{"id":5,"date":"2020-12-05T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T18:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2022-01-15T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:17:48","slug":"budismo-y-ocultismo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/budismo-y-ocultismo\/","title":{"rendered":"Budismo y ocultismo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ADVICES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENAMORADOS DE EL ETERNO, RENDIDOS ANTE EL, ANTE LA MAGNIFICENCIA DE SU PRESENCIA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO HAY OTRO COMO EL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO ALEJES DE MI TU SANTO ESPIRITU! VACIO Y DESERTICO SIN TI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DANZAD ANTE SU PRESENCIA! DELICIAS A SU DIESTRA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEJARLO TODO EN ESTE MUNDO PARA SER DIGNO DE TI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO TODO POR LO QUE SIENTAS ATRACCION PROVIENE DE DIOS! DEPENDE TU SABIDURIA DE TU TEMOR A DIOS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEE ENTRE LINEAS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUN SATANAS SE VISTE COMO ANGEL DE LUZ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">POR SOBRE TODAS LAS COSAS GUARDA TU CORAZON!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LLAMADOS CRISTIANOS PREDICAN MENTIRA POR EL CONOCIMEINTO ADQUIRIDO SECULARMENTE, MAL CORAZON (LOBOS VESTIDOS DE OVEJAS) Y UNA VIDA EN PECADO PERMITIENDO QUE SU CARNE HABLE, SIENDO INFLUENCIADOS POR ELLA Y ALGUNAS VECES POR ANGELES CAIDOS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EN ALGUNOS CASOS LA VERDAD NO ES VALORADA A CAUSA DE LA IGNORACIA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LA VERDAD ES DISTORCIONADA APROVECHANDOSE DE LA IGNORACIA DEL ESCUCHA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LO QUE NO CONOCES, TE AFECTA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EN NINGUN OTRO HAY SALVACION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DESECHAR LO QUE NO PROVIENE DE DIOS PARA ALCANZAR SU MISERICORDIA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAM BASADO EN RELIGION Y LAS SAGRADAS ESCRITURAS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LA SALVACION NO ES SE GANA POR OBRAS, DE MANERA QUE NINGUNO SE GLORIE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NUESTRA VICTORIA ESTE EN TI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LA VERDAD NO SE LIGA CON MAS, LA VERDAD ES UNICA Y SUFICIENTE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DESECHAD LO MALO, RETENED LO BUENO, UTILIZALO PARA QUE CREZCAS EN EL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAS NOTICIAS SECULARES SON UNA PORQUERIA DESDE SU FORMACION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAS NOTICIAS SECULARES NO SOLO CIEGAN A LAS MASAS SINO QUE PRETENDEN CEGAR A LOS QUE ESTAN EN GOBIERNO INTENTANDO HACER BIEN!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO ES MI VOLUNTAD, ES LA VOLUNTAD DE EL ETERNO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOS REALIDAD NO SE MIRA ATRAVES DE LA RELIGION SINO ATRAVES DE LA VERDAD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMAR A MI ESPOSA COMO CRISTO AMA A SU IGLESIA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CELEBRAR POR CONOCIMIENTO ES NECEDAD, CELEBRAR POR SU GRAN MISERICORDIA PARA LOS QUE EN EL PERMANECEN ES SALVACION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL ANTICRISTO ES ADORADO POR LOS HINDUS, EXALTADO POR MUSULMANES Y CORONADO POR LOS QUE SE LLAMAN JUDIOS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARA ALGUNOS ESTUDIOSOS SECULARES, EL GRIEGO MICENICO Y LA LENGUA HITITA FUERON ANTES DE EL SANSCRITO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DE QUIEN ES LA GLORIA?! DE QUIEN PROVIENE TODA MISERICORDIA!!! DE QUIEN NOS AMA AUN NOSOTROS SIN MERECERLE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUE MI ACCIONES ADOREN A LA VIDA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DALE OTRO SIGNIFICADO A LAS COSAS ES EL PLAN DE LOS PAYASOS DE SATANAS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LO QUE VIVIMOS ES EL RESULTADO DEL ENGA\u00d1O Y DE LA GRAN RAMERA NACIDA EN ROMA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HABIA UNA COSTUMBRE EN LOS PRIMEROS SIGLOS DESPUES DE CRISTO DE REMOVER ALGUNOS POCOS VERSICULOS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SATANAS, EL PADRE DE MENTIRA, EL HACEDOR DE MALDAD, OCULTA SU MALDAD, CON PRETESTOS, CON MENTIRAS, PRETENDIENDO HACERLA LUCIR BUENA Y UTIL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LA INTERPRETACION DE LAS ESCRITURAS EN GENERAL DE CUALQUIERA DE LOS PUEBLOS EN LA TIERRA ESTA BASADA EN COMO ESTA NUESTRO CORAZON!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABRE TUS OJOS Y SE CUIDADOSO CON LAS MENTIRAS PORQUE ELLAS SE BASAN EN LA REALIDAD Y CUANTO MAS BASADA ESTE EN ELLA MAS FACIL SERA PARA LOS INCONSTANTES Y FALTOS DE SABIDURIA CAER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TODA CRITICA DE SATANAS Y DE SUS PROFETAS ES PARA HACERTE RETROCEDER Y HACER QUE LO SIRVAS!<br>SOY CRISTIANO PORQUE SOY SEGUIDOR DE CRISTO JESUS! JUDIO PORQUE RECONOZCO QUE TODO LO QUE TENGO, TODAS LAS BENDICIONES RECIBIDAS Y ESTA VIDA PROVIENEN DE EL AMOR Y MISERICORDIA DE DIOS HACIA MI! Y SOY CATOLICO PORQUE HAGO PARTE DE TODO EL CUERPO DE CRISTO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CADA UNO DE LOS CONCILIOS Y&nbsp; DE GUERRAS UTILIZO LA VERDAD (EL EVANGELIO Y SUS PREDICADORES) PARA ESCONDER EL SATANISMO QUE AMAN! PINTANDO SU PAGANISMO DE CRISTIANISMO PARA LA AMPLIA ACEPTACION DE LAS MASAS (FELIGRESES), UTILIZANDO PARA ELLOS LA IGLESIA CATOLICA COMO NIDO DE SU PROPOSITO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAS PERSONAS NO RECIBEN EL UNICO EVANGELIO POR VARIAS RAZONES ENTRE LAS CUALES ESTAN LAS SIGUIENTES: AMOR AL PECADO, A\u00d1OS DE HABER ESCUCHADO UN EVANGELIO CORRUPTO EN LA BOCA DE FALSOS PROFETAS, PENSAMIENTO ENTENEBRECIDO A CAUSA DE MENTIRAS QUE A\u00d1O TRAS A\u00d1OS HAN LABADO LA MENTALIDAD DE MUCHOS INCLUYENDOLOS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SI DECIDES MENTIR O NO QUITARLE EL CIGARRILLO (DROGA) A TUS HIJOS A TEMPRANA EDAD O EN EL MOMENTO OPORTUNO, LES ESTARAS HACIENDO DA\u00d1O. Y SI HACES SU VOLUNTAD POR NO HACERLOS LLORAR, ESTARAS ENTONCES HACIENDOLES UN DA\u00d1O PEOR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEBEMOS DE SER ENEMIGOS DE LA MALDAD! Y SER CRUDOS CUANDO LA REALIDAD ES CRUDA, DE MANERA QUE DIGAMOS LA VERDAD A LAS PERSONAS AUNQUE LES DUELA, PUES EL DOLOR HACE CAMBIAR EL CORAZON PARA BIEN, CUANDO TE DAS CUENTA DE LA REALIDAD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOS NUEVOS BUDISTAS, ZOROASTRISTAS, HINDUISTAS Y EN GENERAL TODOS LOS PRACTICANTES Y AMANTES DE LA NUEVA ERA, MAL REPRESENTAN SUS DOGAMAS, LA DISFRAZAN CON ASPECTOS DEL NACIMIENTO, PREDICACION, MUERTE Y RESURRECION DE CRISTO (DADO QUE SUS DOGMAS CARECEN DE LOGICA Y SENTIDO COMUN) PARA LOGRAR PERSUADIR A LAS PERSONAS ACERCA DEL ESPERADO MAJDI, KALKI, BUDDHA (ATRAPANDO A LAS PERSONAS). TORCIENDO LA REALIDAD A CONVENIENCIA DE LOS ANGELES CAIDOS, APOYANDOLA EN SUS DELEITES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A TRAVES DE LA NUEVA ERA, SE LE QUIERE HACER PENSAR A EL HOMBRE DE QUE PUEDE SER DIOS Y QUE VA INNEVITABLEMENTE HACIA ESE CAMINO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LA REALIDAD SE OCULTA, TORCIENDOLA, DANDOLE PODER A LOS HOMBRES Y A LOS ANGELES CAIDOS PARA NEGAR\/SACAR A DIOS (OTORGANDOSE PODER ELLOS MISMOS), HACIENDOSE PASAR COMO AUTORES DE LA VERDAD, DUE\u00d1OS DE LA MISMA, DISFRAZANDO LA MENTIRA CON VERDAD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAPAS DE MENTIRA SOBRE CAPAS DE MENTIRA! CADA UNA SOBRE UN SUCESO Y MOMENTO EN LA HISTORIA! CUANTAS CAPAS SE ENCUENTRA SOBRE LA VERDAD? DEPENDE DE TU SITUACION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL HOMBRE POR NATURALEZA SE AGRUPA, BUSCA A QUIENES PIENSAN DE IGUAL MANERA! ES DECISION DE CADA UNO, NO?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN DESORDEN MUY ORGANIZADO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RESPETARSE NO ES EXIGIR RESPETO SINO VALORARSE! VALORARSE NO ES GENERAR ORGULLO SINO PERMANECER EN DIOS HACIENDO SU VOLUNTAD!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SCIENCE WITHOUT DEBATE IS PROPAGANDA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIDING EVIDENCE AND MISSREPRESENTING REALITY ARE TWO WAYS TO MISSLEAD PEOPLE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIOS NO CAMBIA! A MAYOR DISTANCIA DE DIOS, DE SU INMUTABILIDAD, MAS SUFRIMOS, MAS CONFUNDIDOS, MAS INCONSTANTES LLEGAMOS A ESTAR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QUOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(This info needs to be checked and analyzed)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<em>Didache<\/em>&nbsp;is mentioned by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eusebius\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eusebius<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>c.<\/em>&nbsp;324) as the&nbsp;<em>Teachings of the Apostles<\/em>&nbsp;following the books recognized as<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon#Eusebius\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">canonical<\/a>:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Didache#cite_note-11\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Let there be placed among the spurious works the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acts_of_Paul\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Acts of Paul<\/em><\/a>, the so-called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Shepherd_of_Hermas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Shepherd<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apocalypse_of_Peter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Apocalypse of Peter<\/em><\/a>, and besides these the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epistle_of_Barnabas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Epistle of Barnabas<\/em><\/a>, and what are called the&nbsp;<em>Teachings of the Apostles<\/em>, and also the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Revelation\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Apocalypse of John<\/em><\/a>, if this be thought proper; for as I wrote before, some reject it, and others place it in the canon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JEWISH GOSPELS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Ebionites\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gospel of the Ebionites<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;GE&#8221;) \u2013 7 quotations by Epiphanius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gospel of the Hebrews<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;GH&#8221;) \u2013 1 quotation ascribed to Cyril of Jerusalem, plus GH 2\u20137 quotations by Clement, Origen, and Jerome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Nazarenes\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gospel of the Nazarenes<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;GN&#8221;) \u2013 GN 1 to GN 23 are mainly from Jerome; GN 24 to GN 36 are from medieval sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ebionites<\/strong>, or&nbsp;<em>Ebionaioi<\/em>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u1f18\u03b2\u03b9\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9; derived from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hebrew<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>\u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>ebyonim,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>ebionim<\/em>, meaning &#8220;the poor&#8221; or &#8220;poor ones&#8221;), is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patristic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">patristic<\/a>&nbsp;term referring to a<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_Christian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jewish Christian<\/a>&nbsp;movement that existed during the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_Christianity\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">middle<\/a> of the second century.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebionites#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;They regarded&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesus_of_Nazareth\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jesus of Nazareth<\/a>&nbsp;as the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_Messiah\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Messiah<\/a>&nbsp;while rejecting his divinity<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebionites#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;and insisted on the necessity of following&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torah\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jewish law and rites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marcion of Sinope<\/strong>&nbsp;(Greek: \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03af\u03c9\u03bd<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcion_of_Sinope#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;\u03a3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c0\u03b7\u03c2), (c. 85 \u2013 c. 160)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Religare<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>To fasten, tie behind is the English equivalent of the infinitive<strong> &#8216;religare&#8217;. <\/strong>The verb also may be translated loosely as &#8216;to connect with&#8217;. One Latin language derivative word is the noun &#8216;religatio&#8217;, which means &#8216;a tying up&#8217;. &nbsp; &nbsp; Another Latin language derivative is the noun &#8216;religio&#8217;, which the ancient Romans defined as a quality of mortals or of the gods. In terms of mortals, the feminine gender noun refers to &#8216;conscientious exactness, scrupulousness&#8217; in respecting or observing religious ceremonials and moral scruples. In terms of the gods, it refers to &#8216;sanctity&#8217; or more loosely to &#8216;an object, place or thing of worship, of holiness&#8217;.&nbsp; To fasten, tie behind is the English equivalent of &#8216;religare&#8217;. The Latin infinitive is part of a regular verb conjugation whose endings therefore can be predicted accurately for all of the tenses and moods. It differs in meaning from the somewhat similar looking &#8216;relegare&#8217;, which means &#8216;to send away&#8217; and from which the English language verb &#8216;relegate&#8217; derives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word &#8220;religion&#8221; comes from the Latin word &#8220;religio&#8221; which has a meaning influenced by the verb &#8220;religare&#8221; to bind, in the sense of &#8220;place an obligation on&#8221; (World Book Dictionary).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Book Dictionary defines &#8220;obligation&#8221; as &#8220;duty&#8221; which, in turn, is defined as &#8220;a thing which a person ought to do; a thing which is right to do.&#8221;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some quotes of Robertson linking the study of the Greek New Testament to preaching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The greatest proof that the Bible is inspired is that it has withstood so much bad preaching!&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;God pity the poor preacher who has to hunt for something to preach&nbsp;\u2014 and the people who have to listen!&#8221;<\/em><br><em>\u201cPreaching&#8230; is the most dangerous thing in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Gumpel repite lo dicho por la colaboradora de P\u00edo XII,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monja\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sor<\/a>&nbsp;Pascalina Lehnert acerca de lo que ella escuch\u00f3 decir al cardenal Pacelli sobre Hitler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este hombre est\u00e1 completamente exaltado; todo lo que dice y escribe lleva la marca de su egocentrismo; este hombre es capaz de pisotear cad\u00e1veres y eliminar todo lo que le sea un obst\u00e1culo. No lleg\u00f3 a comprender c\u00f3mo hay tantas personas en Alemania que no lo entienden y no saben sacar conclusiones de lo que dice o escribe. \u00bfQui\u00e9n de \u00e9stos al menos se ha le\u00eddo su espeluznante<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mein_Kampf\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Mein Kampf<\/em><\/a>?.<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%ADo_XII#cite_note-51\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>51<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Einstein dijo:<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%ADo_XII#cite_note-48\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>48<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siendo un amante de la libertad, cuando lleg\u00f3 la revoluci\u00f3n a Alemania mir\u00e9 con confianza a las universidades sabiendo que siempre se hab\u00edan vanagloriado de su devoci\u00f3n por la causa de la verdad. Pero las universidades fueron acalladas. Entonces mir\u00e9 a los grandes editores de peri\u00f3dicos que en ardientes editoriales proclamaban su amor por la libertad. Pero tambi\u00e9n ellos, como las universidades, fueron reducidos al silencio, ahogados a la vuelta de pocas semanas. S\u00f3lo la Iglesia permaneci\u00f3 de pie y firme para hacer frente a las campa\u00f1as de Hitler para suprimir la verdad. Antes no hab\u00eda sentido ning\u00fan inter\u00e9s personal en la Iglesia, pero ahora siento por ella un gran afecto y admiraci\u00f3n, porque s\u00f3lo la Iglesia ha tenido la valent\u00eda y la obstinaci\u00f3n de sostener la verdad intelectual y la libertad moral. Debo confesar que lo que antes despreciaba ahora lo alabo incondicionalmente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time Magazine, 23 de diciembre de 1940<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Semitism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anti-Semitism<\/a>&nbsp;was also an integral part of the Rexist programme.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rexism#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TO STUDY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johann Jakob Herzog<\/strong>&nbsp;(12 September 1805,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basel\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Basel<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 30 September 1882,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erlangen\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Erlangen<\/a>),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">German<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protestant\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Protestant<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">theologian<\/a>, was born at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basel\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Basel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Valentinus_(Gnostic)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dositheos_(Samaritan) Gnostic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saint Augustine: Treatises on Marriage and other Subjects <\/strong><strong>By Charles T. Wilcox, St. Augustine, Roy J. Deferrari&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PA (pericope adulterae)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jerome<\/a>&nbsp;reports that the&nbsp;<em>pericope adulterae<\/em>&nbsp;was to be found in its usual place in &#8220;many Greek and Latin manuscripts&#8221; in Rome and the Latin West in the late 4th Century. This is confirmed by some Latin Fathers of the 4th and 5th Centuries CE; including&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambrose\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ambrose<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augustine_of_Hippo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Augustine<\/a>. The latter claimed that the passage may have been improperly excluded from some manuscripts in order to avoid the impression that Christ had sanctioned adultery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Certain persons of little faith, or rather enemies of the true faith, fearing, I suppose, lest their wives should be given impunity in sinning, removed from their manuscripts the Lord&#8217;s act of forgiveness toward the adulteress, as if he who had said, Sin no more, had granted permission to sin.