Thursday, May 27, 2010
Pratyeka Buddhas
Throughout time great messianic leaders have appeared to help and heal the suffering multitude. Zoroaster, Jesus and Mohammad are but a few of the most powerful of these figures. This article will attempt to show how all these figures are actually Buddhas, but not completely successful ones.
A Prayeka Buddha is an enlightened being who due to uncontrollable circumstances, failed to enlighten society as a whole in a permanent fashion. When Gautama Buddha arrived in India in approximately 2400-2500 b.c.e. the time and place of his arrival was ideal for the awakening of an extremely large number of people. The Buddha's retinue was an overall success as the Buddha managed to teach the Dharma and spread it successfully. Although elsewhere I have argued that the Buddha's world was so much different than our own that it makes it nearly impossible for the run-of-the mill wisdom seeker of today find enlightenment, Buddha's work was a success for a while.
Jesus Christ was of course a master of disguise and magician. Why is this so? Well this is most likely due to the political turmoil of multiple early governments and many different religious sects all competing for power. Because of this Jesus was not able to accurately spread his dharma without resorting to guile and crafty magick. While he was probably successful in awakening a large amount of people, he did not reach a critical mass large enough to make his dharma semi-permanent in the least. Saul the persecutor of Christians was able to manipulate more people and capitalize on Jesus' rules of Ahimsa and peace making Christianity today a wisdom-less mess of myths and superstitions. Hence, Jesus failed to enlighten enough to be called a true Buddha.
Mohammad had a similar problem only the defilers of his tradition were much closer to him. Failing to produce a male offspring, or proper successor, war broke out amongst his impassioned followers over who was this proper heir to the throne so-to-speak. This was a fatal and uncontrollable error which causes Islam to suffer to the present day.
A Prayeka Buddha is still a fully enlightened being with all the required powers and prowess needed to show a proper example to the earth. In the Lotus Sutra Prayeka beings are said to gather along with Maitreya (The future buddha) for Gautama Buddha's sermons. The Prayeka Buddhas tried with their maximum strength of will to fight for the demonstration of proper example, yet they were stopped by uncontrollable circumstances. It would be no surprise to me if the clever tricks of Jesus and the physical dexterity of Mohammad were in some way more advanced than Gautama's. Yet, this does not matter. Gautama accomplished his goal.
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