Does Buddha exists after Final Nirvana?

Fugazzi SG

Exclusivity means disconnectedness cos only a certain group or ... and inclusiveness transcends all polarizing/dichotomizing conceptual models.The moment one concludes as to what should be at the other end - it belies vested interest(s) and the seeker or the seeking is negated!

It would have in good stead to simply know and that knowing is unlearning.

Amitayus48 SG

Originally posted by diablotical:

Dear dharma brothers, it is really nice see this thread and so much valuable sharing and inputs from each other. There are 84,000 dharma doors and as long we all find the one that is suited for us, we can progress more effectively. Let us cast aside our personal thoughts, whether which school of taught we came from for the time being. Let us understand that we are buddhist and it is a rare chance in a thousand of millions of aeons for us to be born in the human realm and still get a chanCe to learn the dharma.

When I see theravada buddhism, mahayana buddhism or tibetian buddhism, i only see one thing. The teachings of the buddha. Why look for the differences of the different schools when we can look at the similiarities of every school. I’m quite sure buddha already know this day will be like this due to our defilements.

Let us all learn from each other. Practice! Yes! Practice! Buddhist today lacks of practicing. When our insight increases, we will be able to see the more clearly into the dharma instead of just understanding the words intellectually. Buddha also meditated till he develop his insight and he say the dharma, the truth. He did not create the dharma. He just merely tell us what is happening and there is a way for us to be like him.

May we be well, happy and peaceful and be blessed by the triple gems. May we be free from physical and mental sufferings. Let there be less hatred in this world and let us (buddhist) fill the world with more loving kindness. Let us all make this world a better place for everyone.

Sadhu sadhu sadhu

Amitoufo

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070501-tallest-pagoda.html

Well said! well said! Om Mandi Padme Hum

For instance of a pagoda having 84,000 dharma doors externally, when a door is opened , it leads living beings directly into the inner hall. Once in the inner hall, it accesses all other inner halls of all the 84,000 dharma doors. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.

May only sentient beings of the ten quarters enter into this hall of bliss, shall I then shut the final door of bliss, or else I shall not enter Nirvana. Amitofo

Demon Bane SG

According to the sutras, He is still around but becos of his powers, common man will not be able to see him, even when he is right in front of them....

In some sutras, he hints that he is always present....and he will know who are practicing correctly and those who are not.

Amitayus48 SG

A Buddha, even with his omniscient knowledge, could not change a person's karma, but how come Amitabha Buddha is able to create his pureland and bring people there?

For instance, many cities / stated / countries in this small world have prepared and conditioned a host of amenity and attractivity that had materialised from the studied and researched done on all the "goodies" in all countries, so as to welcome people across the globe to invest, enjoy and be a part of them. But they ought to have faith, vow and take the step to move in :)

Demon Bane SG

I certainly believe that Buddha is always around.

sinweiy SG

A Buddha, even with his omniscient knowledge, could not change a person's karma, but how come Amitabha Buddha is able to create his pureland and bring people there?

i think creating an illusions is just a simple trick of one's spiritual power. ghosts and heaven beings can also do this depending on their ability level. Buddha's ability will be much greater. there are many different type of pureland(see below quote). the Amitabha pureland is created in a way karma had no conditions to fruition only.

karma + conditions = fruition.

Amitabha didn't clear your karma. He only destroy the conditions for karma, hence the fruition of karma.

In India, the composition of the classic ‘Pure Land Scriptures’ (such as the Longer and Shorter Sukhāvatī-vyūha Sūtras) helped to popularize the idea that the Buddhas who dwelt in these Pure Lands could bring unenlightened beings into them for teaching without compromising the purity of the environs. In China, the rise of the Pure Land school popularized this idea, and spurred many centuries of theoretical accounts of the nature of the Pure Lands, and the genesis of typologies that sought to classify the various types of Pure Lands. For example, the thinker Ching-ying Hui-yüan (523-92) identified three different types of Pure Land, depending upon the beings that dwell in them or attain their vision: (1) the phenomenal Pure Land where unenlightened beings go which, while purified by the Buddha's presence, still presents itself to their minds according to their desires; (2) the Pure Land with characteristics, which accommodates those who achieved enlightenment (bodhi) following the Hīnayāna path and Mahāyāna followers in the early stages of practice; and (3) the true Pure Land, achieved by accomplished Bodhisattvas on the Mahāyāna path. This latter type had further subdivisions into lands of Bodhisattvas and lands of Buddhas, with the latter further categorized into two aspects: the land as it appears to the Buddha residing in it, and the way he manifests it to other beings.

« Previous Page