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery#cite_note-14\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[14]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pericope\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pericope<\/a>&nbsp;is not found in any place in any of the earliest surviving Greek Gospel manuscripts; neither in the two 3rd century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">papyrus<\/a>&nbsp;witnesses to John &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_66\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P<sup>66<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_75\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P<sup>75<\/sup><\/a>; nor in the 4th century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Sinaiticus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Codex Sinaiticus<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Vaticanus_Graecus_1209\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vaticanus<\/a>, although all four of these manuscripts may acknowledge the existence of the passage via diacritical marks at the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in 1941 a large collection of the writings of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Didymus_the_Blind\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Didymus the Blind<\/a>&nbsp;(ca. 313- 398) was discovered in Egypt, including a reference to the&nbsp;<em>pericope adulterae<\/em>&nbsp;as being found in &#8220;several copies&#8221;; and it is now considered established that this passage was present in its usual place in some Greek manuscripts known in Alexandria and elsewhere from the 4th Century onwards. In support of this it is noted that the 4th century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Vaticanus_Graecus_1209\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Codex Vaticanus<\/a>, which was written in Egypt, marks the end of John chapter 7 with an &#8220;umlaut&#8221;, indicating that an alternative reading was known at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 corinthians 5: 16 \u2192 <strong>\u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gospel according to the hebrews <\/strong><strong>This info needs to be checked)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theology of the Gospel is strongly influenced by Jewish\u2013Christian Wisdom teaching. The Holy Spirit is represented as a manifestation of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sophia_(wisdom)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Divine Wisdom<\/a>&nbsp;who is called &#8220;Mother&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews#cite_note-note12-34\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[n 12]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shekhinah\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">feminine aspect of the Spirit<\/a>&nbsp;is an indication of Semitic influence on the language of the gospel. The Spirit takes Jesus to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Tabor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mount Tabor<\/a>&nbsp;by a single hair, echoing&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Testament\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Old Testament<\/a>&nbsp;themes in the stories of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ezekiel\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ezekiel<\/a>&nbsp;(Ezk.&nbsp;8.3) and<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habbakuk\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Habbakuk<\/a>&nbsp;(Dan.&nbsp;14.36&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LXX\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LXX<\/a>).<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews#cite_note-note13-35\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[n 13]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;The Gospel emphasizes the fulfillment of the prophecy of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isaiah\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Isaiah<\/a>&nbsp;11.2 in Jesus&#8217; baptism, but also adopts elements of Jewish Wisdom theology.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews#cite_note-note14-36\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[n 14]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;The Spirit has been gathered in one place at the moment of Jesus&#8217; baptism, so that he has become the only Son of the Spirit in which he has found eternal &#8220;rest&#8221; and reigns forever.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlijn199299.E2.80.93101-37\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[23]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;The &#8220;seek\u2013find&#8221; and &#8220;rule\u2013rest&#8221; language also comes from Jewish Wisdom tradition as stages on the way to salvation during which the believer is encouraged to emulate divine Wisdom.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews#cite_note-note15-38\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[n 15]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Early Church Fathers <\/strong><strong>(This info needs to be checked)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Clement of Rome<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>His epistle,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1_Clement\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1 Clement<\/a>&nbsp;(c.96),<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Fathers#cite_note-CC-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;was copied and widely read in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_Church\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Early Church<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Fathers#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Clement calls on the Christians of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corinth\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Corinth<\/a>&nbsp;to maintain harmony and order.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Fathers#cite_note-CC-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;It is the earliest Christian&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epistle\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">epistle<\/a>&nbsp;outside the<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Testament\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New Testament<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ignatius of Antioch<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Greek\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ancient&nbsp;Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u1f38\u03b3\u03bd\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f08\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2, also known as&nbsp;<strong>Theophorus<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>&nbsp;\u0398\u03b5\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 &#8220;God-bearer&#8221;) ((c. 35 or 50) &#8211; (from 98 to 117))<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignatius_of_Antioch#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>was among the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_Fathers\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Apostolic Fathers<\/a>, was the third&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop_of_Antioch\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bishop of Antioch<\/a>, and was a student of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_the_Apostle\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">John the Apostle<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignatius_of_Antioch#cite_note-The_Martyrdom_of_Ignatius-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignatius_of_Antioch#cite_note-synaxarium-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;En route to Rome, where according to Christian tradition he met his&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_martyrs\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">martyrdom<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damnatio_ad_bestias\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">being fed to wild beasts<\/a>, he wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of very early&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_theology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christian theology<\/a>. Important topics addressed in these letters include&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecclesiology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ecclesiology<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacrament\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sacraments<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblical_Sabbath\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Biblical Sabbath<\/a> and the role of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bishops<\/a>. He is the second after Clement to mention Paul&#8217;s epistles.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_Fathers#cite_note-CC-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polycarp of Smyrna<\/strong> (c.69\u2013c.155) was a Christian bishop of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smyrna\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Smyrna<\/a>&nbsp;(now&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C4%B0zmir\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u0130zmir<\/a>&nbsp;in Turkey). It is recorded that he had been a disciple of John. <strong>Polycarp<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2&nbsp;<em>Pol\u00fdkarpos<\/em>; AD 69\u2013155) was a 2nd-century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christian<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop_of_Smyrna\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bishop of Smyrna<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycarp_of_Smyrna#cite_note-Britannica-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyrdom_of_Polycarp\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Martyrdom of Polycarp<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;he died a<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">martyr<\/a>, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycarp_of_Smyrna#cite_note-Wace-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Polycarp is regarded as a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">saint<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Church\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roman Catholic<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Orthodox_Church\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eastern Orthodox<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oriental_Orthodox\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oriental Orthodox<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglican\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anglican<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lutheran\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lutheran<\/a>&nbsp;churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is recorded by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irenaeus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Irenaeus<\/a>, who heard him speak in his youth, and by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tertullian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tertullian<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycarp_of_Smyrna#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;that he had been a disciple of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_the_Apostle\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">John the Apostle<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycarp_of_Smyrna#cite_note-Polycarp-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polycarp_of_Smyrna#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saint Jerome<\/a>&nbsp;wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of John and that John had ordained him bishop of Smyrna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_of_Rome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clement of Rome<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignatius_of_Antioch\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ignatius of Antioch<\/a>, Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apostolic_Fathers\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Apostolic Fathers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cyril of Jerusalem<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>&nbsp;\u039a\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u0391\u0384 \u1f39\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd) was a distinguished&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">theologian<\/a>&nbsp;of the early Church (ca. 313<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_of_Jerusalem#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 386 [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jerusalem<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria_Palaestina\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Syria Palaestina<\/a>])<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Cyril was ordained a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deacon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">deacon<\/a>&nbsp;by Bishop&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macarius_of_Jerusalem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Macarius of Jerusalem<\/a>&nbsp;in about 335 and a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priest\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">priest<\/a>&nbsp;some eight years later by Bishop&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maximus_of_Jerusalem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Maximus<\/a>. About the end of 350 he succeeded St. Maximus in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Episcopal_See\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">See<\/a>&nbsp;of Jerusalem<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Epiphanius of Salamis<\/strong>&nbsp;(between 310\u2013320 \u2013 403) was bishop of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salamis,_Cyprus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Salamis, Cyprus<\/a>&nbsp;at the end of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christianity_in_the_4th_century\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">4th century<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eusebius<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ju\u02d0\u02c8si\u02d0bi\u0259s<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a>; c.AD 260\/265 \u2013 339\/340) (also called&nbsp;<strong>Eusebius of Caesarea<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Eusebius Pamphili<\/strong>) was a Roman historian, exegete and Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He became the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bishop\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bishop<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Caesarea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caesarea<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Palestine<\/a>&nbsp;about the year 314CE. Together with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pamphilus_of_Caesarea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pamphilus<\/a>, he was a scholar of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblical_canon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Biblical canon<\/a>&nbsp;and is regarded as an extremely well learned Christian of his time.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eusebius#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;He wrote&nbsp;<em>Demonstrations of the Gospel<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Preparations for the Gospel<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>On Discrepancies between the Gospels<\/em>, studies of the Biblical text. As &#8220;Father of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_history\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Church History<\/a>&#8221; he produced the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Church_History_(Eusebius)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Ecclesiastical History<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<em>On the Life of Pamphilus<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Chronicle<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>On the Martyrs<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Philo of Alexandria<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u03a6\u03af\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd,&nbsp;<em>Phil\u014dn<\/em>; c. 20 BCE \u2013 c. 50 CE), also called&nbsp;<strong>Philo Judaeus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ragnar\u00f6k <\/strong><strong>(abstract from wikipedia)<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parece contar el diluvio universal y el juicio final. Cuenta como los \u201cdioses\u201d peleaban entre ellos y mor\u00edan en agua, para que luego la tierra se renovada y que dos personas la llenen de nuevo. Cuenta como al final la tierra ser\u00e1 quemada y el cielo no dar\u00e1 nuevamente su resplandor, pero todo esto orientado a los \u201cdioses\u201d y que ellos son los que provocan todo esto, no dando reconocimiento a DIOS ni sigui\u00e9ndole sino dando honra a las criaturas. <strong>Las interpretaciones, las fuentes y de misma manera este escrito deben de ser revisados para una interpretaci\u00f3n y descripci\u00f3n legitima.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norse_mythology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Norse mythology<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>Ragnar\u00f6k<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UK<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u02c8r\u0251\u02d0\u0261n\u0259\u02ccr\u0252k<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ragnar%C3%B6k#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">US<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u02c8r\u00e6\u0261n\u0259\u02ccr\u0252k<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ragnar%C3%B6k#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>) is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%86sir\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">gods<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odin\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Odin<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thor<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%C3%BDr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">T\u00fdr<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freyr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Freyr<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heimdallr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Heimdallr<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loki\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Loki<\/a>), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surtr covers the earth in fire, causing the entire world to burn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los dioses n\u00f3rdicos eran mortales, y solo a trav\u00e9s de las manzanas de&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I%C3%B0unn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I\u00f0unn<\/a> pod\u00edan esperar vivir hasta el&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ragnar%C3%B6k\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ragnar\u00f6k<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TODAS LOS FALSOS DOGMAS ESTAN BASADOS EN UNA DISTORCION DE LA REALIDAD Y DE LA VERDAD, QUERIENDO EL HOMBRE SER DIOS ADORANDO A SATANAS, CON ANGUSTIA QUERIENDO LLEGAR A ESE LUGAR DE DONDE SALIO, POR SUS PROPIOS METODOS A ESE ESTADO DE DONDE CALLO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Colosenses%202:8&amp;version=LBLA\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Colosenses 2:8 (LBLA)<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Colosenses%202:7-9&amp;version=LBLA\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>In Context<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Colosenses%202&amp;version=LBLA\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Whole Chapter<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jesucristo: Dios, salvador y vencedor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong>Mirad que nadie os haga cautivos&nbsp;por medio de&nbsp;<em>su<\/em>&nbsp;filosof\u00eda y vanas sutilezas, seg\u00fan la tradici\u00f3n de los hombres, conforme a los principios&nbsp;elementales del mundo&nbsp;y no seg\u00fan Cristo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eurasiatic Languages \u2013 branches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The branches of Eurasiatic vary between proposals, but typically include&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altaic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Altaic<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chukchi-Kamchatkan\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chukchi-Kamchatkan<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eskimo%E2%80%93Aleut\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eskimo\u2013Aleut<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-European\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indo-European<\/a>, and usually&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uralic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Uralic<\/a>&nbsp;(although<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Greenberg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Joseph Greenberg<\/a>&nbsp;uses the controversial&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uralic%E2%80%93Yukaghir_languages\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Uralic-Yukaghir<\/a>&nbsp;instead). Other branches sometimes included are the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kartvelian_languages\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kartvelian<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dravidian_languages\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dravidian<\/a>&nbsp;families, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Language_isolate\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">language isolates<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nivkh_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nivkh<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etruscan_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Etruscan<\/a>, and Greenberg&#8217;s &#8220;Korean-Japanese-Ainu.