Tag: Buddha

  • Islam and Theosophy: Are Jesus and Buddha “Divine Messengers?”

    Islam and Theosophy: Are Jesus and Buddha “Divine Messengers?”

    Are Jesus and Buddha “Divine Messengers?” (Two-Fold Answer): The concept of the lineage of Prophetic Wisdom and Divine (or Spiritual Messengers) is a concept I came to when studying the history of both Manichaeism and Islam. This is not an odd thing to hear among Muslims. Some simply mention to me, that traditionally, there are…

  • Angulimala: Forgiveness and Redemption in Buddhism

    Angulimala: Forgiveness and Redemption in Buddhism

    SIDDHARTHA MEETS AND REFORMS A SERIAL KILLER, Aṅgulimāla Angulimala, is the story of Angulimala, a murderer who becomes an arahant (Pali. “one who is worthy” or perfected person), and this scene captures the concept of forgiveness and redemption in Buddhism. Angulimala demonstrates, the potential of all human beings to change, and achieve liberation. “Angulimala, the…

  • Inspiring Buddhist Truths: All Beings have the Buddha Nature

    Inspiring Buddhist Truths: All Beings have the Buddha Nature

    No matter, what is happening in the world, remember the dignity of every human being; and feel the pains and sorrow of man, as in relation to your own. Remember, all mankind is suffering on various levels in this life. རྫོགས་སངས་སྐུ་ནི་འཕྲོ་ཕྱིར་དང༌། ། དེ་བཞིན་ཉིད་དབྱེར་མེད་ཕྱིར་དང༌། ། རིགས་ཡོད་ཕྱིར་ན་ལུས་ཅན་ཀུན། །རྟག་ཏུ་སངས་རྒྱས་སྙིང་པོ་ཅན། ། “Because the perfect buddhas’s kaya is all-pervading, Because reality is undifferentiated, And…