Duality is in the unreal world of samsara. got up sure got down,
got good, sure got bad. got dark sure got light. i still
reject evolution in the form of
mutation and coming from germs. to me if there's
a split of species many millions of years ago, u should
also see that 'split' now in term of species with quite
similarity feature. moreover Buddha is all knowing, and since
He talk about how the form material like river, mountian, the
realms, the whole existence are created etc especially
in Shurangama Sutra(wisdom opener), He should also mentioned about evolution
(in the form of mutation) in the sutras, but i only feel
that species of animal like owl, fox, snake etc were already there
in the sutra. and all these animals are very different, but are
born by certain karma.
Buddha said that when one attained Buddhahood, they would not
turn back into sentient beings. it's like ore turning into gold,
the gold remain as gold, and will not become ore again. it's like a
person lost his way, but later found the way, then next time he
wouldn't be lost again. when i said we are "originally" Buddha, i
mean that we have the quality to become Buddha. ore have the
quality to become gold. we call this quality Buddha-nature. u can
become Buddha. we all can. Buddhism is Equal to all. not
bias.
perfect state is ruined by sin?
where does the sin came from?
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You said that Buddha is all-knowing, you mean omniscient as
traditionally an attribute of God?
So now you you have qualified your statement that we were all
originally Buddha to mean having the potential to become Buddha. It
would seem to be a wrong choice of words you used as it conveys a
completely different idea! Of course, it is a matter of debate as
to whether anyone can become a Buddha. Given the Buddhist's premise
that we have infinity past or countless lives, we should all have
become Buddhas already. It's the same with the idea of an eternal
universe. If it were true, we would have reached heat death
infinite time ago. But since we have not, then clearly the universe
is not eternal.
Sin doesn't come from anywhere. Sin is disobedience against God.
It first took root in Satan, and then man. Only free-will moral
creatures can sin. God gave free will to angels and man, who then
exercised the wrong choice.