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BUDDHA BIRTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the prophetic dream Queen Maya had prior to conception, the life story of the Buddha according to the Pali Cannon say that his mother did not engage in sexual activity or entertain any thoughts of other men during her pregnancy. It does not say that Siddhartha was conceived without sexual activity between his parents.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya_(mother_of_Buddha)#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;However, some parallels have been drawn with the birth story of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jesus<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya_(mother_of_Buddha)#cite_note-Thundy95-7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saint Nicholas<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a>:&nbsp;\u1f0d\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bb\u03b1\u03bf\u03c2,&nbsp;<em>Hagios Nik\u00f3laos<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Latin<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>Sanctus Nicolaus<\/em>); (15 March 270 \u2013 6 December 343),<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Nicholas#cite_note-center-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Nicholas#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;also called&nbsp;<strong>Nikolaos of Myra<\/strong>, was a historic 4th-century Christian&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">saint<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greeks\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Nicholas#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Bishop of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Myra<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demre\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Demre<\/a>, part of modern-day Turkey) in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lycia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lycia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Church Fathers<\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_of_Alexandria\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clement of Alexandria<\/a>&nbsp;referred to Buddhists and wrote:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_influences_on_Christianity#endnote_Clement2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Among the Indians are those philosophers also who follow the precepts of Boutta, whom they honour as a god on account of his extraordinary sanctity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Clement of Alexandria,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stromata\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Stromata<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;(Miscellanies), Book I, Chapter XV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 3rd century Indians were viewed by Christian as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heretics\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">heretics<\/a>, with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippolytus_of_Rome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hippolytus<\/a>, writing around 235:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is &#8230; among the Indians a heresy of those who philosophize among the Brahmins, who live a self-sufficient life, abstaining from (eating) living creatures and all cooked food . . . They say that God is light, not like the light one sees, nor like the sun nor fire, but to them God is discourse, not that which finds expression in articulate sounds, but that of knowledge (gnosis) through which the secret mysteries of nature are perceived by the wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early 3rd\u20134th century Christian writers such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippolytus_of_Rome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hippolytus<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epiphanius_of_Salamis\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Epiphanius<\/a>&nbsp;write of one&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scythianus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Scythianus<\/a>&nbsp;who visited India around 50 CE, whence he brought the &#8220;doctrine of the Two Principles&#8221;. Scythianus&#8217; pupil&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terebinthus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Terebinthus<\/a>&nbsp;supposedly presented himself as a &#8220;Buddha&#8221; (&#8220;he called himself Buddas&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_of_Jerusalem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cyril of Jerusalem<\/a>) and became well known in<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iudaea_Province\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Judaea<\/a>&nbsp;and was said to have conversed with the apostles and to have brought books back from his trade with India. The same author says his books and knowledge were taken over by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mani_(prophet)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mani<\/a>, and became the foundation of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manicheism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manichean doctrine<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_influences_on_Christianity#cite_note-28\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[a]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Terebinthus, his disciple in this wicked error, inherited his money and books and heresy, and came to Palestine, and becoming known and condemned in Judaea he resolved to pass into Persia: but lest he should be recognised there also by his name he changed it and called himself Buddas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyril_of_Jerusalem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cyril of Jerusalem<\/a>, Sixth Catechetical Lecture Chapter 22-24<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_influences_on_Christianity#cite_note-newadvent.org-27\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[27]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saint Jerome<\/a>&nbsp;(4th century CE) mentions that the Buddhist belief of Buddha&#8217;s birth from a virgin as their &#8220;opinion [&#8230;] authoritatively handed down that Budda, the founder of their religion, had his birth through the side of a virgin.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_influences_on_Christianity#cite_note-29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[28]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;(the Buddha was, according to Buddhist tradition, born from the hip of his mother).<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_influences_on_Christianity#cite_note-30\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[29]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>apud gymnosophistas indiae, quasi per manus, hujus opinionis auctoritas traditur, quod buddam, principem dogmatis eorum, e latere suo virgo generarit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>nec hoc mirum&nbsp; de barbaris, cum minervam quoque de capite jovis, et liberum patrem de femore ejus procreatos doctissima finxerit graecia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some knowledge of Buddhism existed quite early in the West.<\/strong> In the 2nd century CE,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_of_Alexandria\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clement of Alexandria<\/a>, the father of Christian dogmatism, wrote about the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism_and_the_Roman_world#endnote_Clement2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1f76 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f38\u03bd\u03b4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u0392\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03b8\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd. \u1f43\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u2019 \u1f51\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03b5\u03bc\u03bd\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ae\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9.&nbsp;[Among the Indians are those philosophers also who follow the precepts of Boutta, whom they honour as a god on account of his extraordinary sanctity.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_of_Alexandria\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clement of Alexandria<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stromata\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Stromata<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;(Miscellanies), Book I, Chapter XV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also recognized Bactrian Buddhists (Sramanas) and Indian&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gymnosophists\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gymnosophists<\/a>&nbsp;for their influence on Greek thought:<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism_and_the_Roman_world#endnote_Clement\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Thus philosophy, a thing of the highest utility, flourished in antiquity among the barbarians, shedding its light over the nations. And afterwards it came to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Greece\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greece<\/a>. First in its ranks were the prophets of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Egypt\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Egyptians<\/a>; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaldea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chaldeans<\/a>&nbsp;among the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assyrian_people\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Assyrians<\/a>; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Druids\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Druids<\/a>&nbsp;among the<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gauls\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gauls<\/a>; and the&nbsp;<strong>Sramanas<\/strong>&nbsp;among the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bactrians\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bactrians<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;\u03a3\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03b9 \u0392\u03ac\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd&#8221;); and the philosophers of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celts\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Celts<\/a>; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magi\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Magi<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Persians<\/a>, who foretold the Saviour&#8217;s birth, and came into the land of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Judaea<\/a>&nbsp;guided by a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_of_Bethlehem\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">star<\/a>. The Indian gymnosophists are also in the number, and the other barbarian philosophers. And of these there are two classes, some of them called&nbsp;<strong>Sramanas<\/strong>&nbsp;(&#8220;\u03a3\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03ac\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9&#8221;), and others&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brahmins\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brahmins<\/a>&nbsp;(&#8220;\u0392\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9&#8221;).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clement_of_Alexandria\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clement of Alexandria<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stromata\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Stromata<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;(Miscellanies)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ganapati Atharvashirsa<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghurye notes its emergence in the early 19th century, corresponding to the rise of the Ganapati worship in Maharashtra among Brahmins centered in Pune,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ganapati_Atharvashirsa#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;but the text is probably somewhat older, dating to the 17th or 18th century;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ganapati_Atharvashirsa#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;it is not part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muktik%C4%81\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Muktik\u0101<\/a>&nbsp;canon of 108 Upanishads compiled in the mid 17th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chinmayananda<\/strong>&nbsp;Saraswati (8 May 1916 \u2013 3 August 1993)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dharma Data:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Buddhacarita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not until the 2nd century AD that the first complete biographies of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhanet.net\/e-learning\/dharmadata\/fdd7.htm\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;were written. At this time two works both titled Buddhacarita, meaning the life of the Buddha, were composed by monk poets at the court of the great Buddhist emperor Kaniska. The first of these was written by Sangharaksa and was a combination of verse and prose, and although the original Sanskrit has been lost, a Chinese translation of it still exists. The second of these works was written by the celebrated poet Asvaghosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 28 chapters Asvaghosa uses striking imagery and polished language to tell the Buddha&#8217;s life from his birth to events immediately after his death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Jataka<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jataka means &#8220;the story of a birth,&#8221; and the Jatakas are stories, in a mixture of prose and verse, of the 550 lives through which Gautama Buddha is said to have passed before his birth as Prince Siddhartha of the Sakya clan in northern India (563 B.C.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his earlier births Gautama is said to have been a Pali Bodhisatta (a being destined to acheive enlightenment), who in each life, born as an animal, person, or god, moves a step closer to perfect wisdom. The perfect wisdom being the attainment of Buddha (an &#8220;Enlightened Being&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrangement of the Jataka as we have it today may have been made as late as the fourth century A.D. based on the text preserved by Sri Lankan (place) Buddhist monks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rome&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Livy&#8217;s (<strong>Titus Livius Patavinus<\/strong>&nbsp;(59 BC \u2013 AD 17)\u2014known as&nbsp;<strong>Livy<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">English<\/a>\u2014was a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ancient_Rome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roman<\/a>&nbsp;historian who wrote a monumental history of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rome\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rome<\/a>&nbsp;and the Roman people.) account of the legend she was the daughter of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Numitor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Numitor<\/a>, king of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alba_Longa\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alba Longa<\/a>, and descended from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aeneas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aeneas<\/a>. Numitor&#8217;s younger brother&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amulius\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amulius<\/a>&nbsp;seized the throne and killed Numitor&#8217;s son, then forced Rhea Silvia to become a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vestal_Virgin\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vestal Virgin<\/a>, a priestess of the goddess&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vesta_(mythology)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vesta<\/a>. As Vestal Virgins were sworn to celibacy for a period of thirty years, this would ensure the line of Numitor had no heirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sutras of JESUS <\/strong><strong>(SECULAR)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1907, explorers discovered a vast treasure trove of ancient scrolls, silk paintings, and artifacts dating from the 5th to 11th centuries A.D.&nbsp;&nbsp;in a long-sealed cave in a remote region of China.&nbsp;&nbsp;Among them, written in Chinese, were scrolls that recounted a history of Jesus&#8217; life and teachings in beautiful Taoist concepts and imagery that were unknown in the West. These writings told a story of Christianity that was by turns unique and disturbing, hopeful and uplifting. The best way to describe them is collectively, with a term they themselves use: The Jesus Sutras.<br><br>The origins of Christianity seem rooted in Western civilization, but amazingly, an ancient, largely unknown branch of Christian belief evolved in the East. Eminent theologian and Chinese scholar Martin Palmer provides the first popular history and translation of the sect&#8217;s long-lost scriptures&#8211;all of them more than a thousand years old and comparable in significance to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Gathered, deciphered, and interpreted by a team of expert linguists and scholars, these sacred texts present an inspiring use of Jesus&#8217; teachings and life within Eastern practices and meditations&#8211;and provide an extraordinary window into an intriguing, profoundly gentler, more spiritual Christianity than existed in Europe or Asia at the time, or, indeed, even today.<br><br>Palmer has devoted more than a decade to seeking the extant writings and other evidence of this lost religion.&nbsp;&nbsp;His search was triggered by an encounter with an immense, mysterious carved (stele) stone from the 8th century that resides in a Chinese museum collection called the Forest of Stones. The Chinese text on this stone commemorates the founding of a &#8220;religion of light&#8221; in China by a great Western teacher and features a unique cross that merges Taoist symbolism with the Christian cross. The scrolls, the stone, and a strange map of the area around a hallowed temple (where Lao Tzu wrote the Tao Te Ching before disappearing forever) gave Palmer enough information to rediscover one of the earliest Christian monasteries.