Today one of my fondest wishes came true...again it was confirmed (for me) that when you make a wish and release it to the Universe...the wish may take a while to be fulfilled but it manifests beyond your wildest imagination...I love being in the aura of Saints and Sages...Click:
http://dalsabzi.com/Books/In_touch_with_masters/preface_index.htm Today I was invited at the Leela Kempinski Hotel to a room which held about 150 invitees to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The host body was 'The Dharma Rain for Buddhist Studies'
His Holiness the Dalai Lama said:
When Buddha was asked whether there is an Aatman,a beginning or an end (to Creation)... Lord Buddha diplomatically remained silent...The Lama smiled and continued "Maybe we should remain silent"
During the time came for Interaction, I asked His Holiness:
"Maybe God is beyond understanding and putting into words and hence Lord Buddha remained silent?"
His Holiness laughed and said: "Maybe" "People say I am(Dalai Lama)a great Christian/Hindu... and I smile"
Buddhists scholars respect all traditions and beliefs...
To a question of how His Holiness views the Caste System, he said: "I believe that all (humans) are created equal...
To a question, "Do you fight death in the case of a terminal illness, or accept and surrender?"
He replied: "One should try and reduce pain..."
The rest of the discourse was intense...He urged that people should not only bow to Scriptures but study them...
His Holiness 'ki mere oopar drishti padi' ie he looked at me, while answering my query and I am feeling blessed!
The young to be 10 year old Dalai Lama,Charak Rinpoche was also there...he is believed to be a divine incarnation ...and I saw him...
My cup runneth over...
I think that it was Osho who said: "There is no God only Godliness"...
Maybe 'God' is not in everything, God is everything.
Maybe God is a verb...Maybe God is 'Godding'...
Maybe God is not the Creator, God is in every atom of His Creation...Like Nataraja (Shiva) and His dance is one...The dancer and the dance cannot be separated...
You do not have to BELIEVE that you HAVE a body...you KNOW you have a body...
Maybe similarly you do not believe in God, you know there is God and maybe God is you and in everything/everyone else...
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Hi Aunty,
What fun to meet the Dalai Lama. One of my fondest wishes is to meet him too. I find he is such a dignified presence. He inspires peace and tranquility. It is interesting he was asked about the atman, since this is one of the points on which the early Buddhists and Brahmins debated strongly. According to the Buddhists there is no such thing as an everlasting atman, they believe we keep some inherent characteristics, but that there isn't this essence that remains life after life. And I also thought your question about God was interesting since once again the early Buddhists clearly did not believe in Brahman - an Ultimate Power. They accepted that there were gods (with a small g) that resided in different heavens but they denied that there was a single author that was responsible, and they also felt that when one achieved nirvana they ceased to exist. But then maybe this is similar to the ideas of Brahman that we witness in the Upanisads... where we are told that Brahman exists but yet is non-existent. Just some thoughts...
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