In Buddhism, specifically Theravada, Buddha said that Consciousness is not reality but a aggrigate that will dissolve do induce Paranibbana. So, why is it that Advaitins say that he was enlightened when he specifically states that Consciousness isnt reality?
I want to know what your opinion is...
I have found my Ishta-Devata. After a long time to searching for my favorite Deity, I have chosen Dakshinamurthy. He taught the four sons of Brahma everything they needed to know threw Silence. He faces the south in meditation. He teaches everything threw the power of Silence.
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There is something interesting that is happening right now. I have become uninterested in almost everything, but now it has gone farther. Now, I dont even care about spirituality, religion, and philosophy. I have seemed to just stop caring. Im not sure why either. Also, my thoughts are slowing...
How many Gaudiya Vaishnava's accept the teachings of Srila Prabhupada. When i look at his teachings, they seem to be good, but he is very harsh and sometimes says things that i dont know all Vaishnava's would agree with. He was a against homosexuality and wanted people to change to Heterosex. He...
From 1970 to 1984 Haidakhan Babaji taught a path to Shiva or God. He is also called just Babaji, or Bhole Baba. Sondra Ray has said that Haidakhan Babaji is Babaji Mahavatar from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda. He was known to have sat for 45 days in complete stillness in the...
Hi everyone,
i have been having some religious problems lately. I was a Shaivite Hindu for a while and then became interested in Buddhism, but because of my lack of maturity I believe in went into it way to quickly. I miss God, the notion of a Soul, and things like that. So i did some deep...
I was wondering if there is a way i can change the name of this account or if i can make another one because i have dropped Saivism and have converted to Buddhism, i just did it yesterday. I have been interested in it for about 3 years and now i converted to it. Im very happy with this decision...
Lately I have been having some odd bodily feelings. I have deepened in meditation and self-awareness. when I was talking to someone today I went into self-awareness and a feverish feeling arose in the body. I felt as if i was going to break out into a sweat and, in fact, my armpits began to...
Stopping thoughts seems to be hard, but it only seems to be like that. We just havent found the correct way to do it yet. Here is one way, that if really tried, will dissove the mind for good.
begin to look inward. dont try to stop any thoughts, just let them be. Now, just watch them, let them...
I was wondering why some people chose the left hand path of religions. Like Satanism, Luciferianism, and others. What drew you to them, what religion where you before and why the change to a darker path.
In Saivism there is a very odd LHP called Aghora. Ghora means terrifying. A- cancels it...
Now, I know that Samashi really cant be defined but, people say things about it that are very far out, and others make it seem reasonable. Ramana Maharshi said that its not the intensity of the experiance that makes it Samadhi, its how much of mental formations are gone. Others say that energy...
Hi,
Im a Saiva, which is a devotee of Siva. I converted from really no religion. I was born into a christian family but never was baptized or converted myself. When a few years ago a I got into Buddhism but I fell out after about two years. I then began to research other religions. I fell in...