's beyond ordinary 'logic' and quite beautiful, and I'm really
wondering, how could I have missed it so long, when my own philosophy
teacher, is the very 'Thome H. Fang (方東美, Pinyin: Fang Dongmei),
philosopher':nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thome_H._FangnnAuthor of
"Philosophy of Life, Creativity, and Inclusiveness", and "Chinese
philosophy, its spirit and its
development":nhttp://www.amazon.com/Chinese-philosophy-its-spirit-development/dp/B0006EOBXC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318472744&sr=8-1-fkmr0nnAnd,
he is the most important teacher of Shr Chin
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