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  1. Acala

    gnosticism and reincarnation

    I don't think I mentioned it was a good lifestyle choice anywhere Whiterain. Of course rebirth is a continuation of suffering, this is the fundamentals of Buddhism and Gnosticism, Hinduism and practically every religion in the World. No-one wants to be here unless they're successful, then they...
  2. Acala

    Japanese, Chinese and Vedic/Hindu deities in Mahayana?

    Fudo-Myo-O, Aizen-Myo-O, Kangiten (Ganesh) and a whole host of others. Brahma included. Indra had his thunderbolt taken by Sakyamuni which then became the Dorje/Vajra.
  3. Acala

    Zen Book Recommendations

    The Denkōroku by Keizan Zen-ji. I'd personally recommend 'One Robe, One Bowl' - Zen poetry of Ryokan Zenji. Roar of the Tigress - Shasta Abbey Press. The Wild White Goose also published by Shasta Abbey.
  4. Acala

    The afterlife?

    Exactly as is stated in the early Suttas. Mahayana doesn't differ with the Pali Canon. Mahayana simply added various other influences from Nagajuna and other influential Buddhist thinkers.
  5. Acala

    Occult, Nazi Occult

    What did Hitler believe regarding religion is a difficult question to answer, Rosenberg preferred a NSDAP New Testament, a complete shunning of the Old Testament. Hitler at times appeared Catholic. Sometimes he was the harshest critic of Catholicism, other times according to 'Table Talks' he...
  6. Acala

    Following the path of Sanatana Dharma

    Is this the Sanatana Dharma of Sri Pravartaka Acharyaji?
  7. Acala

    Questions and thoughts on Zen practice.

    O.B.C. most certainly do, Rev Master Kennett was taught at Soji-ji various things that won't be taught in Western interpretations of Zen. Have you read Keizan's texts on such subjects? Or Dogen's Yume? 'Probably one of, if not *the* most famous vision, that Dōgen ever had, was when returning to...
  8. Acala

    Is Jesus Christ a God or Do You Beleive in Jesus the Human ?

    The concept of original sin is abhorrent to me personally. Luckily I was never subject to Catholicism in any form.
  9. Acala

    Questions and thoughts on Zen practice.

    Dogen had many visions of Ghosts and so on. Yume. There's a mass of writings by Dogen on this subject, past lives and various Realms. Western Zen is devoid of Eastern thought upon such matters. It takes conversation with Japanese Buddhists who know the Dharma to see through the Occidental...
  10. Acala

    Hello I'm new here...

    I understand. I'll keep away from that particular topic. Thanks for the heads up.
  11. Acala

    Is Jesus Christ a God or Do You Beleive in Jesus the Human ?

    A Man. Who, attained Gnosis of the True Divine God. Jesus was born of Man, Man is greater than the God of creation.
  12. Acala

    What Is Your IQ?

    145-149, tested three times. My best score was when I was 20, when it was mandatory in the UK to take a test, unbeknown to me (1995), second was a Mensa and the third was a UK Territorial Army IQ test. IQ tests prove little, other than some people are good at IQ tests!
  13. Acala

    Hello I'm new here...

    Thank you for your warm welcome. I know a little of the LHP too Mindmaster, a little of the O9A and so on. :)
  14. Acala

    The "Lost" Lands: Atlantis, Lemuria, Hyperborea, Thule

    The writings of Nimrod de Rosario and Miguel Serrano further expand on the ideas of Blavatsky, Hyperborea-Thule, Lemuria and so on.
  15. Acala

    Hello I'm new here...

    Raised Gnostic Christian, but I've studied Zen and Shingon Buddhism for two decades. I hope to find further nudges of synchronicity here upon my Path. :)
  16. Acala

    gnosticism and reincarnation

    Many Gnostics believed in rebirth. The Apocryphon of John explains.... ‘This soul needs to follow another soul in whom the Spirit of life dwells, because she is saved through the Spirit. Then she will never be thrust into flesh again.'
  17. Acala

    Satan, Samael, Lucifer

    Samael is the Demiurge who is Yaldabaoth. ' . . he boasted continually, saying to the angels ... "I am God, and no other one exists except me." But when he said these things, he sinned against all of the immortal ones... when Pistis Sophia saw the impiety of the chief ruler, she was angry...
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