Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti

Allahu'Avatar Jesus Buddha

Monday, May 25, 2009

Siddhartha Boddus

Interesting, educated speculation never ceases to amaze:
...[In] the Greek kingdom of Bactria, the word Buddha was spoken as Boddo (ΒΟΔΔΟ), which based on my notes is a masculine, singular ending. Now, Latin borrows heavily from Greek, and always has, so rather than borrowing from Sanskrit (the Romans had no direct contact with India), I assumed the Latin word would be a transliteration from Greek, therefore, I transliterated Boddo to Boddus (2nd decl, masc.). From there, it is a simple matter of changing Boddus to the genitive case Boddi, or “of the Buddha”.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

One

There's only one Christ.

Christ in matter.

Christ in mind.

Christ in the soul.

Christ in the Sun.

Ever going out.

Ever returning in.

The Giver.

The Taker.

The Lover.

The Beloved.

The Ascetic Tantrik.

Four Levels of Sadhana


There are, as seen before, four levels of interpreting sacred texts:

The first level is the literal, or physical, level.

The second level is the psycho-energetic level.

The third level is the noetic, or soul, level.

The fourth is the solar level.

Associated with each level of interpretation, is a level of sadhana (or "practice"):

Physical sadhana (ritual, hatha yoga, selfless service, e.g.)

Mental sadhana (discrimination, breath-awareness, radiating compassion, e.g.)

Noetic sadhana (inquiring into the location of "I", contemplation of "I am", e.g.)

Solar sadhana (living under the assumption, or realization, that all this is God, e.g.)

Sacred scripture can be interpreted on many levels. Sacred scripture also can act as a guide to sadhana.

The four levels of interpretation and the four levels of sadhana correspond to the four basic 'elements' of psycho-spirituality: (1) matter and energy; (2) mental factors (feelings, thoughts, intentions); (3) the center of awareness; (4) the Divine (Nirvana; Ain Sof; Parasiva; Allah).

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Infinity and Finity

Perfection belongs to man becoming God or God becoming man


Perfection does not belong to God as God, nor does it belong to man as man. We get perfection when man becomes God or when God becomes man. The finite being who is conscious of his being finite is obviously short of perfection; but when he is conscious of being one with the Infinite, he is perfect. That is what happens when man gives up the illusion of being finite and attains Godhood by realising his divinity.

If by the Infinite we mean that which is opposed to the finite, or that which is away from the finite, and necessarily other than the finite, that Infinite is already limited by its being unable to assert itself in and through the finite. In other words, perfection cannot belong to such an Infinite. The Infinite, therefore, has to discover its unlimited life in and through the finite without getting limited by this process. God's perfection is revealed only when He manifests Himself as man. The conscious descent of God into the limited form of man is known as Avatar. This again is a case of perfection.

Thus we have perfection when the finite transcends its limits and realises its infinity, or when the Infinite gives up its supposed aloofness and becomes man. In both cases the finite and the Infinite do not stand outside each other. When there is a happy and a conscious blending of the finite and the Infinite we have perfection. Then we have the Infinite revealing itself through the finite without getting limited thereby, and we have the finite transcending its sense of limitation in the full knowledge of its really being the revelation of the Infinite.

-- Meher Baba, Discourses, Vol I., 119-120
I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine the two Avatars who form the foundation of the Christian Tradition.