[Buddha-l] Re: the existence of God in Buddhism

John Willemsens advaya at euronet.nl
Thu Aug 24 00:06:25 MDT 2006


In Advayavada Buddhism we see the Buddhadharma as a reflexion (at the level 
of our personal lives) of the Dharma of the whole.
John Willemsens.
http://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/index.htm

>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Piya Tan wrote:
>
>> "In the beginning was the Dharma, and the Dharma was with God, and the
>> Dharma was God."
>
> How about this?
>
> "In the beginning was the Dharma, and the Dharma was with the Eternal
> Buddha, and the Dharma was the Eternal Buddha."
>
> (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Buddha)
>
> In fact, you tickled my brain... let's see if this will work:
>
> 1. In the beginning was the Dharma, and the Dharma was with the Eternal
> Buddha, and the Dharma was the Eternal Buddha.
>
> 2 The same was in the beginning with the Eternal Buddha.
>
> 3 All things were projections of him. Without him was not anything
> projected that has been projected.
>
> 4 In him was the tathagata-garbha, and the tathagata-garbha was the light
> of men.
>
> 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
>
> 6 There came a man, inspired by the Eternal Buddha, whose name was
> Asita.
>
> 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that
> all might believe through him.
>
> 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the
> light.
>
> 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
>
> 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world
> recognized him.
>
> 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
>
> 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become the
> Eternal Buddha's children, to those who believe in his name:
>
> 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
> will of man, but of the Eternal Buddha.
>
> 14 The Dharma became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such
> glory as of the one and only Son of the Prajnaparamita, full of grace and
> truth.
>
> W.F. Wong 



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