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The Gospel of Buddha

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
One of Buddha's guidance to fight against Mara or Evil-One for purification of self is restraint in looking at the opposite sex; men looking at the women or women looking at the men.

In the Indian sub-continent; one is not supposed to look at the women except with restraint, from the ancient times.

But Buddha genuinely believed in it, in my opinion. I think I should quote from him in this connection:

“The Gospel of Buddha

The Bikkhu’s Conduct toward Women

The bhikkhus came to the Blessed One and asked him: [1]
“O Tathagata, our Lord and Master,
what conduct toward women dost thou prescribe
to the samanas who have left the world?” [2]

And the Blessed One said: [3]

“Guard against looking on a woman. [4]

“If ye see a woman, let it be as though ye saw her not,
and have no conversation with her. [5]

“If, after all, ye must speak with her,
let it be with a pure heart,
and think to yourself,
‘I as a samana will live in this sinful world
as the spotless leaf of the lotus,
unsoiled by the mud in which it grows.’ [6]

“If the woman be old, regard her as your mother,
if young, as your sister,
if very young, as your child. [7]

“The samana who looks on a woman as a woman,
or touches her as a woman, has broken his vow
and is no longer a disciple of the Tathagata. [8]
“The power of lust is great with men,
and is to be feared withal;
take then the bow of earnest perseverance,
and the sharp arrow-points of wisdom. [9]

“Cover your heads with the helmet of right thought,
and fight wih fixed resolve against the five desires. [10]

“Lust beclouds a man’s heart,
when it is confused with woman’s beauty,
and the mind is dazed. [11]

“Better far with red-hot irons bore out both your eyes,
than encourage in yourself sensual thoughts,
or look upon a woman’s form with lustful desires. [12]

“Better fall into the fierce tiger’s mouth,
or under the sharp knife of the executioner,
than dwell with a woman and excite in yourself lustful thoughts. [13]

“A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape,
whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping.
Even when represented as a picture,
she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty,
and thus to rob men of their steadfast heart. [14]

“How then ought ye to guard yourselves? [15]

“By regarding her tears and her smiles as enemies,
her stooping form, her hanging arms, and her disentangled hair
as toils designed to entrap man’s heart. [16]

“Therefore, I say, restrain the heart,
give it no unbridled license.” [17]

End Chapter 33″

The Gospel of Buddha

And Buddha was a wise-man of East.
 
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paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Gospel of Buddha was written by Paul Carus in 1894, in fact it is a collection of tradition and nothing is written or added by Paul Carus in it from himself.It does not reflect western philosophy as there is no western philosophy as mentioned in the Gospel of Buddha.

Regards
 

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
If not divine revelation; what sources Buddha had for his thoughts?
Those sources must be looked into.
Regards
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
If not divine revelation; what sources Buddha had for his thoughts?
Those sources must be looked into.
Regards
Do you do the same with the Qu'ran? I would suggest that if you do so objectively, many of your posts you'd come to regret.
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
paarsurrey said:
If not divine revelation; what sources Buddha had for his thoughts?
Those sources must be looked into.
Regards

Do you do the same with the Qu'ran? I would suggest that if you do so objectively, many of your posts you'd come to regret.

The Buddhists deny that Buddha received any Revelation so one has to check as to what other sources of knowledge he had. Like Buddha met his mother in the heaven.

"And it is said that the Blessed One, for the sake of preaching
to his mother Maya-devi, ascended to heaven and dwelt
with the devas. Having concluded his pious mission, he
returned to the earth and went about again, converting
those who listened to his teachings. 2"

Chapter 31:

The Buddha's Parents Attain Nirvana

The Gospel of Buddha
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
paarsurrey said:
If not divine revelation; what sources Buddha had for his thoughts?
Those sources must be looked into.
Regards



The Buddhists deny that Buddha received any Revelation so one has to check as to what other sources of knowledge he had. Like Buddha met his mother in the heaven.

"And it is said that the Blessed One, for the sake of preaching
to his mother Maya-devi, ascended to heaven and dwelt
with the devas. Having concluded his pious mission, he
returned to the earth and went about again, converting
those who listened to his teachings. 2"

Chapter 31:

The Buddha's Parents Attain Nirvana

The Gospel of Buddha
My question to you was about the Qu'ran, but you again avoid answering questions posed to you. So, let me repeat, can you provide objective evidence that Mohammed talked with an angel and that the Qu'ran accurately cites what the angel supposedly said? Why don't you surprise us and actually try and answer this question, paarsurrey?
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
My question to you was about the Qu'ran, but you again avoid answering questions posed to you. So, let me repeat, can you provide objective evidence that Mohammed talked with an angel and that the Qu'ran accurately cites what the angel supposedly said? Why don't you surprise us and actually try and answer this question, paarsurrey?
This thread is about Buddha.
One should not be off-topic.
Regards
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
This thread is about Buddha.
One should not be off-topic.
Regards
But all you do is to take constant pot-shots against certain other religions and yet you won't respond to any question about yours. There's a name for that, paarsurrey. Plus you really don't add anything but insults to the conversations here.
 

psychoslice

Veteran Member
Yes the Buddha said many great thing, but until we ourselves experience oneness and have our own things to talk about or share, that's all it will ever be, just a Buddha talking.
 

psychoslice

Veteran Member
In what sense?
Well myself I feel we are more than the mind body organism, like, we are all One in nature, I think in a way that I cannot explain right now, that quantum can explain, that everything is connected.............Its hard to put in words, but can you see what I am trying to get at ?.
 

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls
Well myself I feel we are more than the mind body organism, like, we are all One in nature, I think in a way that I cannot explain right now, that quantum can explain, that everything is connected.............Its hard to put in words, but can you see what I am trying to get at ?.

I can relate to the feeling of being connected and at one with nature, but I'm cautious about making too many assumptions based on that feeling. From a Buddhist point of view this is a state of mind.
 
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