A CONSIDERATION: ISLAM = BUDDHA? (1)
In the context of Buddha can be said that what had taught by Buddha in the aspect of human moral is similar what had been taught by Islam. However in the aspect of divinity Buddha did not approved or refused it. Is it the other factor was played it function such as, lost its true notes about its thought because the original language; Pali has lost? For this we must held one specific research to find the answer.
Buddha with the Divinity concept
The question that exist here is, how with the divinity matter. For Buddha he takes the natural action in this matter. When we die the good practices will transfer to the good body and the bad practices will transfer to the bad body (this is the Hindu element). The fact is, in the time of Gautama Buddha, the Hindu practices are so strong in among his society. If Buddha invited them to believe to the only one God, of course his thought will refused by Hindus. However Gautama does not refuse the existence of the only one God. When he had been asked by his disciples about the existence of the only one God, he do not answer it but he had said with mean: “It’s not my and your responsibility to know about the existence of the God, but our responsibility is to erase the tortured and suffering or the sadness in this world(1).
Because the Buddha thought does not discuss the matter of faith, the psychologists and as well as the religious experts, do not accept it as a religion but it was accepted as the philosophy idealism. Furthermore, it more concerned about moral aspect and refused the materialism. However, his thought had influenced by the Hindu believes that had practices for a long time in India. Hindu believes too many gods (but the Hindu also believes to the only one great God). Finally, have the Buddha disciples were create the Buddha statue and worship him as the God.. From this, all Buddhists, accept the Buddha Idealism as a religion. Its different from the Hindu believes, where the Buddha thought not based on the class or status, while the Hindu practice based on the class and status. The Buddha thought had vanished from India, but it spreads widely in East of Asia such China, Japan, Laos and Thailand.
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(1) Dr. Zakir Naik and Prophet Muhammad (PBUM) In Buddhist Scripture, translated by Dr. Haydar Ali Tajuddin bin Pateh Muhammad, Madrasatul Qur’an, Batu 6, Kedai Mulong, Jalan Kuala Krai, 16010 Kota Bharu, Kelantan Darul Naim, 2006, page 11.
Buddha with the Divinity concept
The question that exist here is, how with the divinity matter. For Buddha he takes the natural action in this matter. When we die the good practices will transfer to the good body and the bad practices will transfer to the bad body (this is the Hindu element). The fact is, in the time of Gautama Buddha, the Hindu practices are so strong in among his society. If Buddha invited them to believe to the only one God, of course his thought will refused by Hindus. However Gautama does not refuse the existence of the only one God. When he had been asked by his disciples about the existence of the only one God, he do not answer it but he had said with mean: “It’s not my and your responsibility to know about the existence of the God, but our responsibility is to erase the tortured and suffering or the sadness in this world(1).
Because the Buddha thought does not discuss the matter of faith, the psychologists and as well as the religious experts, do not accept it as a religion but it was accepted as the philosophy idealism. Furthermore, it more concerned about moral aspect and refused the materialism. However, his thought had influenced by the Hindu believes that had practices for a long time in India. Hindu believes too many gods (but the Hindu also believes to the only one great God). Finally, have the Buddha disciples were create the Buddha statue and worship him as the God.. From this, all Buddhists, accept the Buddha Idealism as a religion. Its different from the Hindu believes, where the Buddha thought not based on the class or status, while the Hindu practice based on the class and status. The Buddha thought had vanished from India, but it spreads widely in East of Asia such China, Japan, Laos and Thailand.
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(1) Dr. Zakir Naik and Prophet Muhammad (PBUM) In Buddhist Scripture, translated by Dr. Haydar Ali Tajuddin bin Pateh Muhammad, Madrasatul Qur’an, Batu 6, Kedai Mulong, Jalan Kuala Krai, 16010 Kota Bharu, Kelantan Darul Naim, 2006, page 11.
posted by Dr. Nawi at 9:37 AM
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I'm sorry but Mettaya Buddha as mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures does not fit the personality of Muhammad.Read the FULL TEXT of Cakkavati Sihanada Sutta regarding the coming of Mettaya.Among them :
1. there will be a degression of moral values
2. the said Buddha will appear during the reign of King Sankha.
3. the life span of humans at that time would be 80,000 years.
In another sutta,the Lakkhana Sutta, 32 main bodily marks of a Buddha was enumerated. None of it fits Muhammad.
last but not least,reflecting on the life of the Buddhas, definately it would not fit Muhammad.The Buddhas never planned any warfare,unlike Muhammad.Please read karaniya Metta Sutta, the Buddhist idea of Loving Kindness.There is no allowance for war.
You may argue there is a necessity,yet in the true Buddhist value there can NEVER BE.
"There comes a time, monks, sooner or later after a long period, when this world contracts. At a time of contraction, beings are mostly reborn in the Abhassara Brahma world. And there they dwell, mind-made, feeding on delight, self-luminous, moving through the air, glorious - and they stay like that for a very long time."
"But the time comes, sooner or later after a long period, when this world begins to expand. In this expanding world an empty palace of Brahma appears. And then one being, from exhaustion of his life-span or of his merits, falls from the Abhassara world and arises in the empty Brahma-palace. And there he dwells, mind-made, feeding on delight, self-luminous, moving through the air, glorious - and he stays like that for a very long time."
"Then in this being who has been alone for so long there arises unrest, discontent and worry, and he thinks: ‘Oh, if only some other beings would come here!’ And other beings, from exhaustion of their life-span or of their merits, fall from the Abhassara world and arise in the Brahma palace as companions for this being. And there they dwell, mind-made, … and they stay like that for a very long time."
"And then, monks, that being who first arose there thinks: "I am Brahma, the Great Brahma, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, the All-Powerful, the Lord, the Maker and Creator, Ruler, Appointer and Orderer, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. These beings were created by me. How so? Because I first had this thought: ‘Oh, if only some other beings would come here!’ That was my wish, and then these beings came into this existence!" But those beings who arose subsequently think: "This, friends, is Brahma, Great Brahma, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, the All-Powerful, the Lord, the Maker and Creator, Ruler, Appointer and Orderer, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. How so? We have seen that he was here first, and that we arose after him."
"And this being that arose first is longer-lived, more beautiful and more powerful than they are. And it may happen that some being falls from that realm and arises in this world. Having arisen in this world, he goes forth from the household life into homelessness. Having gone forth, he by means of effort, exertion, application, earnestness and right attention attains to such a degree of mental concentration that he thereby recalls his last existence, but recalls none before that. And he thinks: ‘That Brahma, … he made us, and he is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, the same for ever and ever. But we who were created by that Brahma, we are impermanent, unstable, short-lived, fated to fall away, and we have come to this world. "
~ exerpt from Patika Sutta,hence it's clear that Creator God theory is rejected in Buddhism.
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