&nbsp;&nbsp;At the site was an&nbsp;&nbsp;8th century pagoda still intact, and within it, in 1998, Palmer and his team found more evidence, including statues, underground passageways, and artifacts, that helped them uncover and recreate the era and rituals of the Taoist Christians.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The Taoist Christians, who wrote the Jesus Sutras recognized equality of the sexes, preached against slavery, and practiced nonviolence toward all forms of life. In particular, this tradition offered its followers a more hopeful vision of life on earth and after death than the dominant Eastern religions, teaching that Jesus had broken the wheel of karma and its consequent punishing, endless reincarnations.<br><br>Vividly re-creating the turbulence of a distant age that is remarkably evocative of our own times, Palmer reveals an extraordinary evolution of spiritual thought that spans centuries. A thrilling modern quest that is also an ancient religious odyssey, The Jesus Sutras shares a revolutionary discovery with profound historical implications&#8211;imparting timeless messages and lessons for men and women of all backgrounds and faiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>R\u0101hula<\/strong>&nbsp;(born c. 534 BC) son of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhartha_Gautama\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Siddhartha Gautama<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>P\u0101li<\/em>&nbsp;Siddhattha Gotama), later known as the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhahood\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>, and his wife Princess&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasodhar%C4%81\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yasodhar\u0101<\/a>. Accounts of his life differ in certain points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La \u00fanica diferencia aparte entre el nuevo-hinduismo y el nuevo-budismo es la NO aceptaci\u00f3n de DIOS, la NO aceptaci\u00f3n de la VERDAD, tratando escapar de EL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a detach from re-incarnation in new-hinduism called <em>mok\u1e63a<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theravada\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theravada<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>, the Jatakas are a textual division of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_Canon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali Canon<\/a>, included in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khuddaka_Nikaya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Khuddaka Nikaya<\/a>&nbsp;of the<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sutta_Pitaka\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sutta Pitaka<\/a>. The term&nbsp;<em>Jataka<\/em>&nbsp;may also refer to a traditional commentary on this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A buddha is called &#8220;The World Honored (high respected; esteemed; adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct) Enlightened One&#8221; (Skt.&nbsp;<em>Buddha-Lokanatha<\/em>) or &#8220;The Blessed Enlightened One&#8221; (Skt.&nbsp;<em>Buddha-Bhagavan<\/em>).<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhahood#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bhagavan (blessed)<\/em><\/strong>, also written&nbsp;<strong><em>Bhagwan<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong><em>Bhagawan<\/em><\/strong>, from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;<em>nt<\/em>-stem&nbsp;<em>bhaga-vant-<\/em>&nbsp;(nominative&nbsp;\u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094d&nbsp;<em>Bhagav\u0101n<\/em>) literally means &#8220;possessing fortune, prosperous&#8221; (from the noun&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhaga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>bhaga<\/em><\/a>, meaning &#8220;fortune, wealth&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddha means awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shakya<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>:&nbsp;\u015a\u0101kya,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devanagari\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Devanagari<\/a>: \u0936\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101li<\/a>:&nbsp;S\u0101kya) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suryavanshi\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Suryavanshi<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakya#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kshatriya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kshatriya<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakya#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;clan of the ancient&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vedic_period\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vedic period<\/a><em>(1500-500 BC)<\/em>. The name is derived from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;word \u015bakya which means capable, able.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lance Selwyn Cousins<\/strong>&nbsp;is a scholar in the field of Buddhist Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jbe.gold.ac.uk\/4\/cous1.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>review<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>of this most recent translation <strong>(<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Majjhima_Nikaya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Majjhima Nikaya<\/a><strong>),&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._S._Cousins\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>L. S. Cousins<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(before getting down to details) makes various general criticisms:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the translation does not make clear what Pali text it is translating<\/li><li>being largely the work of Nanamoli, who died in 1960, it does not take much account of recent scholarship<\/li><li>in order to fit in one volume it cuts a lot of repetitions, thus altering the emphases of the text<\/li><li>it tends to follow traditional commentarial interpretations too uncritically<\/li><li>Bodhi has undone improvements Nanamoli was trying to make before he died, to restore &#8220;standard&#8221; translations of terminology. Cousins says that these translations (or some) are &#8220;quite unacceptable&#8221; and &#8220;promulgate widespread misunderstandings&#8221;, and that Nanamoli understood this. Cousins says that &#8220;what is needed is much more creativity and variety&#8221; in translation to try better to convey early Buddhist concepts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issariya = Leadership?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_(United_States)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Colonel<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>Henry Steel Olcott<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinhala_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sinhala<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db1\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0dbb\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dca\u0da7\u0dd3\u0dbd\u0dca \u0d94\u0dbd\u0dca\u0d9a\u0da7\u0dca;2 August 1832 \u2013 17 February 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer and the co-founder and first President of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society<\/a> (known for Revival of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped create a renaissance in the study of Buddhism. Olcott is considered a Buddhist modernist for his efforts in interpreting&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>through a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_culture\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Westernized<\/a>&nbsp;lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olcott&#8217;s &#8220;Buddhist Catechism&#8221;, composed in 1881, is one of his most enduring contributions to the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, and remains in use there today. The text outlines what Olcott saw to be the basic doctrines of Buddhism, including the life of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>, the message of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dharma\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dharma<\/a>, the role of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sangha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sangha<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is presented in the same format of question and answer used in some Christian&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catechism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">catechisms<\/a> (making it look Christian, changing its roots and dogmas). Here are a few examples from that text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q.<\/strong>&nbsp;Would you call a person a Buddhist who has merely been born of Buddhist parents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;Certainly not. A Buddhist is one who not only professes belief in the Buddha as the noblest of Teachers, in the Doctrine preached by Him, and in the brotherhood of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arahant_(Buddhism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arhats<\/a>, but practices his Precepts in daily life.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott#cite_note-10\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q.<\/strong>&nbsp;What is Karma?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;A causation operating on the moral, as well as physical and other planes. Buddhists say there is no miracle in human affairs: what a man sows that he must still reap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q.<\/strong>&nbsp;What other good words have been used to express the essence of Buddhism?<br><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;Self-culture and universal love.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott#cite_note-11\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerning the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_sights\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Four sights<\/a>&nbsp;and how they impacted the Buddha:<br><strong>26. Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Why should these sights, so familiar to everybody, have caused him to go into the jungle?<br><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;We often see such signs. He had not; and they made a deep impression on his mind.<br><strong>27. Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Why had he not also seen them?<br><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;The astrologers had foretold at his birth that he would one day resign his kingdom and become a Buddha. The King, his father, not wishing to lose his son, had carefully prevented his seeing any sights that might suggest to him human misery and death. No one was allowed even to speak of such things to the Prince. He was almost like a prisoner in his lovely palaces and flower gardens. They were surrounded with high walls; and inside everything was made as beautiful as possible, so that he might not want to go and see the sorrow and distress that are in the world.<br><strong>28. Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Was he so kind-hearted that his father feared he might really want to sacrifice himself for the world\u2019s sake?<br><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;Yes; he seems to have felt for all being so strong a pity and love as that.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott#cite_note-12\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>55. Q.<\/strong>&nbsp;Why does ignorance cause suffering?<br><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;Because it makes us prize what is not worth prizing, grieve for that we should not grieve for, consider real what is not real but only illusory, and pass our lives in the pursuit of worthless objects, neglecting what is in reality most valuable.<br><strong>56. Q.<\/strong>&nbsp;And what is that which is most valuable?<br><strong>A.<\/strong>&nbsp;To know the whole secret of man\u2019s existence and destiny, so that we may estimate at no more than their actual value and this life and its relations; so that we may live in a way to insure the greatest happiness and the least suffering for our fellow-men and ourselves&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott#cite_note-13\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olcott\u2019s catechism reflects a new, post-Enlightenment interpretation of traditional Buddhist tenets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhism modernism focuses on ideological and imaginative encounters between Buddhism and modernity, for example in the realms of science, mythology, literature, art, psychology, and religious pluralism. Certain themes cut across cultural and geographical contexts, and this form of Buddhism has been created by multiple agents in a variety of times and places. Buddhist modernism is a construction of numerous parties with varying interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Olcott] allied Buddhism with scientific rationalism in implicit criticism of orthodox Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>bhanaka<\/em>s (\u201creciters\u201d)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Olcott<\/strong> and Dharmapala after him, tried to retranslate Sinhala-Buddhist values into westerns terms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhism is a non-sacramental religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Buddhist Catechism<\/em>&nbsp;was Olcott&#8217;s attempt to elucidate the basic doctrines of Buddhism in an ecumenical way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhism (a word invented by British scholars and Christian missionaries at the beginning of the nineteenth century).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following his successful but bloody conquest of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/global.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/310196\/Kalinga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kalinga<\/a>&nbsp;country on the east coast, Ashoka renounced armed conquest and adopted a policy that he called \u201cconquest by<a href=\"http:\/\/global.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/160657\/dharma\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dharma<\/a>\u201d (i.e., by principles of right life).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jainism<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English#Key\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u02c8d\u0292e\u026an\u026az(\u0259)m<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_English\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\/<\/a>, traditionally known as&nbsp;<strong>Jaina dharma (BC and Buddhism)<\/strong>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jainism#cite_note-FOOTNOTESangave200615-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;is an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_religions\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian religion<\/a>&nbsp;that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings and emphasizes spiritual independence and equality between all forms of life. Practitioners believe that non-violence and self-control are the means by which they can obtain liberation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jainism considers the&nbsp;<em>dev\u012bs<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>devas<\/em>&nbsp;to be souls who dwell in heavens owing to meritorious deeds in their past lives. These souls are in heavens for a fixed lifespan and even they have to undergo reincarnation as humans to achieve&nbsp;<em>moksa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The swastika is a historical sacred symbol (BC) both to evoke &#8216;Shakti&#8217; in tantric rituals and evoke the gods for blessings in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_religions\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian religions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ashokan Edicts<\/strong> do not explicitly state that Ashoka was a Buddhist. In his edicts, Ashoka expresses support for all the major religions of his time:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vedic_Brahmanism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brahmanism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jainism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jainism<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajivika\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ajivikaism<\/a>, and his edicts addressed to the population at large (there are some addressed specifically to Buddhists; this is not the case for the other religions) generally focus on moral themes members of all the religions would accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>O house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again. For your rafters are broken and your ridgepole shattered. My mind has reached the Unconditioned; I have attained the destruction of craving. &#8211; <\/em>Shakyamuni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, on attaining enlightenment, is said to have realized that all beings, just as they are, are Buddhas. \u2013 zen tradition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ancient Indian<\/a>&nbsp;literature, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upanishads\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Upanishads<\/a> (6th century BC)&nbsp;mention past-life regression,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Past_life_regression#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;but the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yoga Sutras of Pata\u00f1jali<\/a> (2nd century BCE)&nbsp;discuss the concept in greater detail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Buddhist sutras, nagas usually are wise and beneficent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wisdom Sutras were given to the nagas by Buddha the world wasn&#8217;t ready for their teachings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taoism<\/strong>&nbsp;(modernly&nbsp;<strong>Daoism<\/strong>) is a philosophical and religious tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tao\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tao<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoism#Spelling_and_pronunciation\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">modernly romanized as &#8220;Dao&#8221;<\/a>). The term&nbsp;<em>Tao<\/em>means &#8220;way&#8221;, &#8220;path&#8221; or &#8220;principle&#8221;, and can also be found in Chinese philosophies and religions other than Taoism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Confucianism and Taoism<\/strong> &#8211; Chinese thought has been characterized by an&nbsp;awareness (consciousness)&nbsp;of man&#8217;s close relationship with nature&nbsp;and the universe, a cyclical view of time and the universe, veneration or worship of ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0923;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0928\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0928&nbsp;<em>nibb\u0101na\u202f<\/em>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prakrit_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Prakrit<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0923\u093f\u0935\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0923) is an ancient Sanskrit term used in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_religions\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian religions<\/a>&nbsp;to describe the profound peace of mind that is acquired with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>moksha<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(liberation). In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shramana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shramanic<\/a>&nbsp;thought, it is the state of being free from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suffering\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">suffering<\/a>. In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu_philosophy\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindu philosophy<\/a>, it is union with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brahman\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brahman<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Being#Hinduism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Supreme Being<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brahma_(Buddhism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brahma<\/a>&nbsp;is among the common gods found in the Pali Canon. Brahma (in common with all other devas) is subject to change, final decline and death, just as are all other sentient beings in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_(Buddhism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">samsara<\/a>&nbsp;(the plane of continual reincarnation and suffering).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jainism and Buddhism =&nbsp; Ecumenism Philosophies (human philosophy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddha = Hindu Philosopher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gautama Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;rejected the existence of a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creator_deity#Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">creator deity<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;refused to endorse many views on creation<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;and stated that questions on the origin of the world are not ultimately useful for ending&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dukkha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">suffering<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As scholar Surian Yee describes, &#8220;the attitude of the Buddha as portrayed in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikaya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nikayas<\/a>&nbsp;is more anti-speculative than specifically atheistic&#8221;, although Gautama did regard the belief in a creator deity to be unhealthy..<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[25]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;However, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sama%C3%B1%C3%B1aphala_Sutta\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sama\u00f1\u00f1aphala Sutta<\/a>&nbsp;placed materialism and amoralism together with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sassatavada\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">eternalism<\/a>&nbsp;as forms of wrong view.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/God_in_Buddhism#cite_note-26\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[26]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, the one place where the Buddha was asked point-blank whether or not there was a self, he refused to answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buddha remained silent when asked these fourteen questions. He described them as a net and refused to be drawn into such a net of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theories\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">theories<\/a>, speculations, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogmas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dogmas<\/a>. He said that it was because he was free of bondage to all theories and dogmas that he had attained liberation. Such speculations, he said, are attended by fever, unease, bewilderment, and suffering, and it is by freeing oneself of them that one achieves liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Majjhima_Nikaya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Majjhima Nikaya<\/a>&nbsp;63 &amp; 72 in the Pali canon contain a list of ten unanswered questions about certain views (ditthi):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The world is eternal.<\/li><li>The world is not eternal.<\/li><li>The world is (spatially) infinite.<\/li><li>The world is not (spatially) infinite.<\/li><li>The soul (jiva) is identical with the body.<\/li><li>The soul is not identical with the body.<\/li><li>The Tathagata (a perfectly enlightened being) exists after death.<\/li><li>The Tathagata does not exist after death.<\/li><li>The Tathagata both exists and does not exist after death.<\/li><li>The Tathagata neither exists nor does not exist after death.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Contact (between religions) is good. One should listen to and respect the doctrines professed by others. <strong>Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi,<\/strong> desires that all should be well-learned in the good doctrines of other religions&#8221; (Rock Edict Nb12, S. Dhammika).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Buddhism and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;are mentioned, the edicts of Asoka tend to focus on social and moral precepts rather than religious practices or the philosophical dimension of Buddhism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IN<\/strong>&nbsp;preparing this translation <strong>(ashoka edicts),<\/strong> we have had in mind the reader who is not familiar with the standard translations of Hultzsch and Bloch, or for whom these texts are not readily available. The translation is therefore not a literal one. Footnotes giving lengthy explanations of variations of meaning have been excluded. The emphasis has been on providing a readable version of the original inscriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Buddhism differences from all other pagan philosophy widly known<\/strong> in that it handles an <strong>(care about nothing<\/strong><strong><sub>1<\/sub><\/strong><strong>, In Other words: you are not alllow to think. And an atheist, agnostic<\/strong><strong><sub>2<\/sub><\/strong><strong>: it does not matter) view<\/strong> and that the end of man is <strong>not knowable<\/strong> after reaching nirvana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buddha refused to answer questions concerning whether the individual persisted in nirvana or did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagarjuna\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nagarjuna<\/a>&nbsp;expressed this understanding in the nirvana chapter of his&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mulamadhyamakakarika\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mulamadhyamakakarika<\/a>: &#8220;It is not assumed that the Blessed One exists after death. Neither is it assumed that he does not exist, or both, or neither. It is not assumed that even a living Blessed One exists. Neither is it assumed that he does not exist, or both, or neither.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tath\u0101gata<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devanagari\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Devanagari<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u0924\u0925\u093e\u0917\u0924<\/a>,&nbsp;Sanskrit:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[t\u032a\u0259\u02c8t\u0251\u0261\u0259t\u032a\u0259]<\/a>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;word the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_Canon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali Canon<\/a>&nbsp;uses when referring to himself. The term is often thought to mean either &#8220;one who has thus gone&#8221; (<em>tath\u0101-gata<\/em>) or &#8220;one who has thus come&#8221; (<em>tath\u0101-\u0101gata<\/em>). This is interpreted as signifying that the Tathagata is beyond all coming and going \u2013 beyond all&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anicca\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">transitory phenomena<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2018Ayampi&nbsp;hi&nbsp;n\u0101ma,&nbsp;s\u0101riputta,&nbsp;sunakkhattassa&nbsp;moghapurisassa&nbsp;mayidhammanvayo&nbsp;na&nbsp;bhavissati&nbsp;\u2013 \u2018itipi&nbsp;so&nbsp;bhagav\u0101&nbsp;anekavihita\u1e43&nbsp;iddhividha\u1e43paccanubhoti&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;ekopi&nbsp;hutv\u0101&nbsp;bahudh\u0101&nbsp;hoti,&nbsp;bahudh\u0101pi&nbsp;hutv\u0101&nbsp;eko&nbsp;hoti;&nbsp;\u0101vibh\u0101va\u1e43,tirobh\u0101va\u1e43;&nbsp;tiroku\u1e6d\u1e6da\u1e43&nbsp;tirop\u0101k\u0101ra\u1e43&nbsp;tiropabbata\u1e43&nbsp;asajjam\u0101no&nbsp;gacchati,&nbsp;seyyath\u0101pi\u0101k\u0101se;&nbsp;pathaviy\u0101pi&nbsp;ummujjanimujja\u1e43&nbsp;karoti,&nbsp;seyyath\u0101pi&nbsp;udake;&nbsp;udakepiabhijjam\u0101no&nbsp;gacchati,&nbsp;seyyath\u0101pi&nbsp;pathaviya\u1e43;&nbsp;\u0101k\u0101sepi&nbsp;palla\u1e45kena&nbsp;kamati,seyyath\u0101pi&nbsp;pakkh\u012b&nbsp;saku\u1e47o;&nbsp;imepi&nbsp;candimas\u016briye&nbsp;eva\u1e43mahiddhikeeva\u1e43mah\u0101nubh\u0101ve&nbsp;p\u0101\u1e47in\u0101&nbsp;parimasati&nbsp;parimajjati;&nbsp;y\u0101va&nbsp;brahmalok\u0101pi&nbsp;k\u0101yena&nbsp;vasa\u1e43vattet\u012b\u2019ti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She <strong>(Helena Blavatsky) <\/strong>taught about very abstract and metaphysical principles, but also sought to denounce and correct superstitions that, in her view, had grown in different esoteric religions. Some of these statements are controversial. For example, she quotes Dr. A. Kingsford\u2019s book &#8220;Perfect Way&#8221; (section &#8220;The Secret of Satan&#8221;): &#8220;It is Satan who is the god of our planet and the only god&#8221; and adds &#8220;and this without any allusive metaphor to its wickedness and depravity.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helena_Blavatsky#cite_note-103\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[90]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;In this reference Blavatsky explains that he whom the Christian dogma calls Lucifer was never the representative of the evil in ancient myths but, on the contrary, the light-bringer (which is the literal meaning of the name Lucifer). According to Blavatsky the church turned him into Satan (which means &#8220;the opponent&#8221;) to misrepresent pre-Christian beliefs and fit him into the newly framed Christian dogmas. A similar view is also shared by some Christian Gnostics, ancient and modern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esoteric = intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pliny_the_Younger\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Pliny the Younger<\/strong><\/a><strong> (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=pliny+the+younger+born&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgy4HnxCHfq6-QYpJebmWfHaylX5Ban5BTqp-SmpyamJxakp8QWpRcX6eVVJ-Ud5TViuFI7kCLowRL5Xzl226LrP_hzEAwCNf9koAAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=cifCUsaZMMu4kQf4poHADw&amp;ved=0CLcBEOgTKAEwDg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Born<\/strong><\/a><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>61 AD<strong>)<\/strong>, the Roman governor of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bithynia_et_Pontus\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bithynia-Pontus<\/a>&nbsp;(now in modern Turkey) wrote a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epistulae_(Pliny)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;to Emperor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trajan\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Trajan<\/a>&nbsp;around 112 AD and asked for counsel on dealing with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Early_Christians\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christians<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pliny then details the practices of Christians (sections 7-10) (X96): he says that they meet on a certain day before light where they gather and sing hymns to Christ as to a god. They all bind themselves by oath, &#8220;not to some crimes&#8221;, says Pliny, as though that is what he would have expected; rather, they pledge&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;to commit any crimes such as fraud, theft, or adultery, and subsequently share a meal of &#8220;ordinary and innocent food&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Germanic paganism, Odin, and Christianization <\/strong><strong>(WIKIPEDIA MISSLEADING)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 4th century, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christianization\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christianization<\/a>&nbsp;of the various&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germanic_peoples\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Germanic people<\/a>&nbsp;was partly facilitated by the prestige of the Christian&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Empire\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roman Empire<\/a>&nbsp;amongst European pagans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to Christianization, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germanic_peoples\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Germanic peoples<\/a> openly&nbsp;(including the English; Old English&nbsp;<em>geola<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>guili<\/em>) celebrated a midwinter event called<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yule\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yule<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Claus#cite_note-ORCHARD-187-15\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[15]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;With the Christianization of Germanic Europe, numerous traditions were absorbed from Yuletide celebrations into modern Christmas.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Claus#cite_note-SIMEK-379-380-16\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Saint Thomas Christians<\/strong>, also called&nbsp;<strong>Syrian Christians<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>Nasrani<\/strong>, are an ancient&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethnoreligious_group\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ethnoreligious<\/a>&nbsp;community of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christians\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Christians<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerala\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kerala<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">India<\/a>&nbsp;who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_the_Apostle\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thomas the Apostle<\/a>&nbsp;in the 1st century. The community was historically united in leadership and liturgy, but since the 17th century have been split into several different church denominations and traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He traveled outside the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Empire\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roman Empire<\/a>&nbsp;to preach the Gospel, traveling as far as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">India<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_the_Apostle#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_the_Apostle#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Tthe Apostle reached&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muziris\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Muziris<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">India<\/a>&nbsp;in 52 AD and baptized several people who are today known as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Thomas_Christians\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saint Thomas Christians<\/a>&nbsp;or Nasranis. After his death, the reputed relics of Saint Thomas the Apostle were enshrined as far as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mesopotamia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mesopotamia<\/a>&nbsp;in the 3rd century, and later moved to various places. In 1258 some of the relics were brought to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abruzzo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Abruzzo<\/a>, in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ortona\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ortona<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Italy<\/a>, where they have been held in the Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_the_Apostle#cite_note-7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;He is often regarded as the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patron_Saint\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Patron Saint<\/a>&nbsp;of India, and the name&nbsp;<em>Thomas<\/em>&nbsp;remains quite popular among Saint Thomas Christians of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word&nbsp;<strong>mogwai<\/strong>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transliteration\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">transliteration<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yue_Chinese\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cantonese<\/a>&nbsp;word \u9b54\u602a (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jyutping\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jyutping<\/a>: mo1 gwaai3;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mandarin_Chinese\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mandarin Chinese<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E9%AD%94%E9%AC%BC\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u9b54\u9b3c<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinyin\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pinyin<\/a>: m\u00f3gu\u01d0) meaning &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">monster<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;evil spirit&#8221;, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devil\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">devil<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">demon<\/a>&#8220;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Chinese tradition, mogwai are certain demons, which often inflict harm on humans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussion of the subject appears in the philosophical traditions of India (including the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indus_Valley\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indus Valley<\/a>) and Greece (including&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asia_Minor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Asia Minor<\/a>) from about the 6th century BCE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1st century BC&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Cornelius_Polyhistor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor<\/a>&nbsp;wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Pythagorean doctrine prevails among the Gauls&#8217; teaching that the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nirv\u0101\u1e47a&nbsp;means final release from the karmic bondage. When an enlightened human, such as, an Arhat or a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tirthankara\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tirthankara<\/a>&nbsp;extinguishes his remaining aghatiya karmas and thus ends his worldly existence, it is called&nbsp;nirv\u0101\u1e47a. Technically, the death of an Arhat is called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana_(Jainism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/a>&nbsp;of Arhat, as he has ended his wordly existence and attained liberation. Moksa, that is to say, liberation follows&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana_(Jainism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/a>. However, the terms <em>moksa<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>nirvana<\/em>&nbsp;are often used interchangeably in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jain_texts\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jain texts<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha_(Jainism)#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha_(Jainism)#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalpasutra_(Jain)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kalpasutra<\/a>&nbsp;gives an elaborate account of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahavira\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mahavira\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;nirv\u0101\u1e47a.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha_(Jainism)#cite_note-7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The aghatiya Karma\u2019s of venerable Ascetic Mahavira got exhausted, when in this Avasarpini era the greater part of the Duhshamasushama period had elapsed and only three years and eight and a half months were left. Mahavira had recited the fifty-five lectures which detail the results of Karma, and the thirty-six unasked questions (the Uttaradhyana Sutra). The moon was in conjunction with the asterism Svati, at the time of early morning, in the town of Papa, and in king Hastipala&#8217;s office of the writers, (Mahivira) single and alone, sitting in the Samparyahka posture, left his body and attained nirvana, freed from all pains.\u201d (147)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In the fourth month of that rainy season, in the seventh fortnight, in the dark (fortnight) of Karttika, on its fifteenth day, in the last night, in the town of Papa, in king Hastipala&#8217;s office of the writers, the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira died, went off, cut asunder the ties of birth, old age, and death; became a Siddha, a Buddha, a Mukta, a maker of the end (to all misery), finally liberated, freed from all pains. (123)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira died, freed from all pains, was lighted up by many descending and ascending gods. (125)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In that night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira, died, freed from all pains, the eighteen confederate kings of Kasi and Kosala, the nine Mallakis and nine Licchavis, on the day of new moon, instituted an illuminations on the Poshadha, which was a fasting day; for they said: &#8216;Since the light of intelligence is gone, let us make an illumination of material matter!'(128)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept of&nbsp;<em>nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>&nbsp;comes from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yogic traditions<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sramana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sramanas<\/a>&nbsp;whose origins go back to at least the earliest centuries of the first millennium BCE.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana#cite_note-14\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept of <strong>Maitreya<\/strong> was elaborated within&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophy\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophy<\/a>&nbsp;during the last few decades of the 19th century. However, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya_(Theosophy)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Maitreya<\/a>&nbsp;was explained and developed differently from the original Buddhist concept. In Theosophical texts Maitreya has multiple aspects signifying not just the future Buddha, but similar concepts from other religious or spiritual traditions.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya#cite_note-19\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[19]<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/abudinen.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/22\/maitreya-metteyya\/\">info<\/a> 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early 20th century, leading Theosophists became preaching that an appearance of the Maitreya as a so-called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Teacher\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>World Teacher<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;was imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maitreya cults have popped up from time to time in Buddhist history among people who misinterpreted the old texts as a prophecy that a Buddha with supernatural powers was about to appear in the world. However, my understanding is that the Pali texts just say that in some distant time when the teachings of the historical Buddha are entirely forgotten, Maitreya will re-discover them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The historical Buddha did not preach a doctrine of eschatology, or belief in some ultimate destiny for the world. It&#8217;s also important to remember that many schools of Buddhism consider linear time to be an illusion. &#8220;Future age&#8221; is not separate from &#8220;present age.&#8221; The vital time is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/buddhism.about.com\/bio\/Barbara-O-Brien-38125.htm\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Barbara O&#8217;Brien<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>, an&nbsp;<strong>an\u0101g\u0101mi<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C4%81li\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101li<\/a>&nbsp;for &#8220;non-returning&#8221;)<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anagami#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;is a partially&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodhi\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">enlightened<\/a>&nbsp;person who has cut off the first five&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fetter_(Buddhism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">chains<\/a>&nbsp;that bind the ordinary mind. Anagami-ship is the third of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_stages_of_enlightenment\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">four stages of enlightenment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anagamis are not reborn into the human world after death, but into the heaven of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_cosmology#Pure_Abodes\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pure Abodes<\/a>, where only anagamis live. There they attain full enlightenment (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arahant\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arahantship<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bodhisattva Maitreya seems to be often misunderstood by Westerners, and even in Buddhist countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The term Buddha is misunderstood by Westerners. The term&nbsp;<em>Buddha<\/em>&nbsp;is really just a title like the Pope, or the President. The proper term is actually&nbsp;<em>samm\u0101-sambuddho<\/em>, or fully and self-awakened one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buddha also taught that this process is cyclical (dharma decline).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maitreya is simply another fully-awakened being in a long succession of beings who have existed far back into the mists of time, and after Maitreya, other Buddhas will emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tu\u1e63ita<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>) or&nbsp;<strong>Tusita<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C4%81li\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101li<\/a>) is one of the six&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deva_(Buddhism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">deva<\/a>-worlds of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_cosmology#Desire_Realm_.28K.C4.81madh.C4.81tu.29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">K\u0101madh\u0101tu<\/a>, located between the Y\u0101ma heaven and the&nbsp;Nirm\u0101\u1e47arati&nbsp;heaven. Like the other heavens,&nbsp;Tu\u1e63ita&nbsp;is said to be reachable through&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meditation\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">meditation<\/a>. It is the heaven where the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodhisattva\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bodhisattva<\/a>&nbsp;\u015avetaketu (P\u0101li: Setaketu, &#8220;White Banner&#8221;) resided before being reborn on Earth as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gautama<\/a> did; it is, likewise, the heaven where the Bodhisattva N\u0101tha (&#8220;Protector&#8221;) currently resides, who will later be born as the next Buddha,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maitreya<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lord replied, &#8216;Maitreya, the best of men, will then leave the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tushita\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tu\u1e63ita<\/a>&nbsp;heavens, and go for his last rebirth. As soon as he is born he will walk seven steps forward, and where he puts down his feet a jewel or a lotus will spring up. He will raise his eyes to the ten directions, and will speak these words: &#8216;This is my last birth. There will be no rebirth after this one. Never will I come back here, but, all pure, I shall win Nirvana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Conze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The name Maitreya is derived from the Sanskrit&nbsp;<em>maitr\u012b<\/em>&nbsp;(\u201cfriendliness\u201d).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sucesivos Budas aparecen en periodos humanos distintos de florecimiento y destrucci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early Indian Buddhism <strong>the term bodhisattva was primarily used<\/strong> to refer specifically to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;in his former lives.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodhisattva#cite_note-AC75-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodhisattva#cite_note-Brit-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Gautama Buddha referred to himself in his pre-Buddha existence, he spoke in terms of &#8220;when I was still a Bodhisattva&#8221;. The only currently active bodhisattva described in thePali Canon is the future Buddha Maitreya (Pali: : Metteyya). The Theravada tradition, i.e., the Pali Canon, speaks of no other bodhisattvas than these.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Buddhism<\/strong>&nbsp;is centered upon the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, whereas <strong>Jainism<\/strong>&nbsp;is centered on the life and teachings of Mahavira. Buddhism\u2019s main goal is to gain enlightenment (instead of gods, devas suffering in the samsara. buddhists follow pre-gautama equal thinkers). Jainism\u2019s goals are based on non-violence and liberation the soul (polytheistic but there is not creator god in their way of thinking).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earliest known references to the&nbsp;<em>Mahabharata<\/em>&nbsp;and its core&nbsp;<em>Bharata<\/em>&nbsp;date to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashtadhyayi\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Ashtadhyayi<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sutra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sutra<\/a>&nbsp;6.2.38) of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101\u1e47ini<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>fl.<\/em>&nbsp;4th century BCE) and in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grhya_Sutras\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Ashvalayana Grhyasutra<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(3.4.4). This may suggest that the core 24,000 verses, known as the&nbsp;<em>Bharata<\/em>, as well as an early version of the extended&nbsp;<em>Mahabharata<\/em>, were composed by the 4th century BCE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Kalpa<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;word (\u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a&nbsp;<em>kalpa<\/em>) meaning an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aeon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">aeon<\/a>, or a relatively long period of time (by human calculation) in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu_cosmology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindu<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_cosmology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhist cosmology<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the term in popular culture, a Rishi will never contradict another Rishi due to their knowledge being directly revealed from God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El diablo que los enga\u00f1aba, fue atormentado por los siglos de los siglos, siendo arrojado al lago de fuego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu_cosmology\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindu cosmology<\/a>,&nbsp;<em>Siddhaloka<\/em>&nbsp;is a subtle world (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loka\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>loka<\/em><\/a>) where perfected beings (siddhas) take birth. They are endowed with the eight primary&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">siddhis<\/a>&nbsp;at birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Siddhis<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[note 1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritual\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">spiritual<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magical\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">magical<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Supranormal&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">supranormal<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paranormal\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">paranormal<\/a>, or&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supernatural\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">supernatural<\/a>&nbsp;powers acquired through a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sadhana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sadhana<\/a>&nbsp;(spiritual practices), such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meditation\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Meditation<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yoga<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;People who have attained this state are formally known as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">siddhas<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavidson2004347-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Etimologia<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; The earliest appearance in Indian history of the idea that magical powers (P\u0101li&nbsp;<em>iddhi<\/em>) are generated by spiritual practices, (P\u0101li&nbsp;<em>jh\u0101na<\/em>) is the account that appears in the Buddhist Canon, in the<em>[S\u0101ma\u00f1\u00f1aphalasutta]<\/em>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<em>[D\u012bghanik\u0101ya]<\/em>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-6\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Siddhi<\/em>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;noun which can be translated as &#8220;perfection&#8221;, &#8220;accomplishment&#8221;, &#8220;attainment&#8221;, or &#8220;success&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-FOOTNOTEApteyear_unknown986-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhagavata_Purana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bhagavata Purana<\/a>, the five siddhis of Yoga and meditation are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>tri-k\u0101la-j\u00f1atvam<\/em>: knowing the past, present and future<\/li><li><em>advandvam<\/em>: tolerance of heat, cold and other dualities<\/li><li><em>para citta \u0101di abhij\u00f1at\u0101<\/em>: knowing the minds of others and so on<\/li><li><em>agni arka ambu vi\u1e63a \u0101d\u012bn\u0101m prati\u1e63\u1e6dambha\u1e25<\/em>: checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, and so on<\/li><li><em>apar\u0101jayah<\/em>: remaining unconquered by others<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siddhi#cite_note-11\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALL HINDU RELIGION SEEMS TO BE SICK ON HOW TO REACH DIS-ATTACHEMENT FROM SAMSARA. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINION AND DISCUSS BETWEEN THEM ON HOW TO REACH IT. THEN BUDDHA SEEMS TO NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION ON HOW CAN U EXISTED AND BE NEVER BORN AGAIN. HE ANSWERS: IT DOESN\u2019T APPLY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally, Buddhists believe that there has been a succession of many Buddhas in the distant past and that many more will appear in the future; D\u012bpankara, then, would be one of numerous previous Buddhas, while Gautama was the most recent, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maitreya<\/a>&nbsp;will be the next Buddha in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sutra &#8211; <\/strong>The&nbsp;<strong><em>Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong><strong>\u201cBut now I will begin with the last seven Buddhas. In the Past \u2018Adorned Eon\u2019 there were Vipashyin Buddha, Shikhin Buddha, and Vishvabhu Buddha. In the present \u2018Worthy Eon\u2019 there have been Krakucchanda Buddha, Kanakamuni Buddha, Kashyapa Buddha, and Shakyamuni Buddha.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong>Commentary<\/strong><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong>In the Adorned Eon (Alamkarakalpa) a thousand Buddhas appeared in the world. The 998th Buddha of that kalpa was Vipashyin Buddha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s actually something of <strong>a distinction between the how the Mahayana sects view this and how Theravada views it<\/strong>. The classic, Theravada view was that in reaching Nirvana, you stopped making karma, and hence escaped from the wheel of rebirth. Other than that, very little can be said about nirvana. The Buddha refused to answer questions concerning whether the individual persisted in nirvana or did not.&nbsp;<br>In the Mahayana, especially in East Asian traditions, which are heavily influenced by the Lotus Sutra, the enlightened buddhas remain in this world, and only appear to leave it. The Mahayana figure of the Bodhisattva is precisely one who has achieved enlightenment\/nirvana, but continues to work in the world for the enlightenment of others. This is called non-abiding nirvana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many words in paganism as been drawn or masked with Christian wording, it is like ecumenism is masked with good to spread satanic and materialistic views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1,000&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatars\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">avatars<\/a>&nbsp;written of in Buddhist texts who are destined to redeem the world (to help people for reaching nirvava) in successive eras, of which&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gautama_Buddha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gautama Buddha<\/a>&nbsp;was only the fourth.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Garden_of_One_Thousand_Buddhas#cite_note-Candy-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ATTACHING ANYONE TO A NAMED RELIGION ONLY BECAUSE HE(SHE) FOLLOWS THE WORDS OF A PERSON IS NOT ADEQUATE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adipurana<\/strong>&nbsp;is a 10th-century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kannada\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kannada<\/a>&nbsp;text written in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Champu\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Champu<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;style, a mix of prose and verse, dealing with the ten lives of the first&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tirthankara\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tirthankara<\/a>, Adinatha, also known as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rishabha_(Jain_tirthankar)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rishabhanatha<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhism as we know today is the based on the Teaching of the 4th Buddha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sakyamuni was King Pabbata during the time of the Konagamana Buddha. He was a powerful ruler with a strong army. After meeting him, Konagamana Buddha predicted that King Pabbata would become the Gautama Buddha in this kalpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Maitreya Buddha passes away, His Teaching would continue in this world for 80,000 years. Then it would be time for another kalpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, Maitreya Buddha is residing in the Pure Land of Tushita (or Tushita Heaven) where he teaches the Dharma to bodhisattvas (beings aspiring to become Buddhas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abhidhamma <\/strong>has been variously described as philosophy, psychology, metaphysics etc.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L._S._Cousins\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">L. S. Cousins<\/a>&nbsp;says that the Abhidhamma methodology looks at things in terms of occasions or events instead of sequences or processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bhadant\u0101cariya Buddhagho\u1e63a<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinhala_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sinhala<\/a>: \u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0d9c\u0ddd\u0dc2 \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dd2,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thai_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thai<\/a>: \u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1e\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e42\u0e06\u0e29\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e23\u0e22\u0e4c,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chinese<\/a>: \u89ba\u97f3) was a 5th-century&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theravada\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theravadin<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhist<\/a>&nbsp;commentator and scholar.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhaghosa#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhaghosa#cite_note-strong2004-75-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traditional Therav\u0101din (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahavihara\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mahavih\u0101rin<\/a>) interpretation of the Pali Canon is given in a series of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atthakatha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">commentaries<\/a>&nbsp;covering nearly the whole Canon, compiled by<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhaghosa\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhaghosa<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Floruit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fl.<\/a>&nbsp;4th\u20135th century CE) and later monks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalupahana notes that the&nbsp;<strong><em>Visuddhimagga<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;contains &#8220;some metaphysical speculations, such as those of the Sarvastivadins, the Sautrantikas, and even the Yogacarins&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visuddhimagga#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalupahana1994206-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Kalupahana comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buddhaghosa was careful in introducing any new ideas into the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahavihara\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mahavihara<\/a>&nbsp;tradition in a way that was too obvious. There seems to be no doubt that the&nbsp;<em>Visuddhimagga<\/em>&nbsp;and the commentaries are a testimony to the abilities of a great harmonizer who blended old and new ideas without arousing suspicion in the minds of those who were scrutinizing his work.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visuddhimagga#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalupahana1994207-208-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Theravada&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abhidharma\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Abhidhamma<\/a>&nbsp;tradition did not tend to elaborate argumentation against the existence of god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anagarika\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Anagarika<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;Dharmapala<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinhala_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sinhala<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0d85\u0db1\u0d9c\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0db0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd; 17 September 1864 &#8211; 29 April 1933) was a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sri Lankan<\/a>&nbsp;Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was also a pioneer in the revival of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism_in_India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism in India<\/a>&nbsp;after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Asia<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_America\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">North America<\/a>, and<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Europe<\/a>. Along with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Henry Steel Olcott<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helena_Blavatsky\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Helena Blavatsky<\/a>, the creators of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society<\/a>, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Ceylonese Buddhism and very crucial figure in its Western transmission. Dharmapala is one of the most revered Buddhists in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 19th century began a process<strong> (modernisation and spread to the west) <\/strong>of mutual influence of both <strong>Asian Theravadins and a western audience<\/strong> interested in ancient wisdom. Especially&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helena_Blavatsky\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Helena Blavatsky<\/a>&nbsp;and<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Steel_Olcott\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Henry Steel Olcott<\/a>, founders of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society<\/a>&nbsp;had a profound role in this process. In Therav\u0101da countries a lay vipassana practice developed. From the 1970s on western interest gave way to the growth of the so-called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vipassana_movement\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vipassana movement<\/a>&nbsp;in the west.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theravada#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMahan2008-46\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[38]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theravadins were aided by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophists<\/a>, who were dedicated to the search for wisdom within ancient sources, including Buddhism and the Pali Canon.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anagarika_Dharmapala\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anagarika Dharmapala<\/a>&nbsp;was one of the Therav\u0101da leaders with whom the Theosophists sided. Dharmapala tried to reinstate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vipassana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">vipassana<\/a>, using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visuddhimagga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Visuddhimagga<\/a>&nbsp;and the Pali Canon as a foundation. Dharmapala reached out to the middle classes, offering them religious practice and a religious identity, which were used to withstand the British imperialists. As a result of Dharmapapla&#8217;s efforts lay practitioners started to practise meditation, which had been reserved for monks.<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theravada#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGombrich1996172-197-53\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[45]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The translation and publication of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_Canon\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali Canon<\/a>&nbsp;by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_Text_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali Text Society<\/a>&nbsp;made the Pali Canon available to a lay audience for the first time in history, not only in the west, but also in the east. Western lay interest in Therav\u0101da Buddhism was promoted by the Theosophical Society, and endured until the beginning of the 20th century. During the 1970s interest rose again, leading to a surge of westerners searching for enlightenment, and the republishing of the Pali Canon, first in print, and later on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The term P\u0101li originally referred to a canonical text or passage rather than to a language and its current use is based on a misunderstanding which occurred several centuries ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Shramana<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0923&nbsp;<em>\u015arama\u1e47a<\/em>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0938\u092e\u0923&nbsp;<em>sama\u1e47a<\/em>) was an ancient Indian religious movement parallel to but separate from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Historical_Vedic_religion\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">historical Vedic religion<\/a>, although the term is mentioned in several later texts such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brihadaranyaka_Upanishad\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brihadaranyaka Upanishad<\/a>. The shramana tradition gave rise to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yoga<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shramana#cite_note-FOOTNOTESamuel20088-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jainism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jainism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shramana#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;and some&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C4%80stika_and_n%C4%81stika\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">n\u0101stika<\/a>schools of Hinduism such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C4%81rv%C4%81ka\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">C\u0101rv\u0101ka<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C4%80j%C4%ABvika\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u0100j\u012bvika<\/a>, and also popular concepts in all major&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_religions\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian religions<\/a>&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>sa\u1e43s\u0101ra<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(the cycle of birth and death) and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>moksha<\/em><\/a>(liberation from that cycle), according to some scholars.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shramana#cite_note-Flood.2C_Gavin_2003._pg._273-4-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shramana#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[note 1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C.A.F. Rhys Davids (her husband&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_William_Rhys_Davids\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">T.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;Rhys Davids<\/a>&nbsp;whom she married in 1894) became strongly influenced by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritualism_(religious_movement)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spiritualism<\/a>, possibly by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophy\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophy<\/a> and her own education in psychology under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Croom_Robertson\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">George Croom Robertson<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_College_London\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">University College London<\/a>&nbsp;which most influenced her later reinterpretation of Buddhism. She became particularly involved in various forms of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">psychic<\/a>&nbsp;communication with the dead, first attempting to reach her dead son (1971) through&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seances\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">seances<\/a>&nbsp;and then through&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automatic_writing\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">automatic writing<\/a>. She later claimed to have developed&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clairaudience\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">clairaudience<\/a>, as well as the ability to pass into the next world when dreaming. She kept extensive notebooks of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automatic_writing\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">automatic writing<\/a>, along with notes on the afterlife and diaries detailing her experiences, which are held by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_London\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">University of London<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caroline_Augusta_Foley_Rhys_Davids#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Buddhist Psychology: An Inquiry into the Analysis and Theory of Mind in Pali Literature<\/em>&nbsp;(1914)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhist<\/a>&nbsp;tradition,&nbsp;<strong>Kakusandha<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C4%81li\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101li<\/a>) is the name of the twenty-fifth&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhahood\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha<\/a>, the first of the five Buddhas of the present&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalpa_(aeon)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">kalpa<\/a>, and the fourth of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Seven_ancient_Buddhas&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">seven ancient Buddhas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ON SPIRIT POSSESSION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spirit possession is also found in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umbanda\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Umbanda<\/a>, an Afro-Brazilian folk religion. One such possessing spirit is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pomba_Gira\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pomba Gira<\/a>, who possesses both women and effeminate males.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian<strong> &#8220;Seizers&#8221;,<\/strong> or those that threaten the lives of young children, appear in animal form: cow, lion, fox, monkey, horse, dog, pig, cat, crow, pheasant, owl, and snake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wicca\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wiccans<\/a>&nbsp;believe in voluntary possession by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goddess\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Goddess<\/a>, connected with the sacred ceremony of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drawing_Down_the_Moon_(ritual)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Drawing Down the Moon<\/a>. The high priestess solicits the Goddess to possess her and speak through her.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spirit_possession#cite_note-37\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[37]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ASCETICISM (GNOSTIC BODY)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ascetics renounce worldly pleasures that distract from spiritual growth and enlightenment and live a life of abstinence, austerity and extreme self-denial. Asceticism is common in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ta\u1e47h\u0101<\/strong>&nbsp;(P\u0101li; Sanskrit:&nbsp;<em>t\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101<\/em>, also&nbsp;<em>trishna<\/em>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhist<\/a>&nbsp;term that literally means &#8220;thirst,&#8221; and is commonly translated as craving or desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dukkha<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C4%81li\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">P\u0101li<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>:&nbsp;<em>du\u1e25kha<\/em>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Tibetan\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tibetan<\/a>&nbsp;<em>sdug bsngal<\/em>) is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhist<\/a>&nbsp;term commonly translated as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suffering\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">suffering<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;anxiety&#8221;, &#8220;stress&#8221;, or &#8220;unsatisfactoriness&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dukkha#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[a]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K\u0101ma<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devanagari\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Devanagari<\/a>: \u0915\u093e\u092e) is often translated from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;as sexual desire, sexual pleasure, sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, or eros, but can more broadly mean desire, wish, passion, longing, pleasure of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senses\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">senses<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aesthetic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">aesthetic<\/a>&nbsp;enjoyment of life, affection, or love, without sexual connotations.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kama#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kama#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Kama not only means sex (sexual practice) but also the sexual energy itself that flows in a person. It is believed Kama is the primary energy of Brahman bestowed to us for procreation while sanyasis believe controlling it can lead to higher realization although both views are contradictory, both have existed since antiquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddha&#8217;s first discourse<\/a>&nbsp;he identifies craving (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>tanha<\/em><\/a>) as the cause of suffering (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dukkha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>dukkha<\/em><\/a>). He then identifies three objects of craving: the craving for existence; the craving for non-existence and the craving for sense pleasures (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kama\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>kama<\/em><\/a>).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kama\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Kama<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;is identified as one of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Five_hindrances\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">five hindrances<\/a>&nbsp;to the attainment of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jhana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>jhana<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;according to the Buddha&#8217;s teaching. Throughout the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sutta_Pitaka\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sutta Pitaka<\/a>&nbsp;Buddha often compares sexual pleasure to arrows or darts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karma<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanskrit_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sanskrit<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma#cite_note-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;IPA:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_Sanskrit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[\u02c8karm\u0259]<\/a>&nbsp;(<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/21\/Speaker_Icon.svg\/13px-Speaker_Icon.svg.png\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/rht7ez9r2n58t444I-VH_6TWfIK_re_Z8C03eS5Upe4thW1g2Yg0qehhZqpJAUM8VEiqC3G6b4Cq-Onf9gnQ5Tf8cUjbimvpCp2zKoezFdge3iuady4nzJvbz25xqPkVYlivutc\" width=\"13\" height=\"13\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d6\/Karma.ogg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listen<\/a>);&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pali_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pali<\/a>:&nbsp;kamma) is the concept of &#8220;action&#8221; or &#8220;deed&#8221;, understood as that which causes the entire cycle of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Causality\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cause and effect<\/a>&nbsp;(i.e., the cycle called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sa\u1e43s\u0101ra<\/a>). The concept originated in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bharata_Khanda\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bharata Khanda<\/a>, also known as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ancient India<\/a>, originally used in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hinduism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San\u0101tana Dharma<\/a>&#8220;, and later religions such as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma_in_Jainism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jainism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma_in_Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buddhism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sikhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sikhism<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma#cite_note-2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Taoism<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karma#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shintoism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shintoism<\/a>&nbsp;and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buddhist sacred texts do contain a great deal of instances of loving relationships between unmarried men, which some believe to have homoerotic overtones. No sexual contact is mentioned in these instances, however.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionfacts.com\/homosexuality\/buddhism.htm#1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Jainism, the&nbsp;<em>K\u0101lacakra<\/em>, the cosmic wheel of time, rotates ceaselessly. The wheel of time is divided into two half-rotations,&nbsp;<em>Utsarpi\u1e47\u012b<\/em>&nbsp;or ascending time cycle and&nbsp;<em>Avasarpi\u1e47\u012b<\/em>, the descending time cycle, occurring continuously after each other.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jain_cosmology#cite_note-5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><em>Utsarpi\u1e47\u012b<\/em>&nbsp;is a period of progressive prosperity and happiness where the time spans and ages are at an increasing scale, while&nbsp;<em>Avsarpi\u1e47\u012b<\/em>&nbsp;is a period of increasing sorrow and immorality with decline in timespans of the epochs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LaVeyan_Satanism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LaVeyan Satanism<\/a>&nbsp;expressly forbids drug use, both on medical grounds and because they are generally viewed as counter-productive. While LaVey accepted there was historical and anthropological evidence that drugs were used for religious and ritual magical purposes, they did not fit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_Magic_and_Lesser_Magic\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in his definition of magic as he saw it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Satanic_Witch\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Satanic Witch<\/a>, LaVey argued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet me state categorically at this point that drugs are antithetical to the practice of magic, as they tend to disassociate the user from reality, even though he often thinks himself closer\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lotus_Sutra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lotus Sutra<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nichiren_Buddhism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nichiren Buddhism<\/a>, all persons possess the potential to reveal an innate Buddha nature during their own lifetimes, a concept which may appear to contradict the concept of Buddha as savior or messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Maitreya is a significant figure in the Lotus Sutra, the explanation of Nichiren is that Maitreya is a metaphor of stewardship and aid for the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, as written in the Lotus Sutra:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover&#8230;all the bodhisattvas, Bodhisattva Maitreya&#8230;.will guard and protect the votaries of the Lotus Sutra, so one may indeed rest assured.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya_Buddha#cite_note-16\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In much of his writing, Nichiren mentions the traditional Buddhist views on Maitreya but explains that the propagation of the Eternal Dharma of the Lotus Sutra was entrusted by Shakyamuni to the Bodhisattvas of earth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Buddha did not entrust these five characters to Maitreya, Medicine King, or the others of their group. Instead he summoned forth the bodhisattvas&#8230;.from the great earth of Tranquil Light and transferred the five characters to them.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya_Buddha#cite_note-17\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, each individual can embody the character of the Maitreya because he is a metaphor for compassion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name Maitreya means \u2018Compassionate One\u2019 and designates the Votaries of the Lotus Sutra.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya_Buddha#cite_note-18\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jainism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jainism<\/a>, a&nbsp;<strong>T\u012brtha\u1e45kara<\/strong>&nbsp;is a human being who helps in achieving&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha_(Jainism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">liberation<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enlightenment_(spiritual)#Jainism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">enlightenment<\/a>&nbsp;as an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arihant_(Jainism)\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>arihant<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GAUTAMA EXPLAINED TO HIS LISTENERS HOW HE ACHIEVED ENLIGHTMENT, WHAT HE DID AND HOW HE DID IT BEHAVING TO OTHERS AS AN ARIHANT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr.&nbsp;<strong>M. M. Thomas<\/strong>&nbsp;(born as Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas, 1916\u20141996) was a renowned Indian Christian theologian, social thinker, activist and former Governor of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indian<\/a>&nbsp;State,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagaland\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nagaland<\/a>&nbsp;(from May 1990 to April 1992). He also served as the Chairperson of the Central Committee of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Council_of_Churches\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World Council of Churches<\/a>&nbsp;(1968\u20131975). He was conferred with the honorary doctorate degree by the University of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uppsala\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Uppsala<\/a>in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/25_de_mayo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">25 de mayo<\/a>&nbsp;de&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1826\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1826<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_T._H._Griffith#cite_note-.27.27Dictionary-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1906\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1906<\/a>) fue un&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ind%C3%B3logo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ind\u00f3logo<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inglaterra\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ingl\u00e9s<\/a>, hijo del reverendo R.&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Griffith (quien en 1830 hab\u00eda sido capell\u00e1n del&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Marqu%C3%A9s_de_Bath&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">marqu\u00e9s de Bath<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[b\u02b1i\u02d0mra\u02d0w ra\u02d0md\u0291i\u02d0 a\u02d0mbe\u02d0\u027dk\u0259r]<\/a>; 14 April 1891&nbsp;\u2013 6 December 1956), popularly also known as&nbsp;<em>Babasaheb<\/em>, was an Indian jurist, politician, philosopher, anthropologist, historian and economist. A revivalist for Buddhism in India, he inspired the Modern Buddhist movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dayanand Saraswati<\/strong>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"About this sound\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/pZBc3uHa1qqJaPPgdSN3OhlgU-wJd_habro7si7HGgU0fX-5n-wHJAkIzaLPLrRuQL3bCWvUsScyZZLRuVNaRFX0D9HwmngMwA4SsRilGlu9qewBB1XCdHK43M1-E1O7zlYo_-8\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/14\/Dayananda_Saraswati.ogg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pronunciation<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Media_help\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">help<\/a>\u00b7<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dayananda_Saraswati.ogg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">info<\/a>)&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindi_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindi<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u0926\u092f\u093e\u0928\u0928\u094d\u0926 \u0938\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0940,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gujarati_language\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gujarati<\/a>:&nbsp;\u0aae\u0ab9\u0ab7\u0abf\u0ac5 \u0aa6\u0aaf\u0abe\u0aa8\u0a82\u0aa6 \u0ab8\u0ab0\u0ab8\u0acd\u0ab5\u0aa4\u0ac0&nbsp;<em>Sv\u0101m\u012b Day\u0101nand Sarasvat\u012b<\/em>) (12 February 1824 \u2013 30 October 1883)<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dayananda_Saraswati#cite_note-autogenerated1-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;was an important&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindu<\/a>&nbsp;religious leader of his time. He is well known as the founder of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arya_Samaj\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arya Samaj<\/a>, a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu_reform_movement\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hindu reform movement<\/a>&nbsp;of the Vedic tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arya_Samaj\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arya Samaj<\/a>&nbsp;were united from 1878 to 1882, becoming the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society_of_the_Arya_Samaj\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society of the Arya Samaj<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dayananda_Saraswati#cite_note-11\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In China, in the 4th\u20136th Centuries &#8220;Buddhist artisans used the names Shakyamuni and Maitreya interchangeably&#8230; indicating both that the distinction between the two had not yet been drawn and that their respective iconographies had not yet been firmly set&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya#cite_note-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;An example is the stone sculpture found in the Qingzhou cache dedicated to Maitreya in 529 CE as recorded in the inscription (currently in the Qingzhou Museum, Shandong). The religious belief of Maitreya apparently developed around the same time as that of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amitabha\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amit\u0101bha<\/a>, as early as the 3rd century CE.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maitreya#cite_note-4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>William Quan Judge<\/strong>&nbsp;(April 13, 1851 \u2013 March 21, 1896) was a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mysticism\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">mystic<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esotericist\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">esotericist<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occultist\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">occultist<\/a>, and one of the founders of the original&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theosophical_Society\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Theosophical Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The definition of a kalpa equalling 4.32 billion years is found in the Puranas (specifically Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Visuddhimagga (Pali; English The Path of Purification), is a treatise on Theravada Buddhist doctrine written by Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Sanskrit, &#8220;kalpa&#8221; means &#8220;imagination&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also interesting to note that Sri Yukteshwar was an honorary member of the Theosophical Society in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Violet Tweedale<\/strong>, n\u00e9e Chambers (1862 \u2013 19 December 1936), was a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scotland\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Scottish<\/a>&nbsp;author, poet, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spiritualist\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">spiritualist<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violet_Tweedale#cite_note-gale-1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><sup> <\/sup>she became involved in Spiritualism and Theosophy, and was a close associate of Helena Blavatsky.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violet_Tweedale#cite_note-blavatsky-3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><sup> <\/sup>&nbsp;Tweedale was also a member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Order of the Golden Dawn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The persecutions culminated with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diocletian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Diocletian<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galerius\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Galerius<\/a>&nbsp;at the end of the third and beginning of the 4th century. The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Persecution\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Great Persecution<\/a>&nbsp;is considered the largest. Beginning with a series of four edicts banning Christian practices and ordering the imprisonment of Christian clergy, the persecution intensified until all Christians in the empire were commanded to sacrifice to the gods or face immediate execution. Over 20,000 Christians are thought to have died during Diocletian&#8217;s reign. However, as&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diocletian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Diocletian<\/a>&nbsp;zealously persecuted Christians in the Eastern part of the empire, his co-emperors in the West did not follow the edicts and so Christians in Gaul, Spain, and Britannia were virtually unmolested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 341, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoroastrian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zoroastrian<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shapur_II\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shapur II<\/a>&nbsp;ordered the massacre of all Christians in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Persian<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sassanid_Empire\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sassanid Empire<\/a>. During the persecution, about 1,150&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assyrian_Christian\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Assyrian Christians<\/a>&nbsp;were martyred under Shapur II in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assuristan\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Assuristan<\/a>&nbsp;(Sassanid ruled Assyria).<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Christians#cite_note-16\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;In the 4th century, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thervings\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Terving<\/a>&nbsp;king&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athanaric\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Athanaric<\/a>&nbsp;in ca. 375 ordered a<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_persecution_of_Christians\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">persecution of Christians<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Christians#cite_note-17\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Yemeni Jewish Himyar tribe, led by King&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhu_Nuwas\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dhu Nuwas<\/a>, massacred 20,000 Christians in 524.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Christians#cite_note-18\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HITLER RELATIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eva_Braun\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eva Braun<\/a> Double suicide with Hitler (age 56)<br><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geli_Raubal\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Geli Raubal<\/a> Suicide<br><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renate_M%C3%BCller\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Renate M\u00fcller<\/a> Suicide<br><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Reiter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maria Reiter<\/a> Natural causes, unsuccessful suicide attempt in 1927<br><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unity_Mitford\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Unity Mitford<\/a> Died eight years after attempting suicide from complications related to her suicide attempt&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexuality_of_Adolf_Hitler#cite_note-36\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[36]<\/sup><sup><br><\/sup><\/a>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heinrich_Himmler\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Heinrich Himmler<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_of_Staff\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chief of Staff<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Schellenberg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Walter Schellenberg<\/a>, Erna Hanfstaengl was also involved in a plot to overthrow Hitler and to sue for peace with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Powers\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Allies<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erna_Hanfstaengl#cite_note-16\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ON FALLEN ANGELS LIES AND LUCIFERIANISM <\/strong><strong>(this needs its sources to be added)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<em>kulalini-yoga<\/em>&nbsp;certain places on the body are known as&nbsp;<em>chakras<\/em>&nbsp;or places of \u201cpsychic openings.\u201d One of the most important of these places is the space between the eyes just above the eyebrows. This is called the place of the third eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MEANINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Padre \u2192 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1, \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2, \u1f41 refers to a begetter, originator, progenitor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madre \u2192 \u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 Dadora (inicio) de vida (revivir, recuperar, reparar) (fuente de vida, vivir, living one), cuidar, co-, goma (liquido fuerte, glue, pegamento) que mantiene unida las cosas o personas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam \u2192 from earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eve \u2192 living<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Man \u2013 Adam \u2013 Father<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woman \u2013 Eve \u2013 Mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woman \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u2192 Taken from man (Genesis 2: 23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Man \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u2192 each\/every one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfEl hombre da nombre a las cosas y animales partiendo de su condici\u00f3n, haciendo diferencia partiendo de su estado?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cada palabra parece ser una agregaci\u00f3n de conceptos, uno que contiene todos los conceptos que integran-lo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los significados de las palabras var\u00edan con el tiempo alej\u00e1ndolo de su real significado, distorsionando su uso, alejando a las personas de LA VERDAD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVICES ENAMORADOS DE EL ETERNO, RENDIDOS ANTE EL, ANTE LA MAGNIFICENCIA DE SU PRESENCIA! 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