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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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!
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.
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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.'